Background
Shen, Che-Kun was born on July 29, 1949 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Shen, Che-Kun was born on July 29, 1949 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Bachelor of Science, National Taiwan University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1977.
Postdoctoral fellow division biology California Institute of Technology, 1978—1981. Assistant professor department genetics University California, Davis, 1981—1983, associate professor, 1983—1988, professor section molecular and cellular biology, 1988—1995, emeritus professor, since 1999. Distinguished research fellow Academia Sinica Institute Molecular Biology, Taipei, Taiwan, since 1995.
Director, consultant division molecular biology Advanced Genetics Research Institute, Oakland, California, 1981—1986. Visiting scientist Academia Sinica Institute Molecular Biology, 1986—1987, director, 1995—2004. Visiting professor molecular and cellular physiology Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1991—1992.
Adjunct professor National Yang-Ming University Institute Genetics, Taipei, Taiwan, since 1995, National Taiwan University Institute Molcular Genetics, since 1995. Executive committee National Institutes of Health Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Grant, 1987—1992. Member Chancellor's liaison committee for reorganization of biological science University California, Davis, 1988—1989.
Member of Academia Sinica, Taiwan (academician since 2000).
Married Chien Celia Shen-Chu. 1 child Tzu-Yu Jeffrey.