Yi-An Lai

1. Coordinate with CRO to facilitate project start-up activity

1. Prepare and submit IND maintenance doissers in eCTD format to the US FDA 2. Lead and coordination with different department for the preparation of funding application materials and journal publication

1. Develop and execute preclinical experiment related to psychiatric disease or vaccine development • Pharmacodynamic study: Open field test/ Repulse inhibition test/ Barnes maze test/ Three-chamber social test/ Novel object recognition test/ Forced swim test • Pharmacokinetic study: Rat catheterization of jugular vein surgery 2. Write and proofread toxicity report and research paper manuscripts for publication 3. Check the regulation for food of various countries 4. Take meeting minutes for internal and external meetings

- Conduct experiments related to neuron development and molecular biology - Lab expense and resource management

- Planned and organized research resources, executed a MOST research project - Scheduled meeting with the lab supervisor to ensure the progress of the project - Publicized scientific findings at the Annual Nutrition Conference and Symposium - Condensed the latest three-years of research findings into a well-organized final report

- Planned and integrated course resources, including experimental equipment, lecture and slides - Mediated course expectations between teachers and students, and tutored experiment executors the know-how of operating a rat experiment - Guided students meet the course requirements

- Executed a research project delegated by Integria Healthcare (Australia) Pty Ltd: “Testing the 6 Herbal Extract/Compound Samples Provided by Integria Healthcare (Australia) Pty Ltd for the Stimulation of GLP-1 Secretion of STC-1 Cells" - Planned and organized experimental materials - Scheduled lab meetings with lab supervisor, discussed about the presentation of the results - Compiled the experimental progress records and write a comprehensive research report in English

- Assisted the course mentor with lecture material preparation and safety management - Expounded and demonstrated to the students the experimental operation skills - Review the experimental reports and gave feedbacks to ensure teaching effectiveness

- Assisted in planning and ensuring the smooth process of the public hearing of revised national nutrition benchmarks - Purchased and prepared resources required for the activity - Discussed the printed matter concepts with the organizer, designed and output the posters, lunch coupons, venue indicators, etc. - Served guests, guided guests participate in the discussion and wrote a verbatim copy of the meeting

- Master Thesis: "The effect of wild bitter gourd in an aging-induced sarcopenia mouse model" - Got Distinguished Honor Award in Research Poster Competition hold by College of Life Science, NTU - Got Distinguished Thesis Award from Zespri

- Bachelor Thesis: "Optimize the experimental conditions of in vitro PPARa transient transfection test and analyze the PPARa activation ability of different strains of hops"