In the past decade or so, the team members have followed a practical course, each working on their parts of the task, conducting basic research on pathogenic mechanisms and disease prevention, and investigating ways to modify the virus through genetic engineering so that it can serve as a vector for producing proteins and manufacturing vaccines. BaMV research in Taiwan has stepped into the international realm.
十餘年來，團隊的成員分工合作，各司其職，從瞭解致病機制、防治病害等基礎研究，到以基因工程方法改造病毒，利用病毒為載體來生產蛋白、製作疫苗，走向應用之路，台灣的竹嵌紋病毒研究，已是國際上此一領域獨領風騷者。