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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please join us in Marley 230 on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 4:00 PM for a seminar presented by Dr. Yijun Qi from Tsinghua University, China. Dr. Qi has made himself available for meetings with anyone who is interested. Please email
Zhongguo Xiong (</span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:zxiong@arizona.edu" id="OWA27db7760-1bac-0f7c-aa8d-93e668cb57f8" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">zxiong@arizona.edu</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)
to arrange a meeting. Dr. Qi’s research interests and background can be found at
</span><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://life.tsinghua.edu.cn/lifeen/info/1036/1115.htm" id="OWAbf49cfc6-657c-433e-e612-e907ace4d853" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Yijun QI (tsinghua.edu.cn)</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/83044711714?pwd=IQ994mWIPwbsRKMnfF9sERx5sNtv4m.1" id="OWA46a6412e-165c-c415-6bdd-fb103247047a" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Zoom link</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">:
https://arizona.zoom.us/j/83044711714 (password: SPLS24).</span></div>
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Refreshments will be provided in the Marley Lobby at 3:30 PM.</div>
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<b>Title: RNA regulation in plants</b></div>
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<b>Abstract</b>: Eukaryotic genomes are pervasively transcribed, producing thousands of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), in addition to mRNAs. In this talk, I will present and discuss our recent findings on the regulatory mechanisms and functions of lncRNAs as
well as mRNAs in plants: 1) a novel function of lncRNAs produced by Pol V in gene regulation and plant defense, 2) the mechanisms of how antisense lncRNAs regulate their cognate sense genes, 3) a coding-independent function of an mRNA in gene regulation and
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</span><span style="font-family: "Vladimir Script"; font-size: 20pt;"><b>Zhongguo Xiong</b></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;"> <br>
School of Plant Sciences BIO5 Institute<br>
BIO5 Email: </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="mailto:zxiong@arizona.edu" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">zxiong@arizona.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;">
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Phone: (520)-621-9869<br>
Forbes 303, P.O. box 210036 Fax: (520)-621-7186<br>
University of Arizona <br>
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://ag.arizona.edu/~zxiong" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">http://ag.arizona.edu/~zxiong</a></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
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