Journal of Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Shuen-Kuei Liao

Biography

Upon completion of his doctorate in cancer immunology at McMaster University, Canada in 1970, followed by three years of postdoctoral training at the University of Toronto, Dr. Liao joined Department of Pathology, McMaster University to be Assistant Professor to Associated Professor, where he also directed oncology research at the Ontario Cancer Research Foundation, Hamilton Branch. During the following 21 years, he spent most of his efforts and time in cancer immunology research, asides from teaching responsibility. In 1986, he was recruited by Bio therapeutic in Franklin, TN as Director of Academic Affairs and Chief of Monoclonal Antibody Division, where he participated in a number of clinical studies with the use of immune conjugates and cellular adoptive cell therapeutics for cancer patients. In 1991, Dr. Liao moved to Taiwan to accept a Professor position at Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University. In 2010, Dr. Liao took on the position of Professor and Director of Cancer Immunotherapy Center at Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei. Currently, he is Chief Scientific Officer of Vectorite Biomedica Inc, Tapei, Taiwan and Visiting professor of Taipei Medical University. His research interests are in cancer immunotherapy, transplantation immunology, and stem cells biology. He authored/coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed publications, and numerous book chapters and reviews.  

Research Interest

manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies,diagnosis/ therapeutics of human malignancies and autoimmune diseases.