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In Nov. 2020, Dr. Yanjun Li routed and joined Ningbo University as an associate professor.

January 5, 2021 by xiuren.zhang

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Website down for a while—2020 big events missed— Di Sun successfully defended her thesis on Nov. 12, and is now literally a doctor. Zhen Wang and Jiaying Zhu smoothly passed their prelims on Nov. 13 and 25, respectively, and are Ph.D. candidates now.

January 5, 2021 by xiuren.zhang

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Congratulations on Tao, our former CSC-supported visiting student, for publication in PLoS Pathogen. Good job, Tao!

May 6, 2019 by xiuren.zhang

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Welcome numerous new postdocs and graduates joining us!

February 25, 2019 by xiuren.zhang

Welcome Drs. Keyie Liu, Baoshuan Shang,  Songxiao Zhong to be on board!

Welcome the following graduates joining us: Niankui Li, Yu Xi, Jiaying Zhu,  Tianru Zhang, Xingxing Yan and Lin Wang!

We wish you all big success in our lab!

 

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Congratulations Professor Zhang!

September 30, 2018 by castillo.cm

On September 13, during the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Awards Ceremony, Dr. Xiuren Zhang officially received his Promotion to Professor. We are incredibly proud of his scientific leadership and deeply grateful for his mentorship.

Here is Dr. Zhang with the Vice Chancellor and Dean for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dr. Patrick Stover.

Picture Credit, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University

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Recent Posts

  • Big Congrats to Drs. Li, Yan & Zhu for their graduation! All the best! December 16, 2024
  • Big congrats on Jiaying for receiving 2024 Vice Chancellor Award, the most prestigious award for graduate research excellence @ CALS! December 7, 2024
  • Big congrats on Taerin for receiving an excellence award @BCBP December 7, 2024
  • Significant work from Dr. Songxiao Zhong in NCB came out today– huge congrats! October 29, 2024
  • Niankui Li smoothly defended his thesis on Sept.30, 2024, Big congrats to Dr. Li for the excellent work! October 29, 2024
  • Big congrats on Jiaying’s successful defense on Sept. 18, 2024. Way to go, Dr. Zhu! September 22, 2024

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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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Biochemistry & Biophysics Blvd

2128 TAMU, Rm 316. College Station, TX 77840

e-mail: xiuren.zhang@tamu.edu

Tel: 979-458-0596

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