Research Team
Quintessence


Postdoc. Fellow

Johannes Schwenck, MD
Hometown: Germany
Research interest:
Hepatocellular carcinoma and in vivo imaging
Research interest: Immunometabolic regulations in dendritic cells and memory T cells
Hometown: Denmark
Research interest: Microbiota-mediated metabolic regulation in myeloid cells
Hometown: Taiwan
Research interest: T cell exhaustion and mitochondrial biology in T cells
Hometown: China
Research interest:
CAR T cell immunotherapy and T cell exhaustion

Pei-Chun Hseuh, Ph.D.
Hometown: Taiwan
Research interest:
T cell metabolism in ageing and milti-omics in immunometabolism
Hometown: Korea
Research interest:
Hepatocellular carcinoma and myeloid cell biology
Mei-Chun Lin, MD/Ph.D.
Hometown: Taiwan
Research interest:
Janusz von Renesse, MD/Ph.D.
Hometown: Germany
Research interest:
NASH and tissue-resident macrophages

Jaeoh Park, Ph.D.
Yingxi Xu, Ph.D.



Yi-Ru Yu, Ph.D.
Sofie Hedlund Moller, Ph.D.
Limei Wang, Ph.D.
Hometown: China

Ph.D. Student

Alessio Bevilacqua, MS
Hometown: Belgium
Research interest: Metabolic reprogramming in memory and exhausted T cells
KarinaHajdu, MS
Hometown: Brazil
Research interest: Mitochondrial dynamics in T cell exhaustion

Lorene Rousseau, MD
Hometown: France
Research interest: Epigenetic reprogramming in cell therapy
Yi-Hao Wang, MS
Hometown: Taiwan
Research interest:
Hometown: Switzerland
Research interest: Epigenetic reprogramming in cell therapy
Stefania Vibois, MS


Hometown: Taiwan
Research interest: Metabolic adaptation and targeting in regulatory T cells
Hometown: Taiwan
Research interest: Metabolic regulation in metastasis and T cell exhaustion
Kung-Chi Kao, MS

Yu-Ming Chuang, MS
Jhan-Jie Peng, MS
Research interest: CAR T cell-based therapy for autoantibody-induced diseases
Hometown: Taiwan

Lab Manager and Research Assistant

Yao-Chen Tsui, MS
Hometown: Taiwan
Lab Manager

Hometown: Switzerland
Research Assistant
Sybil Bron
Incoming members
Sofiene Dhiab, MS
Hometown: Tunisia

Alumni

Pu-Ste Liu, Ph.D.
Training Period: 2015-2017 (Postdoc.)
Current Position:
Principal Investigator, NHRI, Taiwan

Wan-Chen Cheng, Ph.D.
Training Period: 2015-2018 (Ph.D.)
Current Position: Scientific writer (Astrazeneca)

Chun-Pu Lin, MS
Training Period: 2016-2017 (Intern)
Current Position:
Ph.D. student, NKI, Netherland

Haiping Wang, Ph.D.
Training Period: 2016-2020 (Ph.D.)
Current Position:
Postdoc., University of Geneva, Switzerland

Chin-Hsien Tsai, Ph.D.
Training Period: 2018-2020 (Postdoc.)
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, NDU, Taiwan

Sheue-Fen Tzeng, Ph.D.
Period: 2018-2020
(Postdoc.)
Current Position: Staff scientist, NDU, Taiwan

Period: 2019-2020
(Master Student)
Current Position: Scientific assistant, BioNTech, Germany

Period: 2020-2021
(Research assistant)
Current Position: PhD student, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Lia Dahl, MS
Amrita Manchala, MS



Giusy Di Conza, Ph.D.
Zhiyu Li, MD
Pia Neubert
Francesca Alfei, Ph.D.
Training Period: 2016-2021 (Postdoc.)
Current Position:
Head of Research (iOnctura)
Training Period: 2021
(Visting PhD student)
Current Position: Surgeon, China
Period: 2020-2021
(Intern & Master Student)
Current Position: PhD student, University of Basel
Training Period: 2019-2021 (Postdoc.)
Current Position:
Senior Scientist (Amal Therapeutics)

Fabien Franco, Ph.D.
Training Period: 2016-2023
(Master and PhD)
Current Position:
Postdoc., University of Calgary, Canada

Xiaoyun Li, Ph.D.
Training Period: 2016-2023
(Intern and PhD)
Current Position:
Postdoc., University of Basel, Switzerland