ISEGB awards
ISEGB2016
The Best Postdoctoral Oral Presentation Award:
Dr. Jia-Hsin Huang
Expansion of transcription factor binding specificities in the promoters of humans
Shun-Yuen Kwan, Jia-Hsin Huang, Zing Tsung-Yeh Tsai, Huai-Kuang Tsai
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
The Best Student Oral Presentation Award:
Trieu-Duc Vu
Characterization of Aggressive Behavior and Analysis Differential Gene Expression Involved in Fighting Fish (Betta Splendens)
Trieu-Duc Vu
Life Sciences Department, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
The Best Poster Award:
Chih-Chi Lee
Adaptive evolution in invasive species: looking for selective sweep(s) in the red imported fire ant genome
Chih-Chi Lee, Yu-Kun Chiu, John Wang
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
The Second Place Poster Award:
Yu-Kun Chiu
Techniques for Gene Silencing in the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta
Yu-Kun Chiu, Yu-Ching Huang, John Wang
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
The Third Place Poster Award:
Huei-Mien Ke
Comparative genomics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates responsible for acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND)
Huei-Mien Ke1,2, Henryk Urbanczyk3, Mei-Chin Lai1,4,5, Chu-Fang Lo6,7,8, Wen-Hsiung Li1,2,9, Isheng J Tsai1,2
1 Ph.D. Program in Microbial Genomics, National Chung Hsing University and Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2 Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
3 Department of Marine Biology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Japan
4 Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
5Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
6 Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
7 Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
8 Center of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
9 Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, US
The Third Place Poster Award: (tie for third place)
Horacio Javier Sosa Galeano
Yeast beer volatome
Horacio Sosa, Hao-Yeh Lin, Ju-Yu Lin, Hsien-Lin Liu, Caroline Thia, Ching-Hsiang Chang, Lance Chang, Wen-Hsiung Li
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
The Most Popular Award of Poster Presentation:
Sheng-Jou Hung
Trig: a robust alignment tool for non-regular T-cell receptor and immunoglobulin sequences
Sheng-Jou Hung1, Chia-Hung Chu1, Tsunglin Liu1, Yi-Lin Chen2, Chuan-Chun Lee2, Ya-Lan Lin2, Ming-Ching Lin2, Chung-Liang Ho2
1Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Taiwan. and Molecular Medicine Core Laboratory, Research Center of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Taiwan
ISEGB2015
The Best Postdoctoral Oral Presentation Award:
Dr. Chao-Li Huang
Ecological Genomics in Xanthomonas: the Nature of Genetic Adaptation with Homologous Recombination and Host Shifts
Chao-Li Huang*1, Pei-Hua Pu1, Hao-Jen Huang1, Huang-Mo Sung1, Hung-Jiun Liaw1, Yi-Min Chen2, Chien-Ming Chen3, Ming-Ban Huang1, Naoki Osada4, Takashi Gojobori1,4,5, Tun-Wen Pai3, Yu-Tin Chen1, Chi-Chuan Hwang6, Tzen-Yuh Chiang1
1Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
3Department of Computer Sciences and Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
4National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
5Computational Bioscience Research Center, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
6Department of Engineering Science and Supercomputing Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
The Best Student Oral Presentation Award:
Wen-Sui Lo
Genomic and Transcriptomic Characterization of Mosquito-symbotic Spiroplasma
Wen-Sui Lo*1,2, Chih-Horng Kuo1,2
1Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
2Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung Hsing University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
The Best Poster Award:
Chih-Kuan Chen
Long Non-coding RNAs Identification and Functional Analysis in Birds Natal Down Developments by Stranded RNA-Seq
Chih-Kuan Chen*1,2, Chen-Siang Ng2, Chun-Ping Yu2, Sung-Chou Li3, Chau-Ti Ting1, Wen-Hsiung Li2
1Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
2Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
3Genomics and Proteomics Core Laboratory, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan
The Second Place Poster Award:
Việt Đài Đặng
Division of Labor in Solenopsis invicta Using Brain Gene Expression Profiling
Việt Đài Đặng*, Ni-Chen Chang, John Wang
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
The Third Place Poster Award:
Sheng-Jou Hung
Investigating the Role of DNA Methylation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Sheng-Jou Hung*, Tsunglin Liu
Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
The Most Popular Award of Poster Presentation:
Chun-Hui Yu
Draft Genome of Myxosarcina sp. Strain GI1, a Baeocytous Cyanobacterium Associated with the Marine Sponge Terpios hoshinota
Chun-Hui Yu*1, Chung-Kuang Lu*2,3, Tsunglin Liu*1, Yi-Min Chen*4
1Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
2National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
3Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, School of Life Science, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;
4Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
ISEGB2014
The Best Postdoctoral Oral Presentation Award:
Dr. Chih-Ming Hung
Drastic Population Fluctuations Explain the Rapid Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon
Chih-Ming Hung*, Pei-Jen L. Shaner, Robert M. Zink, Wei-Chung Liu, Te-Chin Chu, Wen-San Huang, Shou-Hsien Li
Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
The Best Student Oral Presentation Award:
David Zhi-Chao Pan
Genome-Wide Analysis of Enhancer RNA in Gene Regulation across 12 Mouse Tissues
Jen-Hao Cheng, David Zhi-Chao Pan*, Zing Tsung-Yeh Tsai, Huai-Kuang Tsai
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
The Best Poster Award:
Pei-Chun Lu
Lncin: Identifying lncRNA-modulated Protein–protein Interaction Networks
Pei-Chun Lu1, *, Chia-Lang Hsu3, Chih-Hsun Wu2, Hsueh-Fen Juan3, Hsuan-Cheng Huang1
1 Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
2 Institute of Biotechnology in Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
3 Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
The Second Place Poster Award:
Shun-yuen Kwan
Expression Data-Driven Identification of Regulatory Elements in Sequenced Species without Regulatory Genomic Resources
Zing Tsung-Yeh Tsai, Shun-yuen Kwan*, Huai-Kuang Tsai
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
The Third Place Poster Award:
Je-Jia Wu
Complete Genome Sequence of Biocontrol-active Collimonas arenae Cal35
Je-Jia Wu1, 3, *, Wen-Ling Deng1, 2, 3, Johan Leveau3, 4
1 Ph.D. Program in Microbial Genomics, National Chung Hsing University and Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2 Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
3 Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
4 Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA., USA
The Most Popular Award of Poster Presentation:
Sheng-Jou Hung
Excluding Impacts of Transcription Factors for Improving Prediction of Mirna Activity
Sheng-Jou Hung*, Tsunglin, Liu
Institute of Bioinformatics and Biosignal Transduction, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
ISEGB2013
The Best Postdoctoral Oral Presentation Award:
Dr. Yu-Ching Huang
Clone and Characterize a Novel Sex Determination Gene in Ants
The Best Student Oral Presentation Award:
Tzu-Hsien Yang
cisMEP: An Integrated Repository of Genomic Epigenetic Profiles for cis-regulatory Modules in Drosophila
The Best Poster Award
Chih-Yao Hsu
The Essential Copy of the Two Mitochondrial HSP70 Duplicates in Arabidopsis Evolved Faster Than the Non-essential One
The Second Place Poster Award
Chih-Jen Huang
Experimental evolution for high temperature tolerant yeast
The Third Place Poster Award
Bernhard Schaefke
Inheritance of gene expression level and selective constraints on trans- and cis-regulatory changes in yeast
Most Popular Award of Poster Presentation
Zing Tsung-Yeh Tsai
Intrinsic properties of genomic sequences allow prediction of transcription factor binding sites
ISEGB2012
The Best Postdoctoral Oral Presentation Award:
Dr. Chen Siang Ng
The Genetic Basis of Morphological Traits and Evolution in Chickens
Chen Siang Ng*, Wen-Lang Fan, Ping Wu, Mei-Yeh Lu, Chih-Kuan Chen, Wensui Lo, Chi-Tang Mau, Yu-Ting Lai, Hsu-Chen Cheng, Chih-Feng Chen, Cheng-Ming Chuong, Wen-Hsiung Li
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
The Best Student Oral Presentation Award:
Zing Tsung-Yeh Tsai
The Evolution of cis-regulatory Features in Yeast de novo Genes
Zing Tsung-Yeh Tsai*, Huai-Kuang Tsai, Daryi Wang
Institute of Information Science and Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
The Best Poster Award
Jian-Geng Chiou
The Essential Copy of the Two Mitochondrial HSP70 Duplicates in
Arabidopsis Evolved Faster Than the Non-essential One
Jian-geng Chiou*, Catherine Hu, and Yee-yung Charng
Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
The Second Place Poster Award
Chih-Yao Hsu
Evolution, Functional Characterization, and Regulation of Two Key
Terpene Synthase Genes in the Scent Biosynthesis of Toona sinensis
Chih-Yao Hsu1, 2, 3,*, Pung-Ling Huang2, Chih-Ming Chen1, Chi-Tang Mao1, Shu-Miaw Chaw1
1Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica;
2Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University;
3Current affiliation: Genome and Systems Biology, National Taiwan University
The Third Place Poster Award
Ching-Hung Tseng
Comparative Metagenomics on a Typhoon Impacted Freshwater Ecosystem
Ching-Hung Tseng>*1,3,4, Pei-Wen Chiang1, Fuh-Kwo Shiah2, Jia-Rong Liou2, Yi-Lung Chen2, Ting-Chang Hsu2, Sen-Lin Tang1
1Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan;
2Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taiwan;
3Bioinformatics Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan;
4Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
The Honorable Mention Poster Award
Lo-Yu Chang
Chloroplast Phylogenomics of Seed Plants: Supermatrix vs. Supertree
Lo-Yu Chang*1, Chung-Shien Wu2, Shu-Miaw Chaw2
1Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School;
2Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan