报