Jun-Yan Lai

During the second semester of my junior year, I joined Steven’s lab, hoping to practice my English while advancing in the field of biostatistics. Through this experience, I gained insight into how a research lab operates, learned about senior students’ projects, and understood the effort required to become a graduate student as well as my own areas for improvement.

In my senior year, Steven supervised my two seminar. Through continuous presentations and discussions, I gradually became more proficient in reading scientific papers and effectively delivering presentations. Over the one and a half years under Steven’s guidance, besides academic knowledge, what I learned most was life philosophy. Steven always approaches everything with optimism. He led us in decorating the lab for Halloween and even hosted the Christmas party. His positive attitude and the daily interactions with lab members have been my greatest gain from the lab experience.

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Experience and Education


2021 - 2025	National Taiwan University. Taiwan	University student in Agronomy
2023.7 - 2023.8	Academia Sinica. Taiwan	Summer Intern in Biodiversity Research Center
2024.6 - 2024.8	Centre for research in agricultural Genomics. Spain	Summer Intern in Plant Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering
2025 - present	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. Taiwan	Graduate student in Institute of Public Health

Projects

Academia Sinica : Organized angiosperm genome data and analyzed similarities and differences in phylogenetic relationships of chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes.

Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics : Assisted in setting up a biotechnology website and analyzed algal genome data.

Laboratory : Experienced in managing non-relational databases.

Skills and qualifications

R, Python(a little bit)