The first patient I saw as a medical student was suffering with an incurable disease. This experience motivated me to step into the field of scientific research trying to find something new that may benefit medical treatment. My research interest is to understand how extrinsic environment modifies intrinsic molecular programs that control critical cellular decisions such as cell cycle progression, cell death, and cell fate choice. Currently I am studying the asymmetric cell division in cancer stem cells and the therapeutic resistance in cancer cells. In daily life, I occasionally find that the pair of socks I am wearing are asymmetrical.