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What makes the diploid and haploid cells of some algae so different? Using haplotype-aware analyses, our work with Coccolab suggests allele-specific methylation contributes to allelic imbalance and diploid-haploid differential gene expression. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Got this super fun card game from Dedmer NL Inst of Ecology at the ASLO meeting ASLO today. Can't wait to use it in my course on Diversity and Evolution of Eukaryotes!

Very happy to meet with Prof. Takemura Prof. Dr. Masaharu Takemura from Tokyo University of Science Tokyo University of Science (TUS) to discuss giant virus isolation and biology!

Got this giant Giardia after solving a cryptic crossword with my protistologist partner. Many thanks to Alastairs Simpson from Dalhousie University for such great fun!! Really enjoying #PSAISOPISEP2024 Phyc. Soc. America ISOP @ISEPprotists

So happy to be reunited with Assaf @vardilab, Daniella and Flora Flora Vincent! Absolutely a fantastic ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology meeting in Cape Town.

How to infer the timescale of evolution without fossils? Using host taxa to calibrate maximum ages of viruses, our work shows the last common ancestor of #giantviruses existed around or after a major global oxygenation event. researchsquare.com/article/rs-508…

Extremely honored to receive Outstanding Teaching Award from my alma mater, National Taiwan University NTU Taiwan, where I am an adjunct member. Special thanks to College of Life Science and IEEB for the opportunity to teach my favorite course Diversity and Evolution of Eukaryotes.

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Looking forward to the seminar and visit by CX Chan Cheong Xin (CX) Chan next week!

International Master Program in Plant and Microbial Biology (IMPPMB) w/ National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) #Taiwan Enrollment for Fall 2025 Application: 2024/12/15 - 2025/2/20 Application Procedure reurl.cc/L5p083 IMPPMB Website imppmb.email.nchu.edu.tw

International master's program with scholarships in Taiwan!

Visit to #Estonia for the first time! Many thanks to Mikk Espenberg for hosting me and for the opportunities to meet Prof. Ülo Mander and many other great scientists at University of Tartu University of Tartu #Taiwan

A fossil Pleistocene-age hominin jawbone discovered in Taiwan has now been identified as belonging to a Denisovan, according to a new study in Science. The findings provide direct molecular evidence that Denisovans occupied diverse climates and offer new morphological insights

Cathepsin X is a conserved cell death protein involved in algal response to environmental stress Current Biology @vardilab cell.com/current-biolog…

Finally published~! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 1. Strong evidence of adzuki domestication in Japan 2. The Jomons are not merely hunter-gatherers 3. Tracing evolutionary changes in domestication traits difficult to observe from archaeological evidence