农学院学术报告

题目：Why are you not working, cheater?  Nitrogen fixation specificity in legume-rhizobium symbiosis

主讲：杨胜铭 美国肯塔基大学

时间：6月6日9：00

地点：科技创新大楼一楼报告厅

主讲人简介：

EDUCATION

• Ph.D.,      Crop Science, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of      Kentucky, Lexington.August,      2008.Dissertation: Map-based cloning of an anthracnose      resistance gene in Medicago truncatula

• M.S., Plant Physiology, College of Life      Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, China. July, 2001. Thesis:      Dynamic changes      in photochemical efficiency of corn leaves during senescence

• B.S., Agronomy, College of      Agriculture, Shandong Agricultural University, China, July, 1998.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

·Translating genetic mechanisms underlying host resistance and symbioses to biotic and abiotic stresses to crop improvement

·Molecular basis for root nodule symbiosis septicity

·Nodulation of non-legumes by rhizobia

·Using next generation sequencing to develop user-friendly markers for breeding selection

·Using cutting-edge technologies, such as CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing, to speed up crop breeding

·Integrated functional, structural and comparative genomics

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

Scientist III& Principal Investigator, University of Kentucky, 1/2014 to present

Legume genetics& genomics

·Cloning of genes controlling nitrogen fixation specificity in root-rhizobium symbiosis

·Characterization of genetic loci involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula

·Genetic elucidation of the developmental process determining pod coiling direction in M. truncatula

Tobacco genetics & genomics

·Improving water use efficiency through manipulation of stomatal density in tobacco

·Using high throughput technologies to develop markersand clone genes for disease resistance and chemical traits in tobacco

·UsingCRISPR technologyto improve important agronomic traits

Scientist II, University of Kentucky, 10/2012 to 12/2013

Legume genetics & genomics

·Map-based cloning of host gene(s) controlling nitrogen fixation specificity in the M.truncatula-Rhizobium symbiosis

Tobacco genetics & genomics

·Marker design for host resistance to black shank, blue mold, black root rot, potato virus Y, and bacterial wilt in tobacco

·SNP identification by transcriptome sequencing for designing markers linked to genes regulating nicotine biosynthesis in burley tobacco

Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Kentucky, 09/2008 to 09/2012

·Discoveryof two soybean genes controlling nodulation specificity

·Alfalfa improvement for powdery mildew resistance

·Identification of a powdery mildew resistance gene in M. truncatula

Graduate Research Assistant,University of Kentucky 01/2005 to 09/2008

·Improvement of alfalfa anthracnose resistance through translational genomics

·Map-based cloning of an anthracnose resistance gene in M. truncatula

·Genetic and molecular dissection of M. truncatula and alfalfa interactionswith the fungal pathogen C. trifolii

Graduate Research Assistant,University of Kentucky 09/2002 to 01/2005

·Yield breedingin tall fescue

·Breeding for high forage quality in tall fescue

·Genetic analysis of quantitative inheritance in tall fescue semi-hybrid populations

Master’s Degree Research, Shandong Agricultural University 09/1998 to 07/2001

·Investigation ofmaize photochemistry efficiency in response to different hormones

·Analysis of light energy transfer efficiency, photoinhibition and photoprotection in corn leaves through chlorophyll fluorescence analysis

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