Established in 2011, the goals of the Graduate Institute of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology have been to train veterinary pathology professionals for academia, industry, and government institutions; to promote comparative pathological service, teaching, and research; and to improve animal and public health.
Our institute is committed to the advancement of molecular and comparative pathobiology through interdisciplinary researches to benefit both animals and humans. The faculty of the institute consists of five professors, two associate professors, and one assistant professor. The faculty members are conducting researches in the areas of morphological physiology and pathology using biological electron microscopy (EM); diagnostic pathology; comparative pathology; molecular pathobiology; tumor biology; veterinary forensics; pathogenesis and immunopathogenesis of viral diseases in porcine, aquatic animals, and rodent infectious diseases; diagnosis and disease surveillance of zoonotic and non-zoonotic diseases and toxicosis of wildlife and domestic animals; and vaccine developments for viral diseases, including viral vector vaccine, plant-based oral vaccine, attenuated vaccine, and subunit vaccine.