OIST-NTU Invasive Ant Symposium

NTU Group Visit
NTU Group Visit

We were the proud hosts of Dr. Scotty Yang’s research group and his colleagues from Taiwan National University. His research group specializes in studying the patterns of  dispersal in a variety of invasive ant species. We were treated to a wide range of topics, including a few fascinating finding about Wolbachia distributions in invasive ants.

Taiwan talks

  • Global invasion history and Wolbachia infection patterns of crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis I (Dr. Chin-Cheng Yang)
  • Global invasion history and Wolbachia infection patterns of crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis II (Ms. Shu-Ping Tseng)
  • Global invasion history and Wolbachia infection patterns of yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes (Ms. Ho Han-Chih)
  • Chemical ecology and seed collecting behaviors of invasive fire ants in Taiwan (Dr. Li-Chuan Lai)

OIST talks

  • Sex determination in Vollenhovia emeryi (Dr. Misato Okamoto)
  • Molecular signatures of ancient mutualistic coevolution in attine ants and their fungal cultivars (Dr. Alexander Mikheyev)

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