Huai-Kuang Tsai

Huai-Kuang Tsai

Research Fellow/Professor

Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica

I have been working on bioinformatics since my graduate years. In recent years, my work has been mainly on regulatory mechanisms. I try to integrate computing techniques, statistical methods, and data from high-throughput biological experiments. Since the transcription of genes is mainly controlled by the interaction between transcription factors (TFs) and their binding sites (TFBSs), I am particularly interested in inferring the functions of TFs and their recognized TFBSs. I use mainly the baker’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as the model organism.

Interests

  • Evolutionary Algorithm
  • Bioinformatics
  • Regulatory Mechanism
  • Metagenomics
  • Computational Biology

Education

  • Ph.D., Computer Science and Information Engineering, 1998/9–2003/6

    National Taiwan University, Taiwan

  • M.S., Computer Science and Information Engineering, 1996/9–1998/6

    National Taiwan University, Taiwan

  • B.S., Computer Science and Information Engineering, 1992/9–1996/6

    National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Professor (Joint appointment)

National Taiwan University, Genome and Systems Biology degree program

Aug 2016 – Present Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Professor (Joint appointment)

National Chiao-Tung University, Department of Biological Science and Technology

Aug 2016 – Present Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Professor (Joint appointment)

National Ocean University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Aug 2016 – Present Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Research Fellow

Academia Sinica, Institute of Information Science

Nov 2015 – Present Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Associate Professor (Adjunct)

National YangMing University, Institute of BioMedical Informatics

Aug 2013 – Present Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Associate Professor (Joint appointment)

National Ocean University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Aug 2012 – Jul 2016 Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Associate Professor (Joint appointment)

National Chiao-Tung University, Department of Biological Science and Technology

Aug 2011 – Jul 2016 Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Associate Professor (Joint appointment)

National Taiwan University, Genome and Systems Biology degree program

Aug 2011 – Jul 2016 Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Associate Research Fellow

Academia Sinica, Institute of Information Science

Mar 2011 – Nov 2015 Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor (Joint appointment)

National Ocean University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Feb 2009 – Jul 2012 Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor (Joint appointment)

National Chiao-Tung University, Department of Biological Science and Technology

Feb 2008 – Jul 2011 Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Research Fellow

Academia Sinica

Jul 2006 – Mar 2011 Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Core faculty

Academia Sinica, Bioinformatics Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP)

Jul 2006 – Present Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Research Fellow

Academia Sinica, Research Center of Information Technology Innovation

Jul 2006 – Jan 2011 Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Fellow

Genome Research Center, Academia Sinica

Jul 2004 – Jun 2006 Taiwan
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University

Mar 2003 – Jun 2004 Taiwan

Honors & Awards

Project for Excellent Junior Research Investigators

Significant Research Achievements of Academia Sinica

Discovering gapped binding sites of yeast transcription factors

Postdoctoral Fellowship Award