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Chuan Ku @chuanku.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our new work @fmschu.bsky.social: Giant viruses are widespread environmental pathogens infecting diverse eukaryotes, but most GVs remain uncultured with hosts unknown. GVHoP provides hierarchy-aware host prediction and identifies potential host-determining factors. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Chuan Ku @chuanku.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It might be an error in the system or someone's intentional decision. Whichever it is, it makes absolutely no sense to meddle with the name of our country in science, esp. when the host country is fine with that name.

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Chuan Ku @chuanku.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

One of the perks of coming from #Taiwan is you might get 3 different badges at a conference—a shocking original, an ad hoc version you make yourself, and one reissued by staff. In 20 yrs I might forget some talks but won't forget #ISME20 @isme-microbes.bsky.social promptly corrected an error.

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Chuan Ku @chuanku.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Very happy to be part of the community and serving for a society journal ! @official-smbe.bsky.social

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Chuan Ku @chuanku.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

How do predators and prey transform into hosts and symbionts? Using single-cell proteomics, we found cellular and metabolic remodeling, divergent outcomes of interactions, and a potential transporter critical for establishing a widespread symbiosis. #Eukaryote #Algae www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Isheng Jason Tsai @ishengtsai.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Abstract deadline extended to Jan 31 for the EMBO–AS Workshop (Apr 24–27) Evolving together: From genomics to biological interactions. We’re close to capacity (~80% full, aiming for 200), with 70 abstracts already submitted. If you are considering going, submit here: coms.app/gw26-19/

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Chuan Ku @chuanku.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Come join us at the @embo.org workshop in Taipei! Abstract submission closing soon ...

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

EMBO Workshop 24 – 27 April 2026 | Taipei, Taiwan Evolving together: from genomics to biological interactions meetings.embo.org/event/26-bio... @chuanku.bsky.social

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Chuan Ku @chuanku.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

"The differences between society-owned and for-profit journals come from the use of APC revenues after publishing costs are paid."

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Chuan Ku @chuanku.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This work in MBE @official-smbe.bsky.social shows that the ancestor of #giantviruses likely infected amoeboid cells in an era with significantly increased oxygen levels on Earth and later spread across different lineages of eukaryotes through host shifts within hundreds of millions of years.

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Chuan Ku @chuanku.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Thrilled to share our new work in my first Bsky post. How old are viruses? We developed a host-calibrated dating method and inferred the evolutionary timescale of #giantviruses that have large genomes and infect various eukaryotes (animals, algae and many others). academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

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Host-Calibrated Time Tree Caps the Age of Giant Viruses

Abstract. Viruses are widespread parasites with important impacts on public health, economy, and ecosystems. However, little is known about their origins,

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Science Magazine @science.org · 19/02/2025

Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD

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‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests

New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies

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