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Group Leader

 

Director of IPMB, Academia Sinica
Research Fellow

Erh-Min Lai Ph.D.
賴爾珉 研究員/所長

Ph.D. Plant Pathology University of California, Davis, USA
B.S., M.S. Botany National Taiwan University

Advisory Editorial Board, EMBO Reports
Editor, PhytoFrontiers
Academic Editor, PLoS One

Twitter: @erhminlai
emlai@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Postdoctoral Fellow

 

Project Research Scientist

Mao-Sen Liu Ph.D.
劉茂森 博士

Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University

Research topic: Agrobacterium mediated transformation by floral dipping

msliu@gate.sinica.edu.tw

 

Postdoctoral Fellow

Teng-Kuei Huang Ph.D.
黃登魁 博士

National Chung Hsing University (enroll in TIGP-MBAS)

Research topic: Agrobacteria-mediated plant genome editing by CRISPR/Cas

tengkuei@gate.sinica.edu.tw

 

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yu Wu Ph.D.
吳宇 博士

TIGP-MBAS
Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University

Research topic: Genomic identification and functional characterization of the virulence genes in Agrobacterium tumefaciens genomospecies 1

Twitter
hooyagaga@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Research Assistant

 

Lab Manager

Yi-Chieh Wang M.Sc.
王奕杰 碩士

Institute of Biotechnology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology

ejw@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Ph.D. Student

 

Website Developer
Chairman of Yong Investigator Association (YIA)
Ph.D. Candidate

Xuan Lai M.Sc.
賴軒 碩士

Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University
Institute of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University

Research topic: Molecular signaling in Agrobacterium

Twitter, LinkedIn
xlai@gate.sinica.edu.tw

 

Ph.D. Candidate

Yung-Hui Wen B.Sc.
溫永蕙 學士

Program in Microbial Genomics, National Chung Hsing University
Department of Agronomy, National Chung Hsing University

Research topic: Recipient susceptibility factor ClpAP in T6SS-mediated killing by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Linkedin
as0201958@gate.sinica.edu.tw

 

Ph.D. Candidate

Li-Kang Sung M.Sc.
宋立綱 碩士

Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University

likang1994@gate.sinica.edu.tw

 

Ph.D. Candidate

Hagos Mohammedseid Juhar M.Sc.
哈格斯 碩士

Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, College of Dryland Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mekelle University, Ethiopia

Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung-Hsing University, TIGP-MBAS
Laboratory of Phytopathology, Phytophthora group, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
Department of Dryland Crops and Horticultural Sciences, College of Dryland Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mekelle University, Ethiopia

Research Topic: T4SS, Identification of factors for higher Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (AMT)

ResearchGate
hagos2019@gate.sinica.edu.tw

M.Sc. Student

 

M.Sc. Student

Jou-Chi Ling
林柔齊 學士

International Master Program in Plant and Microbial Biology, National Chung Hsing University

Department of Agronomy, National Chung Hsing University

Research topic: Functional characterization of key differentially expressed genes involved in floral dip transformation

@gate.sinica.edu.tw

B.Sc. Student

 

B.Sc. Student

Hao-Wen Hsu
徐顥文

Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University.

Research Topic: The role of Fha in T6SS assembly.

Alumni

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Dr. Yu-Zu Lin 林育如 博士

  • Period: 2002/08-2004/07

    • Dr. Hau-Hsuan Hwang 黃皓瑄 博士

  • Period: 2004/07-2006/07
  • Current position: Professor at the Dept. Life Science, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

    • Dr. Shao-Kai Lin 林韶凱 博士

  • Period: 2006/01-2007/04

    • Dr. Yun-Long Tsai 蔡汮龍 博士

  • Period: 2006/02-2011-05
  • Current position: Director, Department of R&D, GeneReach Biotechnology Corporation, Taichung, Taiwan

    • Dr. Jer-Sheng Lin 林哲生 博士

  • Period: 2007/05-2016/08

    • Dr. Yin-Ru Chiang 江殷儒 博士

  • Period: 2008/02-2009/07
  • Current position: Associate Research Fellow, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica

    • Dr. Lay-Sun Ma 馬麗珊 博士

  • Period: 2011/11-2014/08
  • Current position: Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica

    • Dr. Ching-Jou Huang 黃靜柔 博士

  • Period: 2014/05-2015/05

    • Dr. Manda Yu 余文廸 博士

  • Period: 2015/05-2020/07
  • Currend position: Assistant Scientist, Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, US

