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Overview

I-Min Tso is a researcher affiliated with Tunghai University in Taiwan whose work spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science. Their research integrates multiple subfields including genetics, biomaterials, cellular and molecular neuroscience, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and insect science.

The primary focus of their scientific inquiry centers on silk-based biomaterials and their applications, complemented by studies in neurobiology and insect physiology. Additional topics addressed in their work include animal behavior and reproduction, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, spider taxonomy and behavior studies, adhesion, friction, surface interactions, and mechanisms of invertebrate immune responses.

Selected recent publications by I-Min Tso reflect the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of their research:

  • High contrast yellow mosaic patterns are prey attractants for orb-weaving spiders, 2020, Functional Ecology
  • Uncoiling springs promote mechanical functionality of spider cribellate silk, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Adhesion of spider cribellate silk enhanced in high humidity by mechanical plasticization of the underlying fiber, 2020, Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
  • Mechanical and structural properties of major ampullate silk from spiders fed carbon nanomaterials, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Hydrothermal Effect on Mechanical Properties of Nephila pilipes Spidroin, 2020, Polymers

Their work is regularly published in peer-reviewed journals including Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, Functional Ecology, and the Journal of Experimental Biology.

Collaborative efforts feature coauthors with whom I-Min Tso has frequently published. These include Chen-Pan Liao, Dakota Piorkowski, Sean J. Blamires, Chung-Lin Wu, and Maryia Tsiareshyna, reflecting a network of research partnerships across related fields.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of formulae to estimate the capture area and mesh height of orb webs (Araneoidea, Araneae).

    Marie Elisabeth Herberstein;I-Min Tso

  • Does the Giant Wood Spider Nephila pilipes Respond to Prey Variation by Altering Web or Silk Properties

    I-Min Tso;Shu-Ya Chiang;Shu-Ya Chiang;Todd A. Blackledge

  • Physicochemical Property Variation in Spider Silk: Ecology, Evolution, and Synthetic Production.

    Sean J Blamires;Todd A Blackledge;I-Min Tso

  • Stabilimentum of the garden spiderArgiope trifasciata: a possible prey attractant

    I-Min Tso

  • Giant wood spider Nephila pilipes alters silk protein in response to prey variation.

    I-Min Tso;Hsuan-Chen Wu;In-Ru Hwang

  • Spider Diversity on Orchid Island, Taiwan: A Comparison between Habitats Receiving Different Degrees of Human Disturbance

    Kuan-Chou Chen;I-Min Tso

  • Colour-associated foraging success and population genetic structure in a sit-and-wait predator Nephila maculata (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)

    I-Min Tso;Pei-Ling Tai;Tzu-Hsiu Ku;Chien-Hsien Kuo

  • Colourful orb-weaving spiders, Nephila pilipes, through a bee's eyes

    I-Min Tso;Chih-Wei Lin;En-Cheng Yang

  • Salticid predation as one potential driving force of ant mimicry in jumping spiders

    Jin-Nan Huang;Ren-Chung Cheng;Daiqin Li;I-Min Tso

  • Function of being colorful in web spiders: attracting prey or camouflaging oneself?

    I-Min Tso;Chen-Pan Liao;Ren-Pan Huang;En-Cheng Yang

  • Isolated Spider Web Stabillmentum Attracts Insects

    I-Min Tso

  • Habitat management by aboriginals promotes high spider diversity on an Asian tropical island

    Zon-Ing Tsai;Pao-Shen Huang;I-Min Tso

  • Spider webs: Evolution, diversity and plasticity

    Marie E. Herberstein;I-Min Tso

  • ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Phylogeography of the giant wood spider (Nephila pilipes, Araneae) from Asian–Australian regions

    Yong-Chao Su;Yung-Hau Chang;Sin-Che Lee;I-Min Tso

  • Signaling by decorating webs: luring prey or deterring predators?

    Ren-Chung Cheng;I-Min Tso

  • Deceptive color signaling in the night: a nocturnal predator attracts prey with visual lures

    Chih-Yuan Chuang;En-Cheng Yang;I-Min Tso

  • Stabilimentum-Decorated Webs Spun by Cyclosa conica (Araneae, Araneidae) Trapped More Insects than Undecorated Webs

    I-Min Tso;Michigan Usa

  • Hunting efficiency and predation risk shapes the color-associated foraging traits of a predator

    Chun-Min Fan;En-Cheng Yang;I-Min Tso

  • Diurnal and nocturnal prey luring of a colorful predator.

    Chih-Yen Chuang;En-Cheng Yang;I-Min Tso

  • A test of prey-attracting and predator defence functions of prey carcass decorations built by Cyclosa spiders

    I-Chia Chou;Pi-Han Wang;Pao-Sheng Shen;I-Min Tso

  • A risky defence by a spider using conspicuous decoys resembling itself in appearance

    Ling Tseng;I-Min Tso

Frequent Co-Authors

Hwo-Shuenn Sheu
Hwo-Shuenn Sheu National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
Matjaž Kuntner
Matjaž Kuntner National Institute of Biology
Marie E. Herberstein
Marie E. Herberstein Macquarie University
Daiqin Li
Daiqin Li National University of Singapore
Nicola Pugno
Nicola Pugno University of Trento
Eileen A. Hebets
Eileen A. Hebets University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Rafe M. Brown
Rafe M. Brown University of Kansas
Mark A. Elgar
Mark A. Elgar University of Melbourne
Ali Dhinojwala
Ali Dhinojwala University of Akron
Thomas C.-K. Yang
Thomas C.-K. Yang National Taipei University of Technology

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