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About Us

The Boston Taiwanese Biotechnology Association (BTBA) was founded in 2012 by a group of Taiwanese graduate students, postdocs and young professionals in the greater Boston area. Our goals are to enhance scientific collaboration, foster individual career development, facilitate interactions, and strengthen networking among academic and industrial bioscience communities in Taiwan and the U.S. We host annual symposia that attract over 350 young Taiwanese professionals from biology-related fields across the United States.

Each year, we invite prominent figures from academia and the biotech industry to share their achievements and personal stories with us. Our past keynote speakers include

  • 2024: Dr. Laura Sepp-Lorenzino (CSO, Intellia Therapeutics) and Dr. Samir Mitragotri (Core Faculty, Wyss Institute/Harvard University)
  • 2023: Dr. George Church (Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School) and Dr. Liz Kwo (CMO, Everly Health)
  • 2022: Dr. Robert Langer (David H. Koch Institute Professor, MIT) and Dr. Jo Viney (Founder, President, and CEO of Seismic Therapeutics)
  • 2021: Dr. Herren Wu (Senior Vice President and Head of Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, R&D, AstraZeneca) and Dr. Jeannie T. Lee (Professor of Genetics and Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chair of Molecular Biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital)
  • 2020: Dr. Taiyin Yang (Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing, Gilead 楊台瑩博士)
  • 2019: Dr. Seng Cheng (Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, Rare Diseases Research Unit, Pfizer) and Dr. Jenny P-Y Ting (William Rand Kenan Professor of Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, UNC-Chapel Hill)
  • 2018: Dr. David Y.H. Chang, Dr. Jui-Lien Huang, and Dr. Rachel Meyers
  • 2017: Dr. Lily Jan （中研院院士葉公杼） and Dr. James C. Liao （現任中研院院長廖俊智）
  • 2016: Dr. Jane Hsiao (Opko Health 副總裁許照惠博士) and Dr. Pan-Chyr Yang （前台灣大學校長楊泮池）
  • 2015: Dr. Yuan-Tsong Chen （中研院院士陳垣崇博士） and Dr. Nancy T. Chang （Tanox 創辦人唐南珊博士）
  • 2014: Dr. David Ho　（愛滋病雞尾酒療法發明人何大一博士）, Dr. Morgan Sheng （Vice President, Neuroscience Department, Genetech 沈華智博士）, and Dr. Jennie Shen （杜邦沈碧君博士）
  • 2013: Dr. Chi-Huey Wong （前中研院院長翁啟惠博士） and Dr. Li-Huei Tsai （中研院院士蔡立慧博士）

In addition to keynote lectures, we host academic and industry panels, career development luncheons, networking sessions, oral and poster presentations by attendees, as well as individual recruitment and interview sessions with academic and industry representatives throughout the symposium day. BTBA also organizes seminars and workshops regularly throughout the year, providing a platform for young scientists to share their research, exchange ideas, explore career opportunities, and polish their soft skills for better career development. We collaborate with local and out-of-state organizations on programs aligned with our mission to strengthen the bioscience communities in Taiwan and the U.S. We welcome you to reach out if you have ideas that could be realized through our platform.