In recognition of the 10th anniversary of Dr. Biao Ding's untimely death, the department will host an afternoon symposium featuring talks from his trainees and collaborators. The symposium will take place in Kottman Hall from 1:00-5:30
1:00 Introduction
1:05 Dr. Xiaorong Tao, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University
NLR-mediated antiviral immunity in plants
1:35 pm Dr. Jian Wu, Associate Professor, Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University
Potato spindle tuber viroid: from RNA 3D structure to quasispecies evolution.
2:05 pm – Break
2:15 pm Dr. Dave Bisaro, Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University
Potato spindle tuber viroid loop 27 mutants promote infection of the wild type: Insights into RNA-based viroid interactions.
2:35 pm Dr. Venkat Gopalan, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
Discovery and validation of RNase P RNAs in bacterial viruses.
2:55 pm Dr. Ying Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida
Genetics of the simplest RNA replicon.
3:25 pm Dr. Yi Li, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
Perception of viral infections and initiation of antiviral defense in rice.
3:55 pm – Break
4:10 pm Dr. Yijun Qi, Professor, School of Life SciencesTsinghua University
RNA regulations in plants.
4:50 pm Dr. Xuehua Zhong, Professor, Biology Department, Washington University
Epigenetic regulation of development and environment plasticity.
5:30 pm – Reception
