NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 專題討論(一)(6235)
(Eng.) Seminar (I)
Offering Dept Department of Plant Pathology
Course Type Required Credits 1 Teacher Cheng-Fang Hong
Department International Master Program in Plant and Microbial Biology/Graduate Language English Semester 2026-FALL
Course Description
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self-directed learning in the course Y
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Week Course Content
Week 1 9/10 洪爭坊 副教授 General rules for the Seminar
Week 2 9/17 中研院農業生物科技研究中心 陳韻竹 助理研究員
Exploring New Regulators of Systemic Acquired Resistance and the Potential Contribution of Leaf Microbiota to Plant Defense
Week 3 9/24 中研院植物暨微生物學研究所 謝侑穎 助理研究員
Genetic discovery and evolutionary consequences of fungal-bacterial competition
Week 4 10/1 中研院生物多樣性研究中心 蔡怡陞 研究員
What do we know about ”interesting” fungi in Taiwan?
Week 5 10/8 中興大學農藝系 蔣國司 教授
Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence: Rethinking Biosecurity Risk Analysis
Week 6 10/15 中研院植物暨微生物學研究所 郭志鴻 研究員兼副所長
Phytoplasma Genomics: Mobile Genetic Elements, Effectors, and Host Reprogramming
Week 7 10/22 Dr. Brian H. Kvitko, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia
Week 8 10/29 期中考(彈性週)
Week 9 11/5 Dr. Jongsoo Shin, ASIA Director, International Rice Research Institute
Week 10 11/12 The 20th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology(自主學習)
Week 11 11/19 陽明交大 微生物及免疫學研究所 張道欣 助理教授
The Journey of a Plant Pathologist & From Academic Research to Drug Discovery in Global Pharma:
Part I: From Plant Molecular Virology to Structural Biology in Plant Scent
Part II: Decoding Mechanisms and Rewiring Human Signaling Pathways in Health and Disease
Week 12 11/26 Dr. Michael Kolomiets, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Texas A&M
Week 13 12/3
1. 學生報告

2. 中興大學基因體暨生物資訊學研究所 朱彥煒 教授
Week 14 12/10
1. 碩士班學生報告

2. 博士班學生報告

3. 博士班學生報告
Week 15 12/17 Faculty visit seminar, Texas A&M University
Week 16 12/24 Faculty candidate seminar
self-directed
learning
   01.Participation in professional forums, lectures, and corporate sharing sessions related to industry-government-academia-research exchange activities.
   05.Participation in various workshops organized by different departments of NCHU.

Evaluation
出席率60%,課程中提問30%,參與研討會自主學習心得 10%。Attendance 60%; participation & discussion 30%; Feedback on attending 20th ISBAB and TAMU faculty seminar 10%.
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