Wen-Shi Tsai

(Associate Professor, Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University)

Address: Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University

No. 300 Syuefu Rd., Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan (R. O. C)

TEL: 05-2717839 (O)
0934330301(Mobile)

E-mail: wenshi.tw@mail.ncyu.edu.tw; wenshi.tw@yahoo.com.tw

Education

2008/06, Doctor of Agriculture in Plant Pathology, National Chung-Hsing University

1993/06, Master of Science in Molecular Biology, National Chung-Hsing University

1991/06, Bachelor of Science in Botany, National Chung-Hsing University

Employment

Associate Professor, Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University (2014-present)

Associate Specialist, Virology Unit, AVRDC- The World Vegetable Center (2009-2014)

Principal Research Assistant, Virology Unit, AVRDC- The World Vegetable Center (1996-2008)

Language

English, Chinese and Taiwanese

Experience

Ø Survey of plant virus diseases in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Honduras, Indonesia, Mali, Philippines, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam

Ø Multilocation screening of begomovirus resistances (cucurbit, pepper and tomato)

Ø Plant virus diagnostics, epidemiology and host rang study

Ø Characterization of plant virus by RT-PCR, IC-RT-PCR, Northern hybridization, ELISA, Western blot, genomic sequencing and infectious clone

Ø Resistance screening and rating of germplasm, breeding lines for virus disease management (potyviruses, geminiviruses, tospoviruses, cucumoviruses, tobamoviruses)

Ø Development of transgenic tomato resistant to CMV, potyviruses and geminiviruses using CP, antisense gene and gene silencing strategy

Ø Project proposal development and project management

Ø Supervising /training of research scholars in virological methods and research topics