    • Dr. Ching-Fang Chien 簡靖芳 博士

  • Period: 2017/09-2020/06
  • Current position: 首席生物技術官, 艾滴科技股份有限公司

    • Dr. Hsiao-Han Lin 林筱涵 博士

  • Period: 2020/02-2020/06
  • Current position: Postdoc at Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, CA, US

    • Dr. Nia Mary Santos 妮亞 博士

  • Period: 2020/05-2020/08
  • Current position: Head of Aquatic Animal Health Section, Head, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), Aquaculture Research and Development Division, Philippines

    • Dr. Novaria Panjaitan 潘諾雅 博士

  • Period: 2020/11-2022/01
  • Current position: Junior Researcher position in Indonesia National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia

    • Dr. Yee-Wai Cheung 張綺蕙 博士

  • Period: 2021/07-2024/06

    • Ph.D. Students

    1. Lay-Sun Ma 馬麗珊
    (Ph.D., TIGP-MBAS, Academia Sinica)

  • Period: 2007/05-2011/10
  • Current position: Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica

    • 2. Hung-Yi Wu 吳竑毅
    (Ph.D., Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, co-advisors: Dr. Chao-Ying Chen, Dr. Erh-Min Lai)

  • Period: 2007/09-2014/07

    • 3. Chih-Feng Wu 吳誌峰
    (Ph.D., Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, co-advisors: Gwo-Chyuan Shaw, Dr. Erh-Min Lai)

  • Period: 2009/09-2012/12
  • Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, US

    • 4. Po-Yuan Shih 施博原
    (Ph.D., TIGP-MBAS, Academia Sinica)

  • Period: 2011/09-2018/12
  • Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow in INRA French National Institute for Agricultural Research

    • 5. Devanand D. Bondage
    (Ph.D., TIGP-MBAS, Academia Sinica)

  • Period: 2012/11-2016/07
  • Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow in NIH, US

    • 6. Nia Mary Santos 妮亞
    (Ph.D., TIGP-MBAS, Academia Sinica)

  • Period: 2014/09-2020/04
  • Current position: Head of Aquatic Animal Health Section, Head, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), Aquaculture Research and Development Division, Philippines

    • 7. Hsiao-Han Lin 林筱涵
    (Ph.D., co-adviced with Dr. Chi-Te Liu, Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University)

  • Period: 2016/09-2020/01
  • Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Joint Bioenergy Institute (JBEI), Berkeley, US

    • 8. Jemal Ali 狄杰莫
    (Ph.D., TIGP-MBAS, Academia Sinica)

  • Period: 2016/09-2023/06
  • Current position: Postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Ching-Hong Yang lab at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, US

    • 9. Yu Wu 吳宇
    (Ph.D., TIGP-MBAS, Academia Sinica)

  • Period: 2019/09-2025/07
  • Current position: Postdoctoral fellow in the Lai lab

    • Master Students

    1. An-Chi Liu 劉安琪
    (MS, Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, co-advisors: Dr. Todd Hsu, Dr. Erh-Min Lai)

  • Period: 2007

    • 2. Yi-Chun Chen 陳怡君
    (MS, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, co-advisors: Dr. Chao-Ying Chen, Dr. Erh-Min Lai)

  • Period: 2008

    • 3. Yun-Wei Lien 連允薇
    (Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, co-advisors: Dr. Ting-Hsuan Hung, Dr. Erh-Min Lai)

  • Period: 2016/09-2018/07
  • Current position: Ph.D. student at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    • 4. Si-Chong Wang 王思翀
    (Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, co-advisors: Dr. Shaw-Jye Wu, Dr. Erh-Min Lai)

  • Period: 2018/09-2021/02
  • Current position: Research Assistant in the Lai lab

    • 5. Xuan Lai 賴軒 (Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University, co-advisors: Dr. Wai-Chiang Shen, Dr. Erh-Min Lai)

  • Period: 2019/09-2021/07
  • Current position: Ph.D. student in the Lai lab

    • 6. Yun-Chen Cheng 鄭勻媜 (Department of Life Science, National Central University, co-advisors: Dr. Shaw-Jye Wu, Dr. Erh-Min Lai)

  • Period: 2020/09-2022/09

    • 7. Sin-Sin Hsu 許馨心 (Department of Life Science, National Central University, co-advisors: Dr. Shaw-Jye Wu, Dr. Erh-Min Lai)

  • Period: 2022/09-2024/10
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