Current research activities of Gong's Marine Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology Lab.: (1) Study on molecular mechanisms of fish growth and immunity regulation and balance by molecular genetics and functional genomics approaches (2) Genetic improvement of farmed aquatic animals by marker-assisted selection, genome selection, transgenesis & genome editing (3) Zebrafish as an animal model of aquaculture teleost and human to investigate molecular mechanisms of liver and muscle development, growth, and related diseases.
Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University
Keelung, Taiwan
Platinum Award, Biotechnology field in Invention Contest
2014 Taipei international Invention Show & Technomart
Taiwan Invention Patent (I 402343) "A Novel Muscle Enhancer Sequence and Applications Thereof" and application in the establishment of world-first transgenic pink angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) won the Platinum Award, Biotechnology field in Invention Contest of2 014 Taipei international Invention Show & Technomart, 18-21 Sep., 2014.
Institute, Department or Faculty Head
Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University
01 Aug 2018 - 01 Jul 2021