Wei-Kai Wu

Position : Assistant Professor
Office : https://www.wkwlab.com/
Phone : +886-2-3366-9314
E-mail : weikaiwu@ntu.edu.tw
Research Expertise: Gut Microbiology/Nutritional Medicine/Human Microbiome/Nutrimicrobiomics/Next Generation Probiotics

Prof. Wei-Kai Wu is a physician-scientist specializing in gut microbiology and nutritional medicine. His research journey into the human microbiome began in 2014 since his graduate program at National Taiwan University. Throughout this period, he played a pivotal role in establishing microbiome research infrastructures at NTUH, including a germ-free mice facility and a culturomics lab. Dr. Wu has published over 50 papers in prestigious journals such as Gut, Microbiome, Clinical Nutrition, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, Communication Biology, Seminars in Cancer Biology…etc., contributing to an impressive H-index of 23. His research endeavors primarily focus on elucidating the intricate interactions between nutrition and gut microbiota, aiming to identify personalized biomarkers and therapeutic targets for the advancement of precision medicine. Moreover, Dr. Wu is actively engaged in exploring novel strains of next-generation probiotics with the potential to mitigate a spectrum of human diseases, including cardiometabolic diseases and cancers.
Year Awards Awarding Unit
2021 Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty National Taiwan University Hospital
2019 Young Outstanding Research Award Academic Foundation of Professor Sung Juei-Low
2018 Young Investigator Award (1st Prize), TDDW The Gastroenterological Society of Taiwan
2018 Early Career Investigator Award, DDW American Gastroenterological Association
2018 Travel Grant Award, The Human Microbiome Symposium European Molecular Biology Organization
2014 Best Poster Award, THE GUT, ITS MICROBES AND HEALTH International Life Science Institute, Singapore
Education
Ph.D.  Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University 2019
B.S.  School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University 2009


Experience
Assistant Professor, Bachelor Program of Biotechnology and Food Nutrition, National Taiwan University 2024-Present
Adjunct Research Physician, Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital 2024-Present
Research Physician, Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital  2020-2024
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine 2020-2024
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