News

2025

  • [2025/05] Our collaborative work on a novel Cyanobacterium sp. strain was published in BMC Microbiology.
  • [2025/04] Our collaborative work on 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' genomes was published in Microbial Genomics.
  • [2025/01] Congratulations to Yu Wu (吳宇) on receiving the 2025 Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) Research Performance Fellowship!.
  • [2025/01] We welcome Sook-Kuan Lee (李淑君) to join us as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.

2024

  • [2024/11] Our new work on the population genomics of a thermophilic cyanobacterium in Taiwan was published in Botanical Studies.
  • [2024/11] Our collaborative work on defining bacterial genera and Mollicutes taxonomy was published in Microbial Genomics.
  • [2024/09-10] Sponsored by the Frontiers in Science Program of Osaka Metropolitan University, Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) and Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) had a short-term visit to Japan.
  • [2024/08] We welcome Masahiko Tanahashi (棚橋薰彥) to join us as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.
  • [2024/07] Congratulations to Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) and Xiao-Hua Yan (顏小華) on receiving travel grants from the International Organization for Mycoplasmology to attend the 25th IOM Congress!
  • [2024/06] We welcome our former intern Nian-Pu Li (李念璞) to re-join us as a Research Assistant.
  • [2024/06] Congratulations to Shan-Chi Hsieh (謝善棋) on being selected as an Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Scholar!
  • [2024/05] We welcome Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) to re-join us as a Research Assistant after completing the compulsory military service.
  • [2024/04] We welcome Shan-Chi Hsieh (謝善棋) to join us as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.

2023

  • [2023/10] Congratulations to Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) on his successful MS defense!
  • [2023/09] Our review on "Virulence and Ecology of Agrobacteria in the Context of Evolutionary Genomics" was published in Annual Review of Phytopathology.
  • [2023/08] Congratulations to Nian-Pu Li (李念璞) on receiving the Gold Award for her final oral presentation in the IPMB Summer Internship Program!
  • [2023/08] Congratulations to Shih-Hsun Hung (洪世勳) on his successful MS defense!
  • [2023/07] Congratulations to Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) on receiving the Derrick Edward Award from the International Organization for Mycoplasmology!
  • [2023/07] We welcome several new members: Sopio Tchabashvili is a TIGP-MBAS PhD student; Nian-Pu Li (李念璞) and Ru-Bin Yao (姚儒賓) are Undergraduate Interns.
  • [2023/06] Congratulations to Hsin-Ying Chang (張心盈) on receiving the Best Poster Award in the International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics 2023!
  • [2023/05] We welcome Rafika Amalia Annur (安智慧) to join us as a Research Assistant.
  • [2023/04] Our book chapter "Genomic studies of Asian phytoplasmas" was published. ISBN: 978-0-323-91671-4
  • [2023/03] Congratulations to Yu Wu (吳宇) on receiving the First Place Award in the 2023 IPMB Travel Grant Competition!
  • [2023/03] Our collaborative work with Erh-Min Lai (賴爾珉) on agrobacteria T6SS and gallobiome was published in mBio.
  • [2023/02] We welcome Kenneth Joseph Bureros (肯尼斯) to join us as a Research Assistant.
  • [2023/02] Our collaborative work with Ching-Hui Yeh (葉靖輝) on heat shock proteins was published in Plant Science.
  • [2023/01] Congratulations to Yu Wu (吳宇) on receiving the First Place Award in the 3-min Fire Talk Competition at MiTalk7!

2022

  • [2022/10] Congratulations to Yu Wu (吳宇) on receiving honorable mentions for her poster presentation and 3-min lightning talk competition at the 2022 Post-pandemic Era for Frontiers Plant Science and Sustainable Agriculture Conference!
  • [2022/09] We welcome two new Research Assistants: Dina Fitriana (費迪娜) and Xiao-Hua Yan (顏小華).
  • [2022/08] Congratulations to Fang-Yu Lin (林芳瑜) on receiving a Bronze Award for her final oral presentation in the IPMB Summer Internship Program!
  • [2022/08] Our collaborative work with Chi-Te Liu (劉啟德) on plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) was published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
  • [2022/08] Congratulations to Yu Wu (吳宇) on receiving a honorable mention for her poster presentation at the 26th Bacteriology Conference!
  • [2022/08] Our collaborative work with Hsiu-An Chu (朱修安) on cyanobacterium genomics was published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
  • [2022/07] We welcome Fang-Yu Lin (林芳瑜) to join us as an Undergraduate Intern.
  • [2022/06] We welcome Dr. Hanna Chepyshko to join us as a visiting scholar.
  • [2022/04] A collaborative work that involved many phytoplasma experts to revise the taxonomy guidelines was published in IJSEM.
  • [2022/04] We welcome two new Research Assistants: Hsin-Ying Chang (張心盈) and Hsi-Ching Yen (顏席清).
  • [2022/02] Our collaborative work with Jun-Yi Yang (楊俊逸) on phytoplasma genome evolution was published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
  • [2022/02] We welcome two new Research Assistants: Hsin-Yi Chang (張心怡) and Vania Bundjaja (溫如意).
  • [2022/01] Congratulations to Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) on the promotion to Research Fellow/Professor!
  • [2022/01] Our representative work on bacterial genome evolution, based on Agrobacterium and done in collaboration with Erh-Min Lai (賴爾珉) and Jeff Chang, was published in BMC Biology.

2021

  • [2021/12] Our collaborative work with Chi-Wei Tsai (蔡志偉) and Rodrigo P. P. Almeida on Xylella fastidiosa population genomics was published in Microbial Genomics.
  • [2021/12] Congratulations to Shih-Hsun Hung (洪世勳) on receiving the silver medal award for his oral presentation from the International Society of Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (ISBAB) Taiwan Chapter!
  • [2021/11] Our collaborative work with Wen-Ming Chen (陳文明) on the description of a novel insect symbiont was published in IJSEM.
  • [2021/11] Congratulations to Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) on receiving the Robert F. Whitcomb Award for plant and insect mycoplasmology from the International Organization for Mycoplasmology!
  • [2021/10] Our collaborative work with Jun-Yi Yang (楊俊逸) on phytoplasma genomics was published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
  • [2021/09] Our collaborative work with Saskia Hogenhout on phytoplasma SAP05 effector was published in Cell and featured as the issue cover.
  • [2021/08] We welcome two former interns, Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) and Shih-Hsun Hung (洪世勳), to re-join us as MS students.
  • [2021/06] Congratulations to Ting-Yi Lee (李庭儀) on her successful MS defense!
  • [2021/05] Our collaborative work with Chi-Wei Tsai (蔡志偉) on Xylella comparative genomics and virulence gene diversity was published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
  • [2021/01] Congratulations to Ting-Yi Lee (李庭儀) on receiving a poster presentation award at MiTalk5 (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)!

2020

  • [2020/09] Our collaborative work on the genus Spiroplasma was published in the Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria.
  • [2020/08] Congratulations to Shih-Hsun Hung (洪世勳) on receiving the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award from our IPMB Summer Undergraduate Intern Program!
  • [2020/08] We published a new complete 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris' genome in Microbiology Resource Announcements.
  • [2020/07] Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) joined the editorial board of Frontiers in Microbiology as an Associate Editor.
  • [2020/07] Our collaborative work with Saskia Hogenhout on phytoplasma species boundaries and MLSA markers was published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
  • [2020/07] We welcome several new members: Hagos Mohammedseid Juhar (哈格斯) and Yu Wu (吳宇) are TIGP-MBAS PhD students, and Shih-Hsun Hung (洪世勳) and Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) are Undergraduate Interns.
  • [2020/06] Our collaborative work with Jeff Chang on Agrobacterium virulence plasmid evolution was published in Science.
  • [2020/01] Our collaborative work with Hsiu-An Chu (朱修安) on cyanobacterium genomics was published in Frontiers in Microbiology.

2019

  • [2019/11] Congratulations to Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) on receiving the 2019 Professor Chu-Yung Lin Memorial Award for Innovative Research Program (林秋榮教授植物科學創新研究獎)!
  • [2019/10] We welcome Chi-Lung Ma (馬啟隆) to join us as a Research Assistant.
  • [2019/10] We welcome Ngo Thi Kim Ngan and Nguyen My Linh to join us as TIGP Interns.
  • [2019/09] We welcome Ching-Ting Huang (黃敬廷) to join us as a Research Assistant.
  • [2019/09] Our periwinkle leaf yellowing (PLY) phytoplasma genome paper was published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
  • [2019/09] Our collaboration with Gail Gasparich on Mollicutes taxonomy was published in IJSEM.
  • [2019/07] We welcome two new Undergraduate Interns: Shao-Yun Chang (張少筠) and Hsin-Ying Shen (申欣瑩).
  • [2019/07] We welcom a former intern Ting-Yi Lee (李庭儀) to re-join us as a MS student.
  • [2019/06] Our Agrobacterium comparative genomics/transcriptomics paper was published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
  • [2019/04] Our Spiroplasma alleghenense genome paper was published in Microbiology Resource Announcements.
  • [2019/03] Our collaborative work on Agrobacterium genome/effector/competition was published in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions.
  • [2019/02] We welcome Yu-Chen Lin (林宥辰) to join us as a Research Assistant.

2018

  • [2018/12] Our work on Neorhizobium sp. NCHU2750 genome was published in Genome Biology and Evolution.
  • [2018/11] Our collaborative work on 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' genome analysis was published in Systematic and Applied Microbiology.
  • [2018/10] We welcome Ho-Lin Chung (鍾鶴林) to join us as a High School Intern.
  • [2018/08] Congratulations to Ting-Yi Lee (李庭儀) on receiving the Excellent Oral Presentation Award in the IPMB Summer Undergraduate Intern Program!
  • [2018/08] Our collaborative work on Rhodopseudomonas palustris genome analysis was published in Scientific Reports.
  • [2018/08] Our work on Spiroplasma-Entomoplasmataceae-Mycoides genome evolution was published in Genome Biology and Evolution.
  • [2018/07] Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) was appointed as a board member of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology (IOM) for 2018-2020.
  • [2018/07] Our Vibrio vulnificus 86573B genome paper was published in Microbiology Resource Announcements.
  • [2018/07] We welcome Shi-Yun Lee (李蒔芸) and Ting-Yi Lee (李庭儀) to join our lab as Undergraduate Interns.
  • [2018/06] Our work on Spiroplasma clarkii genome evolution was published in Genome Biology and Evolution.
  • [2018/06] We welcome Lin Chou (周林) to join our lab as a Research Assistant.
  • [2018/05] Congratulations to Shu-Ting Cho (卓舒婷) on receiving the Academia Sinica Young Scientist Travel Grant!
  • [2018/05] Our Spiroplasma monobiae genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2018/04] Our Spiroplasma floricola genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2018/04] Our Agrobacterium tumefaciens 1D1609 genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2018/02] Our Burkholderia sp. WAC0059 genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2018/01] Congratulations to Shu-Ting Cho (卓舒婷) on winning the IPMB Young Scientist Travel Grant Competition!

2017

  • [2017/11] Our work on the horizontal acquisition and transcriptional integration of novel genes in Spiroplasma was published in Genome Biology and Evolution.
  • [2017/10] Our lab was featured in the outreach program of Academia Sinica (研之有物).
  • [2017/09] Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) joined the Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Mollicutes, International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP).
  • [2017/09] Our Spiroplasma corruscae genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2017/08] Congratulations to An Chang (張安) on receiving the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award in the IPMB Summer Undergraduate Intern Program!
  • [2017/08] Congratulations to Shu-Ting Cho (卓舒婷) on receiving the Merit Award of Student Presentation Competition from the Taiwan Phytopathological Society!
  • [2017/07] Congratulations to Chien-Ting Lin (林建廷) on his successful MS defense!
  • [2017/07] We welcome An Chang (張安) to join our lab as an Undergraduate Intern.
  • [2017/06] Our Cynodon dactylon chloroplast genome paper was published in PLOS ONE.
  • [2017/06] Congratulations to Shu-Ting Cho (卓舒婷) on her successful MS defense!
  • [2017/06] Congratulations to Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) on receiving the Academia Sinica Research Award for Junior Research Investigators!
  • [2017/03] Our Spiroplasma sp. NBRC 100390 genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2017/02] We welcome Yi-Ming Tsai (蔡乙鳴) and Hung-Jui Kung (龔泓睿) to join our lab as Research Assistants.
  • [2017/01] Our Spiroplasma sp. TU-14 genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2017/01] Congratulations to Wen-Sui Lo (羅文穗) on her successful PhD defense!

2016

  • [2016/12] Our collaborative work on MBSP phytoplasma was published in Annals of Botany.
  • [2016/11] Congratulations to Wen-Sui Lo (羅文穗) on winning the TIGP-MBAS Academy Award!
  • [2016/10] Our Spiroplasma helicoides genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2016/10] Congratulations to Wen-Sui Lo (羅文穗) on winning the Asian Society for Microbial Ecology (ASME) 2016 Best Poster Award!
  • [2016/09] Our Spiroplasma turonicum genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2016/08] Our review on symbiont genome evolution was published in FEMS Microbiology Reviews.
  • [2016/07] Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) was appointed as a board member of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology (IOM) for 2016-2018.
  • [2016/07] We welcome Wei-Yi Shen (沈威邑) to join our lab as an Undergraduate Intern.
  • [2016/04] Congratulations to Wen-Sui Lo (羅文穗) on winning the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) 2016 Travel Grant!
  • [2016/04] Dr. Jeff Chang (OSU, USA) visited us to discuss Agrobacterium genome research.
  • [2016/01] Hsin-Ying Chiang (江欣盈) joined our lab as a Research Assistant.

2015

  • [2015/12] Dr. Haiwei Luo (CUHK, Hong Kong) visited our lab to discuss bacterial genome evolution.
  • [2015/11] Our EpWB phytoplasma genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2015/11] Congratulations to Wen-Sui Lo (羅文穗) on winning the International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics (ISEGB) 2015 Best Student Oral Presentation Award!
  • [2015/11] Dr. Xavier Foissac (INRA, France) visited our lab to discuss Mollicutes research.
  • [2015/10] Our Spiroplasma cantharicola genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2015/10] Mindia Haryono (方姣婷) joined our lab as a Research Assistant.
  • [2015/10] Our Pseudomonas fluorescens PCL1751 genome analysis was published in PLOS ONE.
  • [2015/10] Our Spiroplasma litorale genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2015/08] Our Spiroplasma atrichopogonis/S. eriocheiris genome analysis was published in Genome Biology and Evolution.
  • [2015/07] Congratulations to Wen-Sui Lo (羅文穗) on winning the IPMB Young Scholars Travel Grant Competition!
  • [2015/07] We welcome Yun-Wei Lien (連允薇), Yi-Ching Lai (賴怡靜), and Tzu-Haw Wang (王姿皓) to join our lab as Undergraduate Interns.
  • [2015/06] Our commentary on fungal endosymbiont genomes was published in PNAS.
  • [2015/06] Our Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ach5 genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2015/05] Our collaborative work on molecular evolution of the IIS/TOR network was published in PNAS.
  • [2015/01] Our "Candidatus Sulcia muelleri" ML genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2015/01] Our study on the bacterial community dynamics in an anaerobic reactor was published in Journal of Biotechnology.
  • [2015/01] Ya-Yi Huang (黃雅怡) joined our lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow.

2014

  • [2014/11] Our Citrus aurantiifolia chloroplast genome paper was published in PLOS ONE.
  • [2014/10] Our Vibrio vulnificus 93U204 genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2014/09] Congratulations to Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) on the promotion to Associate Research Fellow with tenure!
  • [2014/09] We welcome Dr. Dilfuza Egamberdieva for a short-term visit in our lab.
  • [2014/07] Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) joined the editorial board of PLOS ONE as an Academic Editor.
  • [2014/07] We welcome Hsiang-Chi Lee (李湘琪) and Ian Lin (林億成) to join our lab as summer visiting students.
  • [2014/03] Our study on the Spiroplasma mreB gene family evolution was published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.
  • [2014/02] Our Spiroplasma culicicola/S. sabaudiense genome analysis was published in Genome Biology and Evolution.
  • [2014/01] Our Spiroplasma apis genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.

2013

  • [2013/12] Congratulations to Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) on receiving the Outstanding Young Scholar Award from the Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists!
  • [2013/12] Congratulations to Wen-Sui Lo (羅文穗) on winning the IPMB Young Scholars Travel Grant Competition!
  • [2013/12] Prof. Chung-Jan Chang (張宗仁) from the University of Georgia visited our lab to discuss Spiroplasma research.
  • [2013/12] Hsing-Hua Chang (張興驊) joined our lab as a Research Assistant.
  • [2013/11] Shu-Ting Cho (卓舒婷) joined our lab as a Research Assistant.
  • [2013/09] Our study on the gut microbiota of walking sticks was published in BMC Research Notes.
  • [2013/08] Liang-Yin Chen (陳亮吟) joined our lab as a Research Assistant.
  • [2013/07] Our Spiroplasma diminutum/S. taiwanense genome paper was published in Genome Biology and Evolution.
  • [2013/06] Our Catharanthus roseus plastid genome paper was published in PLOS ONE.
  • [2013/05] Our Spiroplasma chrysopicola/S. syrphidicola genome paper was published in Genome Biology and Evolution.
  • [2013/04] Our Ardisia polysticta plastid genome paper was published in PLOS ONE.
  • [2013/04] Our PnWB phytoplasma genome paper was published in PLOS ONE.
  • [2013/04] Our Serratia marcescens genome paper was published in Genome Announcements.
  • [2013/01] Our Spiroplasma melliferum genome paper was published in BMC Genomics.

2012

  • [2012/11] Dr. Takema Fukatsu from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) visited our lab to discuss insect-symbiotic bacteria research.
  • [2012/10] Tean-Hsu Chang (張天昫) joined our lab as a Research Assistant.
  • [2012/09] Our former RA Wen-Sui Lo (羅文穗) has started her Ph.D. study in the TIGP-MBAS program.
  • [2012/09] Chuan Ku (顧銓) joined our lab as a Research Assistant.
  • [2012/07] Our proposal to study genome evolution in spiroplasmas was funded by the National Science Council of Taiwan.
  • [2012/07] We welcome Ann Chen (陳怡安) and Matan Shelomi to join our lab as summer visiting students.
  • [2012/03] Our phytoplasma/mycoplasma genome comparison was published in PLOS ONE.

2011

  • [2011/10] Dr. Saskia A. Hogenhout from the John Innes Centre visited our lab to discuss phytoplasma genome research.
  • [2011/08] Wen-Sui Lo (羅文穗) joined our lab as a Research Assistant.
  • [2011/07] We welcome Yu-Ching Yang (楊宇晴) and Yuchiao Chang (張育僑) to join our lab as summer students.
  • [2011/05] We have moved into a new lab space in the IPMB building, please note the updated phone numbers in our contact info.
  • [2011/01] Our lab website won an award in the Academia Sinica Website Competition.

2010

  • [2010/11] Ling-Ling Chen (陳泠伶) joined our lab as a Research Assistant.
  • [2010/10] Our proposal to study the evolution of phytoplasma through whole genome sequencing was funded by the National Science Council of Taiwan.
  • [2010/08] Wan-Chia Chung (鐘婉嘉) joined our lab as a Research Assistant.
  • [2010/06] We celebrate the opening of our lab @ IPMB, AS.