Lin, Ching-Shwun

 

Current Title &                        Associate Professor,

Department:                        Department of Urology, University of California

 

Mailing Address:                        Box 1695

                        University of California

                        San Francisco, CA 94143

 

Telecommunication:                        (415) 353-7205 (office)

                        (415) 353-9586 (fax)

                        clin@urol.ucsf.edu (e-mail)

 

 

Education

 

Dates                        Institution and Location                        Degree                        Major                                    

 

1973-1978                        National Taiwan University, Taiwan                        DVM                        Veterinary Medicine

1979-1983                        University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA                        Ph.D.                        Microbiology

 

Certifications

 

1978                        Certificate for Practice of Veterinary Medicine

 

Professional Positions Held

 

Dates                        Institution                        Position                                  

 

1978                        Department of Microbiology, National Taiwan University                        Research Assistant

1978-1979                        Department of Microbiology, National Taiwan University                         Teaching Assistant

1979-1983                        Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa                        Teaching Assistant

1983-1988                        Department of Molecular Oncology, Linus Pauling Institute                        Research Scientist

1988-1991                        California Institute for Medical Research                        Senior Scientist

1991-1993                        Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Research Institute                        Senior Scientist

1993-1997                        Department of Stomatology, University of California, SF                        Molecular Biologist

1997-2000                        Department of Urology, University of California, SF                        Assistant Professor

1997-present                        Molecular Urology Laboratory, UCSF                        Research Director

2000-present                        Department of Urology, University of California, SF                        Associate Professor

 

Honors and Awards

 

1976                        Representative of students, National Taiwan University.

1976                        President Award, National Taiwan University

1976                        Pfizer Award for Outstanding Academic Achievements

1977                        Taiwan poultry farm scholarship

1979-1983                        NIH Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Grant

1983-1985                        Postdoctoral fellowship

2001 Presidential Award for Outstanding Research, 4th Annual Congress of Chinese Andrology Society.

 

Professional Membership

 

1988-present                        American Association for the Advancement of Science

1994-present                        The New York Academy of Sciences

1995-Present                        The Proteome Society

2001-present                        International Society for Sexual and Impotence Research

2002-present                        Society for Basic Urological Research

2003-present                        American Urological Association

 

Intramural Services

 

2002                                Member, PhD student thesis committee, Department of Stomatology, UCSF

2000                        Member, PhD student thesis committee, Department of Stomatology, UCSF

2001                Member, PhD student thesis committee, Department of Stomatology, UCSF

 

Extramural Services

 

1990                        Grant Reviewer, Swiss National Science Council

1988-present        Reviewer for several biomedical journals

1999-present       Member, Animal Care and Use Committee, Notre Dame de Namur University

2001                                Grant Reviewer, The Netherlands Research Council

2003                Committee member, 2nd International Consultation on Erectile and Sexual Dysfunction, Paris, France.

 

 

Invited Speakership

 

1999 Identification of Three PDE5 Isoforms in Human Corpus Cavernosum.  GlaxoWellcome Corporation.  Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.

1999                Cloning of PDE5 cDNAs and Gene Promoter.  Novartis Corporation.  Horsham, England.

2000                Application of Molecular Biology to Impotence Research.  9th World Meeting on Impotence Research.  Perth, Australia.

2001                Who Needs Viagra?  Chinese Bioscience Association.  Los Altos, California, USA.

2001 Regulation of PDE5A Gene by Sildenafil and Nitroprusside.  PDE5 Roundtable. Napa, California, USA.

2001                How to Apply Molecular Biology to Impotence Research.  Fourth Annual Chinese Andrology Society National Conference.  Hanzhou, China.

2002                Human PDE5A Gene Expression and Regulation.  Gordon Research Conference, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA.

2002                                Human PDE5A Gene Expression and Regulation.  PDE Think Tank Meeting, Dublin, Ireland.

2003                                Human PDE5A Gene Expression and Regulation.  PDE Think Tank Meeting, Halifax, Canada.

2003                2nd International Consultation on Erectile and Sexual Dysfunction, Paris, France.

 

Patents and Inventions

 

1988 US and European Patents: Plastin Isoforms and Their Uses

Pending US patent: Phosphodiesterase-5A Isoforms

Pending US and European Patents: Methods and Compositions for Preventing and Treating Erectile and Sexual Dysfunction

Pending           Combination Growth Factor Therapy for Neurogenic and Vasculogenic Impotence

Teaching Experience

 

1978-1979       Two semesters of Medical Microbiology Lab

1978-1979       One semester of Immunology Lecture

1979-1981       Four semesters of Medical Microbiology Lecture and Lab

1981-1983       One semester of Immunology Lecture and Lab

1993-1995       Lectures and Lab, 2 hours/week, Anatomy 118, General Histology

1995-present            Lab instruction 10 hours/week, Molecular Biology/Urology

 

Graduate Students Supervised

 

1995-1996                        Li-Yin (Ricking) Chiu

1995-present                        Ming-Guang Yeh

2001-present                        Eric Schwandt

 

Postdoctoral fellows Supervised

 

1986-1988            Madhu Varma

1988-1990            Karabi Ghosh

1991-1993                        Taesun Park

1992-1993            Zong Ping Chen

1998-1999            Che-Chung Yeh

1999-2001            Xiaowei Liu

2001-present            Guiting Lin

 

Postdoctoral Fellows Trained

 

1993-1996            Ken Zhang

1993-1995            Kentaro Matsumoto

1994-1996            JaneYao

1995-1997            Ming-Guang Yeh

1996-1997            Mutsuhiko Murai

1997-1999             Emre Bakircioglu

1998-1999            Ming-Chan Lee

1999-2001            Hao-Chung Ho

2001-2002            Kuo-Chiang Chen

2001-2002             Amr Jad

2001-present             Zhong Wang

 

Research Grants

(All dollar amounts are direct costs)

Years

PI

Source

Amount

Program Title

1988-1993

 

 

1989-1992

 

 

1992-1993

 

 

1993-1994

 

 

1994-1995

 

 

1994-1995

 

 

1994-1995

 

 

1995-1998

 

 

1996-2001

 

 

1998-1999

 

 

1998-2001

 

 

1998-2002

 

 

 

1999-2004

 

 

2000-2001

 

 

2001-2002

 

 

2002-2003

 

 

2002-2007

 

 

2002-2003

 

 

2003-2007

(pending)

 

2003-2007

(pending)

 

2003-2004

(pending)

 

2004-2005

(pending)

J. Leavitt

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

R. Kramer

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

T. F. Lue

 

 

T. F. Lue

 

 

 

M. Berger

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

J. Brown

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

T. F. Lue

 

 

C.-S. Lin

 

 

C.-S. Lin

NIH

 

 

NIH

 

 

Chapman

Research Fund

 

UC Academic Senate

 

NIH SPORE

 

 

UC Academic Senate

 

UC CRCC

 

 

California BCRP

 

NIH

 

 

Calif. Urol. Foundation

 

NIH

 

 

NIH

 

 

 

NIH

 

 

Calif. Urol. Foundation

 

Calif. Urol. Foundation

 

Calif. Urol. Foundation

 

NIH

 

 

Bayer

 

 

NIH

 

 

NIH

 

 

Mt. Zion Health Fund

 

NIH

$635,278

 

 

$220,326

 

 

$18,643

 

 

$17,550

 

 

$18,183

 

 

$14,530

 

 

$30,000

 

 

$304,802

 

 

$485,677

 

 

$15,000