- 2013-2015 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers
- Nov. 2-6 2010 Trainee Research Semifinalist Award for the 60th annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
- Jul. 4-8 2010 Postdoctoral Research Travel Award for the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE)
- Mar. 22-25 2010 Burroughs Wellcome Travel Scholarship for Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Meeting
- 2006 Biology Graduate Student Research Excellence Awards
可文亞 副教授
- Aug, 2021-present 國立陽明交通大學 生命科學系暨基因體科學研究所 副教授
- Aug, 2015-July, 2021 國立陽明大學 生命科學系暨基因體科學研究所 助理教授
- Jul 2019 – Aug 2019 & Jul 2022 – Aug 2022 SOKENDAI Department of Evolutionary studies of biosystems, School of advanced sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies 訪問學者
- Dec, 2012 – Sep, 2013 Campus Agrário de Vairão, University of Porto Research Center of Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO) 助理研究員
- 遺傳學概論
- 分子族群遺傳學與基因體資料分析
- 生命科學技術
- 生物統計學
- 分子演化與醫學
- 生命科學教學
- Admixed ancestry characterization of human genomes
- Identifying genetic signatures of recent adaptation in humans
- Phenome-wise association studies on evolutionary deleterious variants in humans
- Polygenic adaption and risk-score prediction of metabolic and cardiovascular traits in human populations
- Conservation genetics of endangered Taiwanese fruit bats (Pteropus dasymallus formosus)



2. K-P Lin, S-M Chaw, Y-H Lo, T Kinjo, C-Y Tung, H-C Cheng, Q Liu, Y Satta, M Izawa, S-F Chen, and Wen-Ya Ko. 2020. Genetic differentiation and demographic trajectory of the insular Formosan and Orii’s flying foxes. 2020. Journal of Heredity (accepted; IF: 2.809, ranking: Q1 in Biotechnology) (corresponding author).
3. S.-F. Chen, C.-H. Juan, S. J. Rossiter, T. Kinjo, D. Fukui, K. Kawai, S. M. Tsang, M. J. Veluz, H. Sakurai, H.-C. Lin, N.-H. Jang-Liaw, K. Osawa, W.-Y. Ko, and M. Izawa. Population Genetic Structure of the Insular Ryukyu Flying Fox Pteropus dasymallus. 2021. Biotropica 53(2):548-559. (impact factor = 2.09; ranking: Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics) (co-corresponding author)
4. Yun-Hua Lo, Hsueh-Cheng Cheng, Han-Yu Wang, Chia-Wei Peng, Chun-Yo Chen et al., Wen-Ya Ko. 2020. Detecting genetic ancestry and adaptation in the Taiwanese Han people. Molecular Biology and Evolution. (ahead of print; IF: 16.24) (corresponding author)
5. Laura B. Scheinfeldt, Sameer Soi, Charla Lambert, Wen-Ya Ko, et al. 2019. Genomic evidence for shared common ancestry of East African hunting-gathering populations and insights into local adaptation. 2019. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 116 (10) 4166-4175. (IF:9.4).
6. Higasa, K., Miyake, N., Yoshimura, J., Okamura, K., Niihori, T., Saitsu, H., et al., 2016. Human genetic variation database, a reference database of genetic variations in the Japanese population. Journal of Human Genetics.(IF=2.9)
7. Ranciaro A., Campbell M. C., Hirbo J. B., Ko, W.-Y., et al., 2014. Genetic Origins of Lactase Persistence and the Spread of Pastoralism in Africa. Am J Hum Genet 94: 496-510.(IF=10.5)
8. Ko, W.-Y., P. Rajan, F. Gomez, et al., 2013 Darwinian selection acting on different human APOL1 variants among diverse African populations. Am J Hum Genet 93: 90-102.(IF=10.5)
9. Gomez F., Tomas G., Ko, W.-Y. et al. Patterns of Nucleotide and Haplotype Diversity at ICAM-1 Across Global Human Populations with Varying Levels of Malaria Exposure. Human Genetics 132: 987-999. (IF=5.7)
10. Ko, W.-Y., K. Kaercher, E. Giombini et al., 2011 Effects of gene conversion and natural selection on the evolution of human glycophorins coding for MNS polymorphism in malaria endemic African populations. Am J Hum Genet 88: 741-754 (selected as a featured article).(IF=10.5)
11. Iida, K., D. L. Cox-Foster, X. Yang, W.-Y. Ko, D. R. Cavener, 2007 Expansion and evolution of insect GMC oxidoreductases. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7:75.
12. Ko, W.-Y., S. Piao, and H. Akashi., 2006 Strong regional heterogeneity in base composition evolution on the Drosophila X chromosome. Genetics 174:349-362.
13. Akashi, H., W.-Y. Ko, S. Piao, A. John, P. Goel, C. F. Lin, and A. Vitins, 2006 Molecular evolution in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup: Frequent parameter fluctuations on the time-scale of molecular divergence. Genetics 172: 1711-1726.
14. Ko, W.-Y., R. David, and H. Akashi, 2003 Molecular phylogeny of the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup. J. Mol. Evol. 57: 562-573.
15. Tishkoff, S. A., M. Campbell, and J. Hirbo, J. Jarvis, W.-Y. Ko et al., 2010 Genomic variation and adaptation in Africa: Implications for human evolutionary history and disease. Genome Biology 11 (Suppl 1): 120.
2. Gomez, F., W.-Y. Ko, A. Davis, and S. A. Tishkoff. Impact of Natural Selection due to Malarial Disease on Human Genetic Variation. In J.F. Brinkworth and K. Pechenkina (eds) "Primates, Pathogens and Evolution. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects" 38:117-160 Springer publishing, New York.
2. Wen-Ya Ko*, Koichiro Higasa, Han-Yu Wang, Yun-Hwa Lo, Maiko Narahara, Kaori Iida, Fumihiko Matsuda, and Ryo Yamada. Genetic origins and admixed ancestry characterization of Japanese people. International Symposium on Integrated Anthropology From Genetics to Ecology, Biodiversity – conservation of organisms, Cultures, and Ethnicities. SOKENDAI, Hayama, Japan. Feb.1, 2019 (*Invited talk)
3. Wen-Ya Ko*, Koichiro Higasa, Han-Yu Wang, Yun-Hwa Lo, Maiko Narahara, Kaori Iida, Fumihiko Matsuda, and Ryo Yamada. Genetic origins and admixed ancestry characterization of Japanese people. The 16th Korea-Japan-China Bioinformatics Symposium Aug 29-31 2018 (*Invited talk)
4. Symposium on Evolutionary Genetics and Omics. National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan, July 13-14 2018 *Oral presentation (x 2) :
(1).Wen-Ya Ko*, Koichiro Higasa, Han-Yu Wang, Yun-Hwa Lo, Maiko Narahara, Kaori Iida, Fumihiko Matsuda, and Ryo Yamada. Genetic origins and admixed ancestry characterization of Japanese people. (*1st author and Corresponding author)
(2).Yun-Hua Lo, Han-Yu, Wang, Chia-Wei Peng, Chun-Yu Chen, Hsueh-Chien Cheng, Shu-Miaw Chaw, Marie Lin and Wen-Ya Ko*. Genetic adaptation and ancestry inference of Taiwanese people. (*Corresponding author)
5.The annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE), Pacifico Yokohama, Japan, July 8- 12, 2018 *Poster presentation (x 3)
(1).Wen-Ya Ko*, Koichiro Higasa, Han-Yu Wang, Yun-Hwa Lo, Maiko Narahara, Kaori Iida, Fumihiko Matsuda, and Ryo Yamada. Genetic origins and admixed ancestry characterization of Japanese people. (*1st author and Corresponding author)
(2).Yun-Hua Lo, Han-Yu, Wang, Chia-Wei Peng, Chun-Yu Chen, Hsueh-Chien Cheng, Shu-Miaw Chaw, Marie Lin and Wen-Ya Ko*. Genetic adaptation and ancestry inference of Taiwanese people. (*Corresponding author)
(3).Kung-Ping Lin, Yun-Hwa Lo, Shiang-Fan Chen, Masako Izawa, Wen-Ya Ko*. Uncovering the demographic history of the endangered Formosan fruit bats (Pteropus dasymallus formosus) in Taiwan. (*Corresponding author)
6. Ko W.-Y., K. Higasa, M. Narahara, F. Matsuda, and R. Yamada,. Genetic origins and admixed ancestry characterization of Japanese people. The 65th annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), Baltimore MD, Nov 6 - 10, 2015 *Poster presentation
邀請演講 (in 5 years)
1. Wen-Ya Ko*, Koichiro Higasa, Han-Yu Wang, Yun-Hwa Lo, Maiko Narahara, Kaori Iida, Fumihiko Matsuda, and Ryo Yamada. Genetic origins and admixed ancestry characterization of Japanese people. International Symposium on Integrated Anthropology From Genetics to Ecology, Biodiversity – conservation of organisms, Cultures, and Ethnicities. SOKENDAI, Hayama, Japan. Feb.1, 2019 (*Invited talk)
3. Symposium on Evolutionary Genetics and Omics. National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan, July 13-14 2018 *Oral presentation (x 2)
(1).Wen-Ya Ko*, Koichiro Higasa, Han-Yu Wang, Yun-Hwa Lo, Maiko Narahara, Kaori Iida, Fumihiko Matsuda, and Ryo Yamada. Genetic origins and admixed ancestry characterization of Japanese people. (*1st author and Corresponding author)
(2).Yun-Hua Lo, Han-Yu, Wang, Chia-Wei Peng, Chun-Yu Chen, Hsueh-Chien Cheng, Shu-Miaw Chaw, Marie Lin and Wen-Ya Ko*. Genetic adaptation and ancestry inference of Taiwanese people. (*Corresponding author)


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