Shi-Lung Lin 林希龍

Mr. Lin was born in Taichung, Taiwan in 1965. He graduated from Chung Shan Medical College, and later received his MS degree in Biochemistry from USC. He is currently studying for his Ph.D. in Pathology at USC. He received his internship training at the National Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, and then served as a medical practitioner in the Army of Taiwan. He was a research assistant at National Taiwan University, and is currently a research assistant at USC.

Special Achievement

 Mr. Lin has been conducting research projects in the cancer and biotechnology field. He has revealed the secret of activin, a multi-functional molecule, in the prevention of advanced human prostatic cancer cell growth. As a result of his creative research, Mr. Lin has applied for six US patents; two of which have been granted. He also founded a startup biotech company called Epiclone Inc., for the purpose of transferring his patented technologies to the biotech industries in US and Taiwan.