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Dr. Zhang was granted the Outstanding Faculty Award at the IPGB!

March 28, 2016 by l-cortez

Big Congratulations and huge thanks for being such an inspiration, Dr Zhang!!!

Among many other amazing virtues, Dr. Zhang was acknowledged for his inspiring and humbling work ethic, his contagious dedication to science, his generosity as colleague and mentor, and his genuine care for his students and postdocs.

We are truly encouraged by Dr. Zhang, and we hope to learn from his example!

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We are studying RNA silencing in the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana and several economically-important crops.

RNA silencing is a key regulatory process that controls various aspects of biology in eukaryotes including growth and development, antiviral defense and chromosome gardening. The common themes under RNA silencing include the biogenesis of small RNAs by DICERs or Dicer-like proteins and the incorporation of the small RNAs into Argonaute (AGO)-centered RNA-induced silencing complexes (RISCs). 

The RISCs execute the repressive or regulatory functions on target genes at the transcriptional or post-transcriptional levels.  Our long-term goals are to understand novel functions and mechanisms of RNA silencing in plants.

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e-mail: xiuren.zhang@tamu.edu

Tel: 979-458-0596

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