CHIH-CHI LEE
Doctor of Agricultural Science
Division of Applied Biosciences
Kyoto University
Japan
What am I doing
Using population genomics to reveal ants adaptive evolution
What genetic mechanisms assist local adaptation in invasion species?
Red Imported Fire Ant
Solenopsis invicta
Yellow Crazy Ant
Anoploepis gracilipes
Model organisms
Education and Research Experience
October 2017 - January 2021
Doctor or Agricultural Science
Division of Applied Bioscience
Graduate school of Agriculture
Kyoto University, Japan
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Complete the yellow crazy ant mitochondrial genome assembly
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Analysis global invasion history of the yellow crazy ant
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Investigate the genome region under selection
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Explore the interaction between the yellow crazy and Wolbachia
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Discover novel viruses in yellow crazy ants
January 2013 - July 2017
Research assistant
Biodiversity Research Center
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
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Analysis of active transposable elements in the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)
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Exploring the genetic paradox during invasions of the red important fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)
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Tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata) genome assembly with PacBio data
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Histiostoma blomquisti (Acari: Histiostomatidae)
September 2009 - June 2011
Master of Science
Department of Entomology
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Master thesis
(Adviser: Dr. Cheng-Jen Shih and Dr. John Wang)
“The role of propagule pressure and genetic diversity in successful invasion of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) in Taiwan”
September 2005 - June 2009
Bachelor of Science
Department of Entomology
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Independent study
(Adviser: Yu-The Kirk Lin)
“How plant canopy influenced swamp invertebrate assemblage in Guandu, Taiwan”
First Author Publications
2018
The complete mitochondrial genome of yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 2: 622-623
IF: 0.885
2016
The complete mitochondrial genome of Histiostoma blomquisti (Acari: Histiostomatidae)
Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 1:671 - 673
IF: 0.885
Collaborate publications
2020
Evidence for common horizontal transmission of Wolbachia among ants and ant crickets: kleptoparasitism added to the list
Microorganisms.
8:805
IF: 4.152
2019
The fire ant social supergene is characterized by extensive gene and transposable element copy number variation
Molecular Ecology.
29:105-120
IF: 5.163
2016
Evolution of long centromeres in fire ants.
BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16:189.
IF: 3.058
In Preparation
New viruses in yellow crazy ants
Population genomics of the yellow crazy ant
Evidence of prehistorical movement of the pig from ancient DNA
Awards
Best Post Award
Best Post Award
2016
Adaptive evolution in invasive species: looking for the selective sweep(s) in the red imported fire ant genome
International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics
Taiwan
2010
Not only once: putatively two independent invasions of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Taiwan Entomology Society conference.
Taiwan