Shu-Yun Chen 鄭舒允
About me 關於我
Shu-Yun Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy at National Chung Hsing University, specializing in genomics and molecular breeding. After receiving his Ph.D. from NCHU, he joined the laboratory of Edward Buckler at Cornell University, where he worked on miRNA eQTL GWAS in maize, gaining international experience in integrative genomic and transcriptomic analysis. He then conducted research at Academia Sinica, applying RNA-seq and BSA-seq to investigate gene regulation and methylation during maize meiosis. Subsequently, he spent two years in the industry with GEOSAT Aerospace & Technology Inc., gaining practical experience in applying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for smart agriculture. He later served as a postdoctoral researcher at National Cheng Kung University, where he focused on identifying Fusarium resistance genes in Phalaenopsis, and pioneered the systematic application of GWAS to disease resistance research in Phalaenopsis.
At NCHU, Dr. Chen has continued to advance crop resistance studies by combining single-plant GWAS (spGWAS) and RNA-seq in crops such as luffa, sweet potato, and bitter gourd. His recent work on Fusarium wilt in luffa employed two field isolates from Taiwan (FOLUST and Fomh16) to develop molecular markers and revealed possible underlying causes of broad-spectrum defense mechanisms in luffa, providing valuable resources for marker-assisted ion (MAS) and accelerating the breeding of resistant cultivars.
Area 領域
農業: Agriculture
Expertise 專長
Genomics, GWAS, QTL, plant genetics and breeding