Join Us.
The PHC lab is actively recruiting!
Located in southern Taiwan—the island of resilience—our lab is based in Tainan, a historic capital rich in vibrant culture and famous cuisine. Nestled between the foothills of Alishan and the open ocean, we thrive in an environment that embraces both tradition and discovery.
The PHC Lab is dedicated to fostering a research community that is inclusive, respectful, and supportive of people of all ages, backgrounds, religions, genders, and identities. We believe diversity drives innovation, and we value the unique voices and perspectives each member brings.
Our research focuses on PhosTAC, PROTAC, functional genomics and proteomics, chemical biology, protein modifications, and drug discovery. If you are excited to push scientific boundaries and become part of the next generation driving progress in science and technology, we warmly welcome you to join us. Opportunities are available for high school students, undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers..
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我們位於堅韌之島-台灣，在南台灣一座富有蓬勃台灣文化及獨有美食的古都台南。在台南，我們依靠著阿里山山脈，同時也以一個開放的胸襟擁抱著海洋。PHC實驗室致力於營造對任何背景及取向友善的研究環境。我們知道每個人都不一樣並且會重視你的聲音。
對於PhosTAC磷酸蛋白標靶嵌合體、PROTAC蛋白降解標靶嵌合體、 基因體/蛋白體學、化學生物學、蛋白質修飾及新藥研發有興趣嗎？想要成為新世代的科學及科技研發能量嗎？我們鼓勵高中生/大學生/研究生或博士後加入我們的實驗室，歡迎來信聯絡我們！
Happy Holidays and Lab Party!Dec, 2023
Welcome New Members! Summer, 2023
Chen Lab Under Construction… Fall, 2022
Welcome New Lab Members! Aug, 2024Congratulations to Dong-Ting for winning the Excellent Research Award in the 2023 NCKU Summer Research Project. Great job! Congratulations to Kuang-Chen for winning the 3rd Prize in the 2023 BMB master student's progress report. Great job! Congratulations to Dong-Ting for receiving the research funding from the 健康科學文教基金會暨國家衛生研究院醫學系學生暑期研究計畫 (07/01/2024).Welcome Yi-Shiuan, Su-Yen, and Chi-Shan for joining our lab. The PHChen lab is two years old now (08/01/2024).Congratulations to Kuang-Chen and Zi-Yi for passing their defense and finishing their M.S. degree (08/31/2024). Congratulations to Tai-Chen for winning the 2nd Prize in the 2024 BMB master student's 1st progress report. Great Job! (12/23/2024)
Christmas Picnic at Chimei Museum (Dec, 2024)
Congrats everyone for finishing the 2025 Tainan (Half) Half Marathon (10 KM group). Run for Science! (Mar, 2025)
Farewell Party for Chun-Hsin and Becca. Congrats for defending your thesis and graduation!Welcome Xing, 思昀, and 若葳 for joining our lab. The PHChen lab is offically three years old! (July, 2025)
Po-Han presented at the EMBO phosphatase conference 2025 at Würzburg, Germany (July, 2025)- photos provided by EMBO meeting organizers (Elisabeth). 
The PHC lab hosted Prof. Cheng-Ming Chiang from UTSW. Very fruitful summer of 2025!
Picnic and gift exchange at the Barclay Memorial Park (Dec, 2025)We hosted the 6th Bilateral Taiwan-Japan Phosphatase Symposium at NCKU (Jan, 2026).
Congrats to Shu-Yen for the Excellent Poster Award in the phosphatase meeting. We are proud of you!
Congrats PHClab members for finishing Tainan half marathon (古都馬) of 2026!
Let's run for science (data ><) and Tainan.
We are thrilled to meet Craig at Academia Sinica in Taipei. We thank the Chemical Biology Lecture series at Academia Sinica and the host institutions for the invitation. March, 2026
Congrats to Tai-Chen for receiving 1st place in both the poster session and oral presentation at the Biophysics Conference of 2026. We are proud of you! — photo credit by Po-Jung ChienCongratulations to Yi-Hsiuan, who received Second Prize, and Shu-Yen, who received Third Prize, for their outstanding performance in the 2026 BMB Master’s Student Second Progress Report. Great job! (May 2026). 
A warm welcome to Michael from Tufts University, who will be joining our lab this summer! We are excited to have you with us. Congratulations to Shu-Yen, Yi-Shiuan and Chi-Shan as well on successfully defending your thesis—an outstanding achievement!—July, 2026
PHC Lab Summer Fun at Kill Zone! 🎉 🥸
(Aug, 2026)
A great summer “induced proximity” with the PHC Lab! We are excited to welcome our new members, Jenny, Candy, and Wei, to the team. We also want to give a big thank-you to Chi-Shan, Shu-Yen, and Yi-Shuian for all their hard work and contributions.
Thank you, everyone, for bringing your energy, dedication, and team spirit to the lab. Looking forward to more great science, great memories, and fun times together!
Congratulations to Yu-Yu Chen and Dong-Ting Ke for their paper published on Nature Communications!
Excellent job and thank you for your hard work! Aug, 2026
