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Wei-Jen Chang

B.S., National Taiwan University; M.S. and Ph.D.,
Biology
Hamilton University
United States of America

Professor General Science
Biography

Wei-Jen Chang, associate professor of biology, has written or co-written several professional articles in Gene, Protist, Molecular Biology and Evolution and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. During his postdoctoral work at Princeton University, Chang studied gene evolution and genome organization in unicellular organisms. He joined the Hamilton faculty in 2006. Chang earned a bachelor’s degree from National Taiwan University and his master’s degree and doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Research Intrest

Genetic diversities in the fish parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Genome organizations in parasitic ciliates Gene regulation in a nuclear dualism system Evolution and function of transposons

List of Publications
Xu K, Doak TJ, Lipps HJ, Wang J, Swart EC et al. (2012) "Copy number variations of 11 macronuclear chromosomes and their gene expression in Oxytricha trifallax. Gene 505: 75-80.
EC Swart, JR Bracht V. Magrini P, Minx X, Chen Y, Zhou JS et al. (2013) "The Oxytricha trifallax macronuclear genome: A complex eukaryotic genome with 16,000 tiny chromosomes," PLoS Biology 11: e1001473.
Chi H, Taik P, Foley EJ, Racicot AC, Gray HM, et al. (2017) "High genetic diversities between isolates of the fish parasite Cryptocaryon irritans (Ciliophora) suggest multiple cryptic species." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 112: 47-52.

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