Dr. Wei-An (Vivien) Tsai graduated with a Bachelor of Science in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, as well as a Master of Science from the Institute of Plant Biology at National Taiwan University in Taiwan. In 2023, she completed her doctoral studies at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland. Her research during PhD studies aimed to uncover the involvement of small RNA in plant-capsicum chlorosis virus pathosystem under climate change scenarios of elevated temperatures. Additionally, she explored the potential of using RNA-based techniques for managing CaCV. Before joining QAAFI, Wei-An worked at the Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Ministry of Agriculture in Taiwan. During this period, her research interests centred around plant-induced resistance to viruses and the selection and fermentation of antagonistic bacteria. Post-PhD, Wei-An joined the Mitter group as a postdoctoral researcher for the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund project. Her current focus lies in topical applications of dsRNA or other RNA-based techniques for targeting whitefly and whitefly-transmitted viruses including tomato yellow leaf curl virus.
Journal Article: Enhancement of stress response in Chinese cabbage through eugenol and clove essential oil
Hsieh, Li-Ching, Soh, Zhi Thong, Tsai, Wei-An, Chen, Ting-Fang, Lin, Hsin-Hung and Lin, Jeng-Shane (2024). Enhancement of stress response in Chinese cabbage through eugenol and clove essential oil. Current Plant Biology, 37 100324, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.cpb.2024.100324
Other Outputs: Exploring the involvement of small RNA response in capsicum defence against capsicum chlorosis virus at elevated temperature
Tsai, Wei-An (2023). Exploring the involvement of small RNA response in capsicum defence against capsicum chlorosis virus at elevated temperature. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland.
Journal Article: Regulatory roles of microRNA163 in responses to stresses in Arabidopsis
Kok, Zhenyuan, Kuo, Yun‐Wei, Soh, Zhi Thong, Huang, Hao‐Chen, Tseng, Bo‐Shun, Hsieh, Hung‐Cheng, Tsai, Wei‐An, Jeng, Shih‐Tong, Chen, Shi‐Peng and Lin, Jeng‐Shane (2023). Regulatory roles of microRNA163 in responses to stresses in Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum, 175 (5) e14053, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/ppl.14053
Enhancement of stress response in Chinese cabbage through eugenol and clove essential oil
Hsieh, Li-Ching, Soh, Zhi Thong, Tsai, Wei-An, Chen, Ting-Fang, Lin, Hsin-Hung and Lin, Jeng-Shane (2024). Enhancement of stress response in Chinese cabbage through eugenol and clove essential oil. Current Plant Biology, 37 100324, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.cpb.2024.100324
Regulatory roles of microRNA163 in responses to stresses in Arabidopsis
Kok, Zhenyuan, Kuo, Yun‐Wei, Soh, Zhi Thong, Huang, Hao‐Chen, Tseng, Bo‐Shun, Hsieh, Hung‐Cheng, Tsai, Wei‐An, Jeng, Shih‐Tong, Chen, Shi‐Peng and Lin, Jeng‐Shane (2023). Regulatory roles of microRNA163 in responses to stresses in Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum, 175 (5) e14053, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/ppl.14053
Involvement of microRNA164 in responses to heat stress in Arabidopsis
Tsai, Wei-An, Sung, Po-Han, Kuo, Yun-Wei, Chen, Ming-Cheng, Jeng, Shih-Tong and Lin, Jeng-Shane (2023). Involvement of microRNA164 in responses to heat stress in Arabidopsis. Plant Science, 329 111598, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111598
Perspectives on plant virus diseases in a climate change scenario of elevated temperatures
Tsai, Wei-An, Brosnan, Christopher A., Mitter, Neena and Dietzgen, Ralf G. (2022). Perspectives on plant virus diseases in a climate change scenario of elevated temperatures. Stress Biology, 2 (1) 37, 1-26. doi: 10.1007/s44154-022-00058-x
Tsai, Wei-An, Shafiei-Peters, Jonathan R., Mitter, Neena and Dietzgen, Ralf G. (2022). Effects of elevated temperature on the susceptibility of capsicum plants to capsicum chlorosis virus infection. Pathogens, 11 (2) 200, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11020200
Tsai, Wei-An, Weng, Sung-Hsia, Chen, Ming-Cheng, Lin, Jeng-Shane and Tsai, Wen-Shih (2019). Priming of plant resistance to heat stress and tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus with plant-derived materials. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10 906, 1-17. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00906
First report of Dickeya fangzhongdai causing soft rot disease of Welsh onion in Taiwan
Tsai, Wei-An, Lin, Pei-Rong and Huang, Chien-Jui (2019). First report of Dickeya fangzhongdai causing soft rot disease of Welsh onion in Taiwan. Journal of Plant Pathology, 101 (3), 797-798. doi: 10.1007/s42161-019-00264-z
First report of plectosporium blight on pumpkins caused by Plectosporium tabacinum in Taiwan
Tsai, W.-A., Chiu, P.-J. and Weng, H.-S. (2018). First report of plectosporium blight on pumpkins caused by Plectosporium tabacinum in Taiwan. Plant Disease, 102 (2), 440-440. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-05-17-0621-PDN
Lin, Jeng-Shane, Kuo, Chia-Chia, Yang, I-Chu, Tsai, Wei-An, Shen, Yu-Hsing, Lin, Chih-Ching, Liang, Yi-Chen, Li, Yu-Chi, Kuo, Yun-Wei, King, Yu-Chi, Lai, Hsi-Mei and Jeng, Shih-Tong (2018). MicroRNA160 modulates plant development and heat shock protein gene expression to mediate heat tolerance in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00068
Tsai, Wei-An (2023). Exploring the involvement of small RNA response in capsicum defence against capsicum chlorosis virus at elevated temperature. PhD Thesis, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland.