Introduction

At the Biodiversity Research Center, our lab is dedicated to promoting diversity in science by cultivating diverse perspectives, original ideas, and curiosity-driven research in evolutionary biology. We are particularly interested in the evolution, developmental biology, and genomics of symbiosis in marine invertebrates. Using next-generation sequencing, single-cell genomics, and imaging, we use several marine species as our model systems to study the biodiversity and evolutionary origins of symbiosis. 

Research Directions

• Evolutionary genomics

• Evolutionary developmental biology

• Genetic basis of symbiosis

Research Topics

• Regeneration and asexual reproduction of stony corals at single-cell level

• Evolution of cell types and symbiosis establishment in symbiotic acoels at single-cell level

• Genome evolution and genetic regulation of the brachiopod Lingula and the bryozoan Bugula

研究介紹

我們特別感興趣的研究主題為海洋無脊椎動物與微生物共生關係的基因調控與演化。利用次世代定序、單細胞基因體、與顯微影像技術，我們建立珊瑚與無腔蟲作為共生的模式物種並與其他共生生物 (如海葵、水螅、海蛞蝓、硨磲貝等) 做演化發育生物學的比較研究，藉此探索共生生物多樣性與演化起源。

研究領域

• 演化基因體學

• 演化發育生物學

• 共生生物學

研究主題

• 單細胞層次星形棘杯珊瑚的再生與無性生殖

• 單細胞層次無腔蟲細胞類型演化與共生建立

• 海豆芽與草苔蟲基因體和轉錄體調控與演化