[2025/01/10] PEM Party

Annual party of the Plant and Environmental Microbiology (PEM) labs of our institute.

[2024/12/24] Mini lab reunion

Our alumni, including those working in Taiwan and others pursuing PhDs in the USA, came back for a visit. Delighted to see that they are doing well and loved having them join our weekly sports hours, just like old times.

[2024/12/10] Birthday Party for Yu Wu

[2024/11/14] IPMB 80th Anniversary

Our institute celebrates the 80th Anniversary since establishment & the 20th Anniversary since changing our name from the Institute of Botany (IOB) to the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology (IPMB).

[2024/10/02] Visit to AIST (Tsukuba, Japan)

Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) and Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) visited Takema Fukatsu (深津武馬) at the Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) to discuss our collaboration on insect-microbe symbiosis. Special thanks to Shigeyuki Kakizawa (柿澤茂行) for coordinating the visit.

[2024/10/01] Visit to Hosei University (Tokyo, Japan)

Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) and Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) visited Kenro Oshima (大島研郎) to discuss phytoplasma research.

[2024/10/01] Visit to the University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)

Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) and Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) visited the Laboratory of Plant Pathology at the University of Tokyo. We thank Shigetou Namba (難波成任) and Kensaku Maejima (前島健作) for the hospitality.

[2024/09/27-29] Wakate Colosseum for Bacteriology (Osaka, Japan)

Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) and Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) attended the 18th Wakate Colosseum for Bacteriology, a special conference for junior microbiologists sponsored by the Japanese Society for Bacteriology, and had a fruitful discussion with Makoto Miyata (宮田真人) and Yoshihito Kitaoku (北奥喜仁) on deep-branching Mollicutes and other related lineages.

[2024/09/25-10/15] Visit to Osaka Metropolitan University (Osaka, Japan)

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. Special thanks to Makoto Miyata (宮田真人; Department of Biology) for hosting, Kae Nakahara (中原香恵; International Support Center) and Sachiko Asagai (浅貝佐智子; Miyata lab) for arranging the visit, and the Miyata lab members for their hospitality.

[2024/08/23-25] Bacteriology Conference (Tainan, Taiwan)

We attended the 28th Bacteriology Conference in Tainan, Taiwan. Yu Wu (吳宇), Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙), and Hsi-Ching Yen (顏席清) presented their research projects.

[2024/08/09-18] IPMB Virtual Race

For our institutional summer sports event this year, we have a virtual race during Aug. 9-18. Together, the 12 members of our lab member contributed 531 km to the Team Microbes!

[2024/07/07-11] IOM Congress (Gran Canaria, Spain)

We attended the 25th Congress of the International Organization for Mycoplasmology (IOM) in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Congratulations to Shen-Chian Pei (裴慎謙) and Xiao-Hua Yan (顏小華) on receiving the IOM travel grants to attend this conference and having successful poster presentations. Chih-Horng Kuo (郭志鴻) gave an oral presentation on genome-based taxonomy of Mollicutes. The gala dinner at the Poema del Mar Aquarium was amazing. Other than the exciting science, it was lovely to see many friends and collaborators again!