Research Foci
- Host-parasite interaction
- Dscam-mediated immunity
CV
Academic Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
- Master of Science, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
- Bachelor of Science (Honors) Biotechnology, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
Positions
- Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Germany
- Postdoctoral fellow, International Center for Scientific Development of Shrimp Aquaculture, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
- Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Honors
- Humboldt-Forschungsstipendium für Postdocs und erfahrene Forschende – Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (AvH)
External Function
- International Society of Fish and Shellfish Immunology -Student Committee (Asia Representative)
Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
- Ng, TH, Kumar, R, Apitanyasai, K, He, ST, Chiu, SP, and Wang, HC. . “Selective expression of a "correct cloud" of Dscam in crayfish survivors after second exposure to the same pathogen.” Fish Shellfish Immunol., № 92: 430–437.
- Kumar, R, Chang, CC, Ng, TH, Ding, JY, Tseng, TC, Lo, CF, and Wang, HC. . “Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain M1-1, Which Causes Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in Shrimp in Vietnam.” Genome Announc., № 6: e01468–17.
- Ng, TH, Lu, CW, Lin, SS, Chang, CC, Tran, LH, Chang, WC, Lo, CF, and Wang, HC. . “The Rho signaling pathway mediates the pathogenicity of AHPND-causing V. parahaemolyticus in shrimp.” Cell Microbiol., № e12849
- Yeh, YC, Kinoshita, M, Ng, TH, Chang, YH, Maekawa, S, Chiang, YA, Aoki, T, and Wang, HC. . “Using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing to further explore growth and trade-off effects in myostatin-mutated F4 medaka (Oryzias latipes).” Sci Rep., № 7: 11435.
- Chang, YH, Kumar, R, Ng, TH, and Wang, HC. . “What vaccination studies tell us about immunological memory within the innate immune system of cultured shrimp and crayfish.” Dev Comp Immunol., № 80: 53–66.
- Chen, WY, Ng, TH, Wu, JH, and Chen, JWWang HC. . “Microbiome Dynamics in a Shrimp Grow-out Pond with Possible Outbreak of Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease.” Sci Rep., № 7: 9395.
- Lai, HC, Ng, TH, Ando, M, Lee, C, Chen, IT, Chang, SH, Yeh, MD, Chiang, YA, Takeyama, H, Hamaguchi, H, Lo, CF, Aoki, T, and Wang, HC. . “Pathogenesis of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimp.” Fish Shellfish Immunol., № 47: 1006–1014.
- Su, MA, Huang, YT, Chen, IT, Lee, DY, Hsieh, YC, Li, CY, Ng, TH, Liang, SY, Lin, SY, Huang, SW, Chiang, YA, Yu, HT, Khoo, KH, Chang, GD, Lo, CF, and Wang, HC. . “An invertebrate Warburg effect: a shrimp virus achieves successful replication by altering the host metabolome via the PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway.” PLoS Pathogens, № 10: e1004196.
- Ng, TH, Wu, MH, Chang, SH, Aoki, T, and Wang, HC. . “The DNA fibers of shrimp hemocyte extracellular traps exhibit antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli.” Dev Comp Immunol., № 48: 229–233.
- Ng, TH, Chiang, YA, Yeh, YC, and Wang, HC. . “Review of Dscam-mediated immunity in shrimp and other arthropods.” Dev Comp Immunol., № 46: 129–138.
- Ng, TH, Hung, HY, Chiang, YA, Lin, JH, Chen, YN, Chuang, YU, and Wang, HC. . “WSSV-induced crayfish Dscam shows durable immune behavior.” Fish Shellfish Immunol., № 40: 78–90.
- Ng, TH, Chang, SH, Wu, MH, and Wang, HC. . “Shrimp hemocytes release extracellular traps that kill bacteria.” Dev Comp Immunol., № 41: 644–651.
- Hung, HY, Ng, TH, Lin, JH, Chiang, YA, Chuang, YC, and Wang, HC. . “Properties of Litopenaeus vannamei Dscam (LvDscam) isoforms related to specific pathogen recognition.” Fish Shellfish Immunol., № 35: 1272–1281.
Dr. Tze Hann Ng
