Cheng-Hung Tsai

Cheng-Hung Tsai

I’m a PhD student from Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics program in UC Riverside. My career started from more a wet-lab training. Inspired by my former roommate, I started to learn coding and later started my dry-lab career in the Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica in 2017. My interest is to address genomics problems through bioinformatic approaches and pipeline development for different NGS data. I joined in Dr. Jason Stajich lab in 2021 and currently working on the citrus Huanglongbing(HLB) project. We aim to use metagenomic approaches to investigate the root rhizosphere microbiome changes during the HLB progression.

Skills

Genomics
Metagenomics
Linux
Python
snakemake
Snakemake
R

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside
Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside
Apr 2021 – Present California, US

Dr. Jason Stajich lab

  • Investigate elk dung microbiome succession
  • Analyse rhizosphere microbiome during Huanglongbing(HLB) progression in citrus
  • Develop analysis pipelines
 
 
 
 
 
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
Research Assistant
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
Jun 2017 – Aug 2020 Taipei, Taiwan

Dr. Huai-Kuang Tsai lab

  • Execute academic research projects
  • Train Summer interns
  • Server system administration
  • Bioinformatics Workshop
 
 
 
 
 
Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University
Student Research Assistant
Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Taiwan University
Jul 2014 – Jun 2015 Taipei, Taiwan

Dr. Rong-Huay Juang lab

Plastidic starch phosphorylase research in sweet potato

Education

 
 
 
 
 
University of California, Riverside
PhD Candidate in Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics
University of California, Riverside
Oct 2020 – Present California, US

Investigate the relationship between rhizosphere microbiome and HLB-induced root collapse in citrus

Advisor: Dr. Jason Stajich

 
 
 
 
 
National Taiwan University
MS in Biochemical Science and Technology
National Taiwan University
Jul 2012 – Jun 2015 Taipei, Taiwan

My thesis was on “The Role of Loop 78 in the Primer-Independent Amylose Synthesizing Activity of Plastidial Starch Phosphorylase from Sweet Potato Roots

Advisor: Dr. Rong-Huay Juang

 
 
 
 
 
National University of Kaohsiung
BS in Life Sciences
National University of Kaohsiung
Sep 2008 – Jun 2012 Kaohsiung, Taiwan