TAINAN, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two research teams of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), led by Professor of Gwo-Bin Lee from Department of Engineering Science and Professor Yu-Chung Chang from Department of Surgery, are among 12 winners of the 2008 National Innovation Award sponsored by the Executive Yuan. Their awarded innovative works are “An integrated magnetic bead-based microfluidic system for rapid genomic DNA extraction and genetic diseases” (by Prof. Lee’s group) and “Chang’s Needle for Simplified Hepatic Resection detection” (by Prof. Chang’s group), respectively. The award will be presented in the convocation ceremony in Taipei around middle December.
