Dr. Tze Hann Ng

Dr. Tze Hann Ng

Hüfferstr. 1, room 102
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-21643

  • Research Areas

    • Host-parasite interaction
    • Dscam-mediated immunity

  • CV

    Education

    Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
    Master of Science, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
    Bachelor of Science (Honors) Biotechnology, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia

    Positions

    Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Germany
    Postdoctoral fellow, International Center for Scientific Development of Shrimp Aquaculture, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
    Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

    Honors

    Humboldt-Forschungsstipendium für Postdocs und erfahrene Forschende – Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (AvH)

    External Function

    International Society of Fish and Shellfish Immunology -Student Committee (Asia Representative)

  • Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines

    • Ng TH, Kumar R, Apitanyasai K, He ST, Chiu SP, Wang HC. . ‘Selective expression of a "correct cloud" of Dscam in crayfish survivors after second exposure to the same pathogen.’ Fish Shellfish Immunol. 92: 430–437.
    • Kumar R, Chang CC, Ng TH, Ding JY, Tseng TC, Lo CF, Wang HC. . ‘Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain M1-1, Which Causes Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in Shrimp in Vietnam.’ Genome Announc. 6: e01468–17.
    • Ng TH, Lu CW, Lin SS, Chang CC, Tran LH, Chang WC, Lo CF, Wang HC. . ‘The Rho signaling pathway mediates the pathogenicity of AHPND-causing V. parahaemolyticus in shrimp.’ Cell Microbiol. e12849.
    • Yeh YC, Kinoshita M, Ng TH, Chang YH, Maekawa S, Chiang YA, Aoki T, Wang HC. . ‘Using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing to further explore growth and trade-off effects in myostatin-mutated F4 medaka (Oryzias latipes).’ Sci Rep. 7: 11435.
    • Chang YH, Kumar R, Ng TH, Wang HC. . ‘What vaccination studies tell us about immunological memory within the innate immune system of cultured shrimp and crayfish.’ Dev Comp Immunol. 80: 53–66.
    • Chen WY, Ng TH, Wu JH, Chen JW Wang HC. . ‘Microbiome Dynamics in a Shrimp Grow-out Pond with Possible Outbreak of Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease.’ Sci Rep. 7: 9395.
    • Lai HC, Ng TH, Ando M, Lee C, Chen IT, Chang SH, Yeh MD, Chiang YA, Takeyama H, Hamaguchi H, Lo CF, Aoki T, Wang HC. . ‘Pathogenesis of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimp.’ Fish Shellfish Immunol. 47: 1006–1014.
    • Su MA, Huang YT, Chen IT, Lee DY, Hsieh YC, Li CY, Ng TH, Liang SY, Lin SY, Huang SW, Chiang YA, Yu HT, Khoo KH, Chang GD, Lo CF, Wang HC. . ‘An invertebrate Warburg effect: a shrimp virus achieves successful replication by altering the host metabolome via the PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway.’ PLoS Pathogens 10: e1004196.
    • Ng TH, Wu MH, Chang SH, Aoki T, Wang HC. . ‘The DNA fibers of shrimp hemocyte extracellular traps exhibit antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli.’ Dev Comp Immunol. 48: 229–233.
    • Ng TH, Chiang YA, Yeh YC, Wang HC. . ‘Review of Dscam-mediated immunity in shrimp and other arthropods.’ Dev Comp Immunol. 46: 129–138.
    • Ng TH, Hung HY, Chiang YA, Lin JH, Chen YN, Chuang YU, Wang HC. . ‘WSSV-induced crayfish Dscam shows durable immune behavior.’ Fish Shellfish Immunol. 40: 78–90.
    • Ng TH, Chang SH, Wu MH, Wang HC. . ‘Shrimp hemocytes release extracellular traps that kill bacteria.’ Dev Comp Immunol. 41: 644–651.
    • Hung HY, Ng TH, Lin JH, Chiang YA, Chuang YC, Wang HC. . ‘Properties of Litopenaeus vannamei Dscam (LvDscam) isoforms related to specific pathogen recognition.’ Fish Shellfish Immunol. 35: 1272–1281.