News

We have got good news to share from Wei-Jiun and Yita!

Wei-Jiun has got funding for a year to carry out PhD research project at Virginia Tech!

Yita will also leave temporarily for Finland for exchange, and will be back as our new Master's student at IPCS! (Nov, 2023)

Sun will be presenting our latest research on linking species interactions to ecosystem functions in EntSoc 2023 in National Harbor MD. (Nov, 2023)

Welcome Dr Tanzil Malik to join the Lab. The photo was taken in an indian restaurant. (Oct, 2023)

Sun lab is growing more internationally! (Oct, 2023)

Yita was presenting his work in IPCS on proportional processing of burying beetle host selection in the phoretic mites! (Sep, 2023)

Congratulations to Yita on successfully securing the opportunity for summer intern! 

Yita will be working on the proportional processing of mite choice on burying beetle hosts.

http://www.ipcs.ntu.edu.tw/page/news/show.aspx?num=10262&page=1

How competitive it is to land an academic position? 

Our new paper, led by Gen-Chang Hsu, compiled data from 145 PI over the past 34 years, to show that it becomes increasingly more competitive, and thus requires more time, to guarantee a position. This finding is especially important and valuable for early career researchers who are seeking for academic positions. (Apr, 2023)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-023-04710-9

New Papaer out now in Functional Ecology! We show that morphological traits of both hosts and parasites influence the infection outcomes. This might help explain host-parasite coevolutionary dynamics and the associated morphological adaptations. (Apr, 2023)

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.14323

Welcome Yi-Ta for joining the lab. Yi-Ta is currently an undergrad in Life Science at NTNU, and will take the lead to study proportional processing in host selection in mites ! (Mar, 2023)

There is a up to 3-year postdoc opportunity in the Lab! Please find details below and get in touch if interested! (Feb, 2023)

Two new papers are out now, which we 

1. explored transgenerational plasticity in Daphnia in response to the stressors of warming and parasitism. We showed that adaptive response to warming is possible, but there is a limit when they respond to parasites, with or without warming.  (Ecology and Evolution; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9767) (Feb, 2023)

2. investigated the processes and infection outcomes, when the host Daphnia was exposed to its fungal parasites at ambient and warmer temperatures. Warming, contrary to what we expect, induces an increase in gut thickness, but decreases the immune responses. Together, warming modifies trait-mediated parasite infection processes, with implications for disease outbreak. (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B; https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0009) (Feb, 2023)

Jeff (蔡沐慈) will be joining the lab soon in the coming February. Jeff's previous research focuses on the effect of high temperatures on aphid's reproduction and development. Welcome! (Jan, 2023) 

Sun Lab is now formally ready to go ! (Nov, 2022) 

Sun is awarded two prestigious awards to start the lab: 1) Yushan Young Fellow (玉山青年學者), and 2) 2030 Cross-Generation Young Scholar (2030跨世代年輕學者)! (Aug, 2022) 

There are two research assistant positions available in the Lab! Please check it out! http://www.ipcs.ntu.edu.tw/page/news/show.aspx?num=10246

Sun will be speaking at Taiwanese Entomologists around the world (here is a link), entitled "種內與種間的競爭與合作 (Competition and cooperation within and between species)" at 9:00-10:00 pm (Taiwan) or 8:00-9:00 am (EST) on Saturday, December 18, 2021. The talk will be in Mandarin. Sun will share the study process from Taiwan to the UK and life experience in the UK. Students who are interested in studying abroad or who wants to know more about Sun lab are most welcome! (December, 2021) 

The Sun Lab will formally start in August 2022 at IPCS, National Taiwan University. Get in touch if you are interested in insect resposnes to environmental stressors, e.g., climate change and habitat fragmentation! (August, 2021)