应大豆分子设计育种重点实验室邀请，美国密西根州立大学分子遗传学系副教授蒋宁拟于4月24日上午来所做学术报告。

    报告人：蒋宁

　　报告题目：The epigenetic profile of Pack-MULEs and their impact on chromosomal base composition and expression spectrum　

　　报告时间：2018年4月24日 (星期二)上午10：00-11：30

　　报告地点：综合楼5楼会议室（哈区视频）

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　　报告人简介

　　蒋宁，美国密西根州立大学分子遗传学系副教授，在Nature，Science等国际顶级杂志上发表论文多篇，在转座子介导的真核基因组多样性及进化研究中取得了多项突破性的进展。

代表性论文：

　　Zhao D, Ferguson A, Jiang N.Transposition of a rice Mutator-like element in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.Plant Cell.2015 ;27(1):132-48.

　　Gao D, Jiang N, Wing RA, Jiang J, Jackson SA. Transposons play an important role in the evolution and diversification of centromeres among closely related species. Front Plant Sci. 2015;6:216. doi: 10.3389/fpls

　　Law M, Childs KL, Campbell MS, Stein JC, Olson AJ, Holt C, Panchy N, Lei J, Jiao D, Andorf CM, Lawrence CJ, Ware D, Shiu SH, Sun Y, Jiang N, Yandell M. Automated update, revision, and quality control of the maize genome annotations using MAKER-P improves the B73 RefGen_v3 gene models and identifies new genes. Plant Physiol. 2015;167(1):25-39.

　　Zhao D, Jiang N. Nested insertions and accumulation of indels are negatively correlated with abundance of mutator-like transposable elements in maize and rice. 2014;9(1):e87069.

　　Campbell MS, Law M, Holt C, Stein JC, Moghe GD, Hufnagel DE, Lei J, Achawanantakun R, Jiao D, Lawrence CJ, Ware D, Shiu SH, Childs KL, Sun Y, Jiang N, Yandell M. MAKER-P: a tool kit for the rapid creation, management, and quality control of plant genome annotations. Plant Physiol. 2014;164(2):513-24.

　　Ferguson AA, Zhao D, Jiang N. Selective acquisition and retention of genomic sequences by Pack-Mutator-like elements based on guanine-cytosine content and the breadth of expression. Plant Physiol. 2013;163(3):1419-32.

　　Jiang N. Computational methods for identification of DNA transposons. Methods Mol Biol. 2013;1057:289-304.

　　Jiang N. Overview of repeat annotation and de novo repeat identification. Methods Mol Biol. 2013;1057:275-87.

　　Jiang, N., Ferguson, A. A., Slotkin, R. K., Lisch, D. 2011. Pack-Mutator-like transposable elements (Pack-MULEs) induce directional modification of genes through biased insertion and DNA acquisition. ProcNatlAcadSci USA 108:1537-1542.

　　Jiang, N., Gao, D., Xiao, H. and van der Knaap, E. 2009. Genome organization of the tomato sun locus and characterization of the unusual retrotransposon Rider. Plant J. 60:181-193.

　　Hanada, K., Vallejo, V., Nobuta, K., Slotkin, R.K., Lisch, D., Meyers, B.C., Shiu, S.H. and Jiang, N. 2009. The Functional Role of Pack-MULEs in Rice Inferred from Purifying Selection and Expression Profile. Plant Cell 21:25-38.