Yung-Che Tseng
  • Yung-Che Tseng

    Assistant Professor

  • Tel 1: +886-3-9880544 #14
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  • Fax: +886-3-9871035
  • E-mail 1: yctseng@gate.sinica.edu.tw
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  • Website: http://icob.sinica.edu.tw/yctseng/
  • Research Room: Lab of Marine Organismic Physiology
  • Field: Marine ecophysiology, Evolutionary and comparative physiology, Systeomics
  • Academic Background:
    • 2017- Jointly Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
    • 2017- Jointly Appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University
    • 2016- Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica
    • 2012-2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University
    • 2010-2011 Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biological Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
    • 2009-2012 Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica
    • 2008-2009 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
    • 2004-2008 Ph.D. in Zoology, National Taiwan University
    • 2002-2004 M.S. in Fisheries Science, National Taiwan University
    • 1998-2002 B.S. in Zoology, National Chung-Hsing University
  • Research Achievements/Publications:
      Publications [Recent Five Years] (IF: Impact Factor, *: Corresponding author, #: First author)

      (A) Peer-Reviewed Book Chapter
    • Marian Y. Hu and Tseng. Y. C.# "Acid–Base Regulation and Ammonia Excretion in Cephalopods: An Ontogenetic Overview." Acid-Base Balance and Nitrogen Excretion in Invertebrates. Springer International Publishing, 2017. (pp. 275-298). (Corresponding author)


    • (B) Peer-Reviewed Publications (International Journal)
    • Wang, M. C., Hsu, M. T., Lin, C. C., Hsu, S. C., Chen, R. D., Lee, L. R., Chou, Y, L., Tseng H. P., Furukawa, F., Hwang, S. P. L., Hwang P. P., Tseng. Y. C.# (2022) Adaptive metabolic provision in a thermostabilized system: those transgenerational trade-off implications from tropical tilapia. Sci Total Environ, 806, 150672. (Environmental Sciences; Ranking: 25/274=9 %; IF:7.963)
    • Quijada-Rodriguez, A. R., Kuan, P. L., Sung, P. H., Hsu, M. T., Allen, G. J. P., Hwang, P. P., Tseng, Y. C.#, Weihrauch, D. (2021) Anthropogenic CO2-mediated freshwater acidification limits survival, calcification, metabolism, and behaviour in stress-tolerant freshwater crustaceans. Biogeosciences, 18, 6287–6300. (Equal Corresponding) (Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Ranking: 41/200=21%; IF:4.295)
    • Guh, Y. J., Tseng, Y. C.#, Shao, Y. T. (2021) To cope with a changing aquatic soundscape: neuroendocrine and antioxidant responses to chronic noise stress in fish. Gen Comp Endocrinol, 314, 113918. (invited review article) (Endocrinology & Metabolism; Ranking: 109/146=75%; IF:2.822)
    • Allen, G. J. P., Wang, M. C., Tseng, Y. C., Weihrauch, D. (2021) Effects of emersion on acid-base regulation, osmoregulation, and nitrogen physiology in the semi-terrestrial mangrove crab, Helice formosensis. J Com Physiol B, 191(3), 455-468. (Zoology; Ranking: 48/175=27 %; IF: 2.2)
    • Joe, J. T. X., Tseng, Y. C., Wu, J. L., Lu, M. W. (2021) The Alteration of Intestinal Microbiota Profile and Immune Response in Epinephelus coioides during Pathogen Infection. Life-Basel, 11(2), 99. (Biology; Ranking: 27/93=29 %; IF: 3.817)
    • Hsu, P. J., Wang, H. D., Tseng, Y. C., Pan, S. W., Sampurna, B. P., Jong, Y. J., Yuh, C. H. (2021) l-Carnitine ameliorates congenital myopathy in a tropomyosin 3 de novo mutation transgenic zebrafish. J Biomed Sci, 28(1), 8. (Medicine, Research & Experimental; Ranking: 15/140=11%; IF: 8.41)
    • Hayasaka, O., Anraku, K., Akamatsu, Y., Tseng, Y. C., Archdale, M. V., Kotani, T. (2021) Threshold and spectral sensitivity of vision in medaka Oryzias latipes determined by a novel template wave matching method. Comp Biochem Physiol A-Mol Integr Physiol, 251, 11808. (Zoology; Ranking: 37/175=21%; IF: 2.32)
    • Huang, P. C., Liu, T. Y., Hu, M. Y., Casties, I., Tseng, Y. C.* (2020) Energy and nitrogenous waste from glutamate/glutamine catabolism facilitates acute osmotic adjustment in non-neuroectodermal branchial cells. Sci Rep, 10, 9460. (Multidisciplinary Sciences; Ranking: 17/71=24 %; IF: 3.998)
    • Wang, M. C., Wang, Y. C., Peng. H. W., Hseu, J. R., Wu, G. C., Chang, C. F., Tseng. Y. C. * (2020) Resveratrol induces expression of metabolic and antioxidant machinery and protects tilapia under cold stress. Int J Mol Sci, 21, e3338. (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Ranking: 74/296=25 %; IF: 4.556)
    • Allen, G. J. P., Kuan, P. L., Tseng, Y. C., Hwang, P. P., Quijada-Rodriguez, A. R., Weihrauch, D. (2020) Specialized adaptations allow vent-endemic crabs (Xenograpsus testudinatus) to thrive under extreme environmental hypercapnia. Sci Rep, 10, 11720. (Multidisciplinary Sciences; Ranking: 17/71=24 %; IF: 3.998)
    • Huang, P. C., Liu, T. Y., Hu, M. Y., Casties, I., Tseng, Y. C.# (2020) Energy and nitrogenous waste from glutamate/glutamine catabolism facilitates acute osmotic adjustment in non-neuroectodermal branchial cells. Sci Rep, 10, 9460.
    • Tseng, Y. C.*., Yan, J. J., Furukawa, F., Hwang, P.P. (2020) Did acidic stress resistance in vertebrates evolve as Na+/H+ exchanger-mediated ammonia excretion in fish? Bioessays, 42, e1900161.
    • Allen, G. J. P., Kuan, P. L., Tseng, Y. C., Hwang, P. P., Quijada-Rodriguez, A. R., Weihrauch, D. (2020) Specialized adaptations allow vent-endemic crabs (Xenograpsus testudinatus) to thrive under extreme environmental hypercapnia. Sci Rep, 10, 11720.
    • Tseng, Y. C.#, Yan, J. J., Furukawa, F., Hwang, P. P. (2020) Did acidic stress resistance in vertebrates evolve as Na+/H+ exchanger-mediated ammonia excretion in fish? Bioessays, 42, e1900161. (Biology; Ranking: 12/92=13 %; IF: 4.627)
    • Yan, J. J., Lee, Y. C., Chou, Y. L., Tseng, Y. C., Hwang, P. P. (2020) Insulin-like growth factor 1 regulates salt secretion machinery in fish under acute salinity stress. J Endocrinol., JOE-20-0053. (Endocrinology & Metabolism; Ranking: 37/143=26 %; IF: 4.041)
    • Li, C. Y.*, Tseng, Y. C.#, Chen, Y. J., Yang, Y., Hsu, Y. (2020) Personality and physiological traits predict contest interactions in Kryptolebias marmoratus. Behav Processes, 173, 104079. (* Equal Contribution) (Zoology; Ranking: 42/168=25 %; IF: 1.846)
    • Lee, H. G., Stumpp, M., Yan, J. J., Tseng, Y. C., Heinzel, S., Hu, M. Y. (2019) Tipping points of gastric pH regulation and energetics in the sea urchin larva exposed to CO2 induced seawater acidification. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol, 234, 87-97. (Zoology; Ranking: 36/168=21 %; IF: 1.966)
    • Shao, Y. T., Chang, S. Y., Chang, H. Y., Tseng, Y. C., Shao, K. T. (2018) Largescale mullet (Planiliza macrolepis) can recover from thermal pollution-induced malformations. PLoS ONE, 13(11): e0208005. (Multidisciplinary Sciences; Ranking: 27/71=38 %; IF: 2.740)
    • Narita, Y., Tsutiya, A., Nakano, Y., Ashitomi, M., Sato, K., Hosono, K., Kaneko, T., Chen, R. D., Lee, J. R., Tseng, T. C., Hwang, P. P., Otani-Kaneko, R. (2018) Androgen induced cellular proliferation, neurogenesis, and generation of GnRH3 neurons in the brain of mature female Mozambique tilapia. Sci Rep, 8, 16855. (Multidisciplinary Sciences; Ranking: 17/71=24 %; IF: 3.998)
    • Shiao, J. C., Shirai, K., Tanaka, K., Takahata, N., Sano, Y., Hsiao, S. Y., Lee, D. C., Tseng, Y. C. (2018) Assimilation of nitrogen and carbon isotopes from fish diets to otoliths as measured by nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, 32, 1250-1256. (Spectroscopy; Ranking: 15/42=36 %; IF: 2.200)
    • Hu, M. Y., Tseng, Y. C., Su, Y. H., Lein, E., Lee, J. H., Dupont, S., Stumpp, M. (2017) Variability in larval gut pH regulation defines sensitivity to ocean acidification in six species of the Ambulacraria superphylum. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 287, 20171066. (Biology; Ranking: 11/92=12 %; IF: 4.637)
    • Wei, C. A., Lin, T. H., Che, R. D., Tseng, Y. C., Shao, Y. T. (2017) The effects of continuously acoustical stress on cortisol in milkfish (Chanos chanos). Gen Comp Endocrinol, 257, 227-234. (Endocrinology & Metabolism; Ranking: 102/143=71 %; IF: 2.426)
    • Hu, M. Y., Sung, P. H., Guh, Y. J., Lee, J. R., Hwang, P. P., Weihrauch, D., Tseng, Y. C.* (2017) Perfused gills reveal fundamental principles of pH regulation and ammonia homeostasis in the cephalopod Octopus vulgaris. Front Physiol, 8, 162. (Physiology; Ranking: 20/81=25 %; IF: 3.367: RCR: 0.66) (Corresponding author)
    • Weaver, R., Hill, G. E., Kuan, P. L., Tseng, Y. C.* (2016) Copper exposure reduces production of red carotenoids in a marine copepod. Ecol Indic, 70, 393-400. (Environmental science; Ranking: 61/264=23 %; IF: 4.229)
    • Hu, M. Y., Michael, K., Kreiss, C. M., Stumpp, M., Dupont, S, Tseng, Y. C.*, Lucassen, M. (2016) Temperature modulates the effects of ocean acidification on intestinal ion transport in Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua. Front Physiol, 7, 198. (Physiology; Ranking: 20/81=25 %; IF: 3.367) (Corresponding author)
    • Hu, M. Y., Guh, Y. J., Shao, Y. T., Kuan, P. L., Chen, G. L., Lee, J. R., Jeng, M. S., Tseng, Y. C.*. (2016) Strong ion regulatory abilities enable the crab Xenograpsus testudinatus to inhabit highly acidified marine vent systems. Front Physiol, 7, 14. (Physiology; Ranking: 20/81=25 %; IF: 3.367; RCR: 0.66) (Corresponding author)
    • Wang, Y. F., Yan, J. J., Tseng, Y. C., Chen, R. D., Hwang, P. P. (2015) Molecular physiology of an extra-renal Cl- uptake mechanism for body fluid Cl- homeostasis. Int J Biol Sci, 11(10), 1190-1203. (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Ranking: 74/296=25 %; IF: 4.556)
    • Hu, M. Y., Hwang, P. P., Tseng, Y. C.* (2015) Recent advances in understanding trans-epithelial acid-base regulation and excretion mechanisms in cephalopods. Tissue Barriers, 3(4), e1064196. (Invited review article) (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Ranking: 98/2142=5%; IF: 5.500)
    • Stumpp, M., Hu, M. Y., Tseng, Y. C., Guh, Y. J., Chen, Y. C., Su, Y. H., Yu, J. K., Hwang, P. P. (2015) Evolution of extreme pH in bilaterian digestive systems inferred from gastric alkalization mechanisms in basal deuterostomes. Sci Rep, 5, 10421. (Multidisciplinary Sciences; Ranking: 17/71=24 %; IF: 3.998)
    • Furukawa, F., Tseng, Y. C., Liu, S. T., Chou, Y. L., Lin, C. C., Sung, P. H., Uchida, K., Lin, L. Y., Hwang, P. P. (2015) Induction of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) during acute acidosis and its role in acid secretion by V-ATPase-expressing ionocytes. Int J Biol Sci, 16(2), 712-725. (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Ranking: 74/296=25 %; IF: 4.556)
    • Shao, Y. T., Tseng, Y. C.#, Chang, C. H., Yan, H. Y, Hwang, P. P., Borg, B. (2015) GnRH mRNA levels in male three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus, under different reproductive conditions. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol, 180, 6-17. (Zoology; Ranking: 36/168=21 %; IF: 1.966) (Corresponding author)


    • (C) Peer-Reviewed Publications (Domestic Journal)
    • Wang, H. Y., Wang, Y. C., Kuan, P. L., Tseng, Y. C.# (2018) Glutamate-glutamine metabolism in euryhaline tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) muscle under salinity challenges. J. Taiwan Fish Res, .26(1): 33-45.
    • Chou, P. H., Tseng, Y. C.#, Shao, Y. T. (2018) Cellular and physiological explorations of acid-tolerant mechanisms of hydrothermal vent crabs (Xenograpsus testudinatus). J Oce Underwa Technol, 28(3): 10-12.