Taiwan Day 32: First Lab Meeting/First Stipend - Oct. 2, 2013
I just received my first stipend as a TIGP fellow. I was supposed to received NTD 34,000 for the month of September, but since I have to pay two months advance and 1 month deposit for my stay in the TIGP dorm I was deducted NTD 16,500. I was deducted another NTD 5,000 for my installment payment of my tuition fee in Tsing Hua University. During the enrollment, I borrowed money from the TIGP Bioinformatics Program (TIGP Bioinformatics program is very helpful!) and I owe them NTD 16,098. The total stipend left in my pocket was NTD 12,500. It's still a lot of money but I still have to pay my credit fee in Tsing Hua by Oct. 25 so I have to budget my money again. I have also attended my first lab meeting with the NGS sequencing core of the Academia Sinica's Biodiversity Research Center (BRC) and I have also met Dr. Mei-yeh Lu. She is the Lab Manager of the Sequencing Core and I have a 30-minute interview with her before the lab meeting. She is a very busy person because while we are talking to each other she has to answer so many phone calls. Based from my interview with her, the BRC's sequencing core is also the official NGS sequencing core of Academia Sinica. They serve all the sequencing needs of all the Principal Investigators and researchers of Sinica but they don't have clients outside Sinica. She said that they don't want to compete with biotech companies in Taiwan as they will deprive them of income. I asked her if there was any market in Taiwan for genome sequencing and she replied that she does not have any idea since their primary aim is to service Sinica's research projects. I saw on her computer an excel file that is currently open and it was the price list for the sequencing service and I asked her how much do you charge people (I just remembered PGC's pricing problem). She replied that the cost would depend on how the sequencing core is supported, since Dr. Wen-Hsing Li has so many resources they are able to lower their price (My professor in the lab rotation, Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li is also affiliated with the BRC). I asked her if they have a LIMS and she replied that they don't have that tool but she would love to have that system in the NGS sequencing core. However, if they will have LIMS, their prices would increase and would not be any more cost-effective. It was already 3pm and we transferred to a conference room. The conference table was U-shaped and I was sitting at the back beside Dr. Lu. Members of the team presented the latest updates on their genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis. I learned a lot but most of the time they speak in Chinese. I wish there were subtitles (I imagine these subtitles would just float in the air! haha!) so I can understand them but I can hear five Chinese words that I know the meaning and that means I'm learning their language. I'll just need to put some extra effort in learning their language. I have already met Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li and Dr. Mei-yeh Lu, the Bioinformatics Director and the NGS Sequencing Core Lab Manager, respectively. I have already accomplished my first task in my game plan in Taiwan and my drive for excellence is just starting!
Sakura Series - Taiwan
2026 Forecast
Taipei 101 first flowers
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Taipei Flower Test Center
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Broadwood Park
Sunshine Sports Park kawazu sakura
Wuling Farm (武陵農場)
SYS kawazu sakura
Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village
CKS Memorial Hall
Shibafen Yoshino Sakura
Hope River
Dongfang Temple
Tianyuan Palace
Neicou Stream Trail
Orange Garden Cafe
Yangming Park Visitor Information Center
Yangming Park Service Center Bus Stop
Huashan Road
Qianshan Park
Zhongshan Hall Entrance
Tenglong Sakura Farm
Flower Test Center Shōwa Sakura
Neihu Creek Trail
Shulin Land Office
Xióng Kōng Cherry Blossom Forest
Lung Yen Sakura Forest
Yangming Park cherry stream
Yangming Park fountain
CKS Memorial Hall Tairyō sakura
Wugu District Tianyi Road
CKS Memorial Hall yaesakura
Loving Farm
Yong Long Farm
Zhongbaling Sakura Road
Sun Link Sea
Tai'an Police Station
Cherry Hill Slope
Hsinchu Park
Taipei 101
Kāng Gào Kēng Creek
New Garden City
Broadwood Park
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Alishan Ranger Station
Alishan House
Alishan Police Station
Alishan Forest Railway
Alishan Station
Alishan Entrance
Alishan Gou Hotel
Alishan Magnolia Garden
Wulai tour
Wun Chang Elementary School
Bishanyan
Sanzhi Sansheng Trail
Sakura Series - Taiwan
Nei Cuo Stream
Orange Garden Cafe
Sansheng Trail
Tenglong Sakura Farm
Yangming Park Cherry Stream
Yangming Park Fountain
Flower Test Center
Broadwood Park
New Garden City
Yinghua Park
Pingjing St. Lane 42
Yangmingshan Visitor Center
Taipei 101
Tianyuan Palace backyard
Sakura Series - Japan
Kamonyama Park
Near the Nippon Maru Memorial Park
Shinko Park
Minato-mirai 21 area
Tokyo Tech Suzukakedai Campus
Onda River
Tenryuji
Byodoin
Kiyomizudera
Himuro shrine and Yakushi-ji Temple
Hōryū-ji Temple
Nara Park attractions
Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus
Sumida River
Tsuruma Park
Gion
Maple Series
Taipei Aowanda
Shimen Dam
Alishan
Aowanda
Shanlinxi
Taoyuan Valley Garden
Fushoushan Farm
Yehliu to Jiufen? Yehliu to Shifen? Cheaper than yellow taxis
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