CHIH-CHI LEE, Ph. D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center
Academia Sinica
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research interest
research interest
Omics, Population genomics, Functional genomics, Epigenomics
First Author Publications
First Author Publications
First Polycipivirus and unmapped RNA virus diversity in the Yellow Crazy Ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes
Lee CC, Hsu HW, Lin CY, Gustafson N, Matsuura K, Lee CY, Yang CCS.
2022. Viruses. 14(10):2161 https://doi.org/10.3390/v14102161
Ongoing coevolution of Wolbachia and a widespread invasive ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes
Lee CC, Lin CY, Tseng SP, Matsuura K, Yang CCS.
2020. Micoorganisms. 8(10):1569 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8101569
Complete genome sequences of two novel dicistroviruses detected in yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes)
Lee CC, Lin CY, Hsu HW, Yang CCS.
2020. Archives of Virology. 165:2715-2719
Rapid expansion of a highly germline-expressed mariner element acquired by horizontal transfer in the fire ant genome. Genome Biology and Evolution
Lee CC, Wang J.
2018. Genome Biology and Evolution. 10(12):3262-3278. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy220
The complete mitochondrial genome of yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Lee CC, Wang J, Matsuura K, Yang CCS.
2018. Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 3(2):622-623. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1467739
The complete mitochondrial genome of Histiostoma blomquisti (Acari: Histiostomatidae)
Lee CC, Wang J.
2016. Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 1(1):671 - 673. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2016.1219633
Collaborations
Collaborations
phiC31 integrase for recombination-mediated single-copy insertion and genome manipulation in Caenorhabditis elegans
Yang FJ, Chen CN, Chang T, Cheng TW, Chang NC, Kao CY, Lee CC, Huang YC, Hsu JC, Li J, Lu MJ, Chan SP, Wang J
2022. Genetics. 220(2): Iyab206. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyab206
The complete mitochondrial genome of a parthenogenetic ant Monomorium triviale (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Idogawa N, Lee CC, Yang CCS, Dobata S.
2021. Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 6(10): 2793-2795. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1970632
Deformed wing virus in two widespread invasive ants: geographical distribution, prevalence, and phylogeny
Lin CY, Lee CC, Nai YS, Hsu HW, Lee CY, Tsuji K, Yang CCS.
2020. Viruses. 12(11):1309. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12111309
Evidence for common horizontal transmission of Wolbachia among ants and ant crickets: kleptoparasitism added to the list
Tseng SP, Hsu PW, Lee CC, Wetterer JK, Hugel S, Wu LH, Lee CY, Yoshimura T, Yang CCS.
2020. Microorganisms. 8(6):805. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8060805
The fire ant social supergene is characterized by extensive gene and transposable element copy number variation
Fontana S, Chang NC, Chang T, Lee CC, Dang VD, Wang J.
2019. Molecular Ecology. 29(1):105-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15308
Evolution of long centromeres in fire ants
Huang YC, Lee CC, Kao CY, Chang NC, Lin CC, Shoemaker D, Wang J.
2016. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16:189. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0760-7
Awards and Funding
Awards and Funding
Best Speaker
2020 Entomology Society of America, The First Taiwanese Entomologist Association Meeting
Best Post Award
2016 International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics, Taiwan
2010 Taiwan Entomology Society conference, Taiwan
Funding
2021 - 2022 Data Science Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Haifa, Israel
2021 - 2022 Integrated Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Haifa, Israel
2020 Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Scholarship, Japan
2020 Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship, Japan
Conference Presentation
Conference Presentation
Oral presentation
Lee CC, Lin HY, Chang PY, Chao YT, Fang SC. (2023) Transcriptome and methylome profiling during de novo shoot regeneration in Phalaenopsis aphrodite.
Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2023 Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan
Lee CC, CCS Yang. (2021) Global invasion and host-symbiont coevolution: A case study involving Wolbachia in the invasive yellow crazy ant.
42th Taiwan Entomology Society conference, Taiwan
Lee CC, CCS Yang. (2020) Population genomics reveals a potential adaptive evolution in the yellow crazy ant
2nd Meeting of the Israeli Society for Evolutionary Biology.
Hosted by: The Open University of Israel, Virtual Annual Meeting.
Lee CC, CCS Yang. (2020) Global invasion history of the yellow crazy ant.
Entomology Society of America, The Taiwanese Entomologist Association Meeting, Virtual Meeting.
Lee CC, CCS Yang. (2020) Population genomics provides insight into potential adaptive evolution in an invasive ant.
Hosted by: Entomology Society of America, Virtual Annual Meeting.
Lee CC, Wang J. (2014) Multiple putative recent horizontal transfers of a transposon in ants.
Hosted by: International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Cairns, Australia.
Huang YC, Nipitwattanaphon M, Lee CC, Keller L, Wang J. (2014) Multiple putative recent horizontal transfers of a transposon in ants.
International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Cairns, Australia.
Lee CC, Yang CC, Wang J, Shih JC. (2011) Not only once: Putatively two independent invasions of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Red Imported Fire Ant Conference, USA.
Posters presentation
Lee CC, Lin HY, Chang PY, Chao YT, Fang SC. (2023) Transcriptome and methylome profiling during de novo shoot regeneration in Phalaenopsis aphrodite. Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2023 Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan
Lee CC, Lajmi A, Cohen P, Privman E. (2022) Social microbiome and social traits associations in Cataglyphis desert ant. International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), San Diego, USA
Lee CC, CCS Yang. (2019) Adaptive evolution in invasive ants. Symposium of Behavioral Ecology: Social Insects and Beyond, Japan.
Lee CC, Chiu YC, Wang J. (2016) Adaptive evolution in invasive species: looking for selective sweep(s) in the red imported fire ant genome. International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics, Taiwan.
Lee CC, Chiu YK, Wang J. (2016) Exploring the genetic paradox during invasions of red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) using genomic approaches. 37th Taiwan Entomology Society conference, Taiwan.
Lee CC, Wang J. (2016) The complete mitochondrial genome of fire ant phoretic mite by PCR-free whole genome amplification and next-generation sequencing. 37th Taiwan Entomology Society conference, Taiwan.
Lee CC, Wang J (2015) Multiple putative recent horizontal transfers of a transposon in ants. 36th Taiwan Entomology Society conference, Taiwan.
Huang YC, Nipitwattanaphon M, Lee CC, Keller L, Wang J. (2015) Mapping a novel sex determination gene in ants. 36th Taiwan Entomology Society conference, Taiwan.
Lee CC, Wang J. (2014) Horizontal transfer of the mariner2-SI transposon.
International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics, Taiwan.
Lee CC, Wang J. (2013) Behind genetic diversity loss: developing a new tool to reveal population structure at fine geographic scale after biological invasion. International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics, Taiwan.
Lee CC, Yang CC, Wang J, Shih JC. (2010) Not only once: putatively two independent invasions of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) in Taoyuan, Taiwan. 31th Taiwan Entomology Society conference, Taiwan.
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