{"id":6427,"date":"2021-08-28T17:24:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T09:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/140.122.64.137\/biol\/?page_id=6427"},"modified":"2022-07-14T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T06:50:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.biol.ntnu.edu.tw\/index.php\/en\/home_en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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History<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The University, formerly known as The Taiwan Provincial Normal College, was formed from the Taipei High School during the Japanese colonial period. In 1946 the Department of Natural History was set up by combining the sections of zoology, botany and mineralogy. In 1955 the University was further restructured as the Taiwan Provincial Normal University, with the Department forming part of the College of Science.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 1961, the Department of Biology was officially established after complete restructuring and started providing general undergraduate biology education as well as training secondary school biology teachers.\u00a0Graduate programs leading to Masters and Doctoral degrees began in 1970 and 1991 respectively, to meet the growing demand for biology research and to increase the expertise available to train secondary school teachers.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 1975 the Department was relocated with the College of Science to\u00a0the Gongguan campus<\/a>, where new facilities and scientific instruments were provided with loans from the World Bank. These facilities have since been improved continually to meet the needs of an expanding range of research projects and now include confocal and electron microscopes, cell culture, molecular biology, radioactive isotopes, neurophysiology, genetics and genetic diversity laboratories, audiovisual classrooms, cold rooms, green houses and so on.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 2003, the Department of Biology\u00a0was officially renamed The Department of Life Science, and the curricula for both undergraduate and graduate programs were extensively restructured. The department\u2019s modern facilities and research skills build on its historical strengths in teacher education to provide intellectually stretching courses that prepare students for futures in research, in teaching and in a wide variety of other careers.<\/p>

Core Competencies<\/span><\/h4>
  1. To have the professional knowledge required for designing and conducting research in life sciences.<\/span><\/li>
  2. To be able to apply modern techniques to solve diverse scientific questions in life sciences.<\/li>
  3. To be able to analyze experimental data rigorously, draw appropriate conclusions and publish results in scientific journals.<\/li>
  4. To have a proper attitude toward scientific research and to adhere to scientific ethical standards.<\/li>
  5. To appreciate the beauty of life and to recognize the importance of life science to the survival of humanity and the sustainability of our planet.<\/li><\/ol>

    Vision and Goals<\/span><\/h4>

    \u00a0 \u00a0 With a current total of 30\u00a0full-time and 8 adjunct faculty members, the Department\u00a0of Life Science constantly strives for leadership in science education and excellence in biological science research. To keep pace with the expanding development in modern biological science and to enhance the efforts in training graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, the Department has maintained close academic collaborations with\u00a0institutes of Zoology and Molecular Biology at the Academia Sinica and various institutions in Taiwan\u00a0as well as with schools in Japan and in the United States. Financed by the Agriculture Council,\u00a0a new laboratory furnished with modern facilities was added in 2001 for studying\u00a0biodiversity genetics in Taiwan. Together with grants from the National Science Council, Ministries of Education and Health to motivate numerous branches of biological science, the Department vows to excel in research and education while the school strives not only as a cradle to foster secondary school teachers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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