Our Center’s Academician Shyi-Dong Yeh transferred the technologies for the “Application of a Mild-Strain Papaya Ringspot Virus Vaccine” and “Papaya Tissue Culture Propagation” to the Vietnamese company Papaya Tech Asia Co., Ltd.
Participation in the International Cassava Sink-Source (CASS) Program (2024–2029)
Our Center’s Yushan Fellow, Wilhelm Gruissem, participates in a five-year collaborative project under the Cassava Sink-Source (CASS) program, with research funding provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Phase IV and Extension of the International C4 Rice Program (2019–2026)
Academician Tuan-hua David Ho and Assistant Professor Shuen-Fang Lo from our Center participate in the Gates Foundation–funded Phase IV of the International C4 Rice Program.
Developing the Endogenous Plant Growth Regulator Zaxinone in Collaboration with KAUST, Saudi Arabia (2023–2026)
Our Center’s Academician Tuan-hua David Ho and his team collaborate with the renowned King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia to investigate the regulatory relationship between the endogenous plant growth regulator zaxinone and abscisic acid (ABA) under stress responses.
Signing a Papaya Industrialization Technology Licensing Agreement with Papaya Tech Asia Co., Ltd. (2025–2035)
Development of an Automated Image-Based Analysis System for Detached-Leaf Identification of Phalaenopsis Yellow Leaf Disease (2025.06–2026.05)
Our Center’s Associate Professor Chung-Feng Kao and his team collaborate with Wonderorchids CO., LTD. to develop an automated detached-leaf image analysis system for Phalaenopsis yellow leaf disease, enabling precise phenotypic recording to support GWAS analyses and optimize selection in Phalaenopsis disease-resistance breeding.
Development of Gene-Edited Tobacco Plants (2024.01–2025.12)
Our Center’s Senior Research Specialist Choun-Sea Lin and his team collaborate with Nugreen Bioagritech Co., Ltd. to develop non-transgenic gene-edited tobacco plants carrying mutations in GnTI, FUT11/FUT12, and XylT.
Biozyme Cosmetic Ingredient Development Research Project (2024.04–2025.06)
Our Center’s Professor Chang-Wei Hsieh and his team collaborate with Biozyme Biotechnology Corp. to evaluate the potential of fermentation products from different fermentation processes for use in skincare products, and to identify and characterize their key components.
Feasibility of Using Taiwanese Lime Pomace to Cultivate Taiwanofungus camphoratus and Evaluation of Its Hepatoprotective and Anti-Inflammatory Activities (2025.01–2025.12)
Our Center’s Professor Sheng-Yang Wang and his team collaborate with Cheng Loong Corp. to develop agricultural and forestry residues into culture-medium materials, and to evaluate the feasibility of using Taiwanese lime pomace to cultivate Taiwanofungus camphoratus, as well as its hepatoprotective and anti-inflammatory activities.