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【学术报告】美国宾州州立大学Michael Axtell 学术报告预告

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报告题目:Molecular biology and genomics of regulatory small RNAs in plants
报 告 人:Michael Axtell
报告时间:2014916900 
报告地点:生物楼412会议室 
报告人简介:

Education:

  1. B.A., Biology, Ithaca College
  2. Ph.D., Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Postdoc Training:

  1. Whitehead Institute / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003-2006

Honors and Awards:

  1. Beckman Young Investigator, 2008-2011
  2. Searle Scholar, 2008-2011

Research Interests:

We are biologists who use diverse plant species to study a class of genes that produce small RNAs. Small RNAs went largely undetected until around the turn of the century. We now know that they are critical components of gene expression in nearly all eukaryotic organisms. These small RNAs are functionally united in that they all function as sequence-specific repressors of other genes. Small RNAs are especially important for regulating the developmental programs of both animals and plants. Our research addresses fundamental unknowns of small RNA functions in plants including:

  • Annotation of small RNA genes using small RNA-seq data
  • How and to what ends have small RNA pathways diversified during land plant evolution?
  • What are the sequence requirements for effective small RNA-target interactions in plants?

We use genetics, molecular biology, and genomics to answer these questions.