Dr. Ruey-Fen Liou Title : Professor Highest degree : PhD. Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Indiana University, USA Specialties : Molecular Biology E-mail : rfliou@ntu.edu.tw Office : Room 403 中非大樓 Telephone : 886-2-3366-5208 (Lab) FAX : 886-2-2362-0271 Laboratory for Oomycete-plant interactions

Positions

2005-Present	Leader of teaching, Center of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University
2004-Present	Professor, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University
2010/8-2013/7	Chair, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University
2012/3-2013/7	Chair, Master Program of Plant Medicine, National Taiwan University
1992-2004	Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, National Taiwan University

Honors and Awards

2010	Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University
2007	Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University
2005	Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University
2002	Excellent Teaching Award, College of Bio-resources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University

Research Interests

1. Investigation of mechanisms involved in the interactions between plants and Phytophthora parasitica, an oomycete plant pathogen able to infect a wide variety of crop species.
2. Development and applications of techniques for rapid detection and genotyping of plant pathogens.

Lab Members

Publications

1. Chung, C. L., Huang, S. Y., Huang, Yu. C., Tzean, S. S., Ann, P. J., Tsai, J. N., Yang, C. C., Lee, H. H., Huang, T. W., Huang, H. Y., Chang, T. T., Lee, H. L., and Liou, R. F. 2015. The genetic structure of Phellinus noxius and dissemination pattern of brown root rot disease in Taiwan. PLoS ONE 10: e0139445. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139445
2. Peng, K. C., Wang, C. W., Wu, C. H., Huang, C. T., and Liou, R. F. 2015. Tomato SOBIR1/EVR homologs are involved in elicitin perception and plant defense against the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora parasitica. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 28: 913-926. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-12-14-0405-R.
3. Chang, Y. H., Yan, H. Z., and Liou, R. F. 2015. A novel elicitor protein from Phytophthora parasitica induces plant basal immunity and systemic acquired resistance. Molecular Plant Pathology 16: 123-136. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12166.
4. Huang, Y. H., Wu, H. Y., Wu, K. M., Liu, T. T., Liou, R. F., Tsai, S. F., Shiao, M. S., Ho, L. T., Tzean, S. S., and Yang, U. C. 2013. Generation and analysis of the expressed sequence tags from the mycelium of Ganoderma lucidum. PLoS ONE 8: e61127. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061127.
5. Peng, K. C., Ann, P. J., Lin, C. P., Chiang, T. W., and Liou, R. F. 2013. Development of PCR methods for rapid detection of Phytophthora ramorum, a quarantine pathogen of Taiwan. Plant Pathology Bulletin 21: 53-64.
6. Ni, H. F., Yang, H. R., Chen, R. S., Liou, R. F., and Hung, T. H. 2012. Botryosphaeriaceae fruit rot of mango in Taiwan: identification and pathogenicity. Botanical Studies 53: 467-478.
7. Ni, H. F., Yang, H. R., Chen, R. S., Hung, T. H., and Liou, R. F. 2012. A nested multiplex PCR for species-specific identification and detection of Botryosphaeriaceae species on mango. European Journal of Plant Pathology 133: 819-828.
8. Ni, H. F., Liou, R. F., Hung, T. H., Chen, R. S., and Yang, H. R. 2009. First report of a fruit rot disease of avocado caused by Neofusicoccum mangiferae. Plant Dis. 93:760. (SCI)
9. Wu, C. H., H. Z. Yan, and Liou, R. F. 2008. Functional characterization of a gene family encoding polygalacturonases in Phytophthora parasitica. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 21: 480-489. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-21-4-0480.
10. Tsai, H. L., Huang, L. C., Ann, P. J., and Liou, R. F., Detection of Orchid Phytophthora Disease by Nested PCR. Botanical Studies, 47 , 4 , 379 -387 , 10, 2006 (SCI)
11. Yan, H. Z., and Liou, R. F., Selection of internal control genes for real-time quantitative RT-PCR assays in the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora parasitica., Fung. Genetics Biology 43: 430 -438.
12. Yan, H. Z., and Liou, R. F. 2005. Cloning and analysis of pppg1 , an inducible endopolygalacturonase gene from the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora parasitica . Fungal Genetics and Biology 42: 339-350.
13. Jyan, M. H., Ann, P. J., Tsai, J. N., Hsih, S. D., Chang, T. T., and Liou, R. F. 2004. Recent occurrence of Phytophthora infestans US-11 as the cause of severe late blight on potato and tomato in Taiwan. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 26: 188-192.
14. Liou, M. R., Hung, C. L., and Liou, R. F. 2004. Characterization of a Cactus virus X infecting Hylocereus undatus and its detection by DAS-ELISA. Plant Pathology Bulletin 12: 27-34.
15. Liou, M. R., Chen, Y. R., and Liou, R. F. 2004. Complete nucleotide sequence and genome organization of a Cactus Virus X strain from Hylocereus undatus (Cactaceae). Archives Virology 149: 1037-1043. (SCI)
16. Liou, R. F., Yan, H. Z., and Hong, J. L. 2003. Molecular evidence that aphid-transmitted Alpinia mosaic virus is a tentative member of the genus Macluravirus . Archives Virology 148: 1211-1218. (SCI)
17. Ann, P. J., Tsai, J. N., Wang, I. T., Shi, S. D., Hwang, J. W., and Liou, R. F.. 2003. Phytophthora fruit rot of Peach in Taiwan. Plant Pathology Bulletin 12: 181-190.
18. Lin, G. G. H., Liou, R. F., Lee, H. J. 2002. The clock gene of the German cockroach and its novel linking power between vertebrate and invertebrate. Chronobiology International 19: 1023-1040. (SCI)
19. Jyan, M. H., Huang, L. C., Ann, P. J., and Liou, R. F. 2002. Rapid detection of Phytophthora infestans by PCR. Plant Pathology Bulletin 11: 25-32.
20. Liou, R. F., Lee, J. T., Lee, H. C., and Ann, P. J. 2002. Analysis of Phytophthora parasitica by retrotransposon-derived DNA fingerprinting. Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43 (1): 21-29. (SCI)
21. Liou, R. F. 2001. Roles of elicitins in the biology of Phytophthora . Plant Pathology Bulletin 10: 97-104.
22. Liou, M. R., Hung, C. L., and Liou, R. F. 2001. First Report of Cactus virus X on Hylocereus undatus (Cactaceae) in Taiwan. Plant Disease. 85:229. (SCI)
23. Liou, R. F., Lee, J. T., and Ann, P. J. 1999. First Report of Phytophthora blight of White Arum Lily caused by Phytophthora meadii . Plant Pathology Bulletin 8, 37-40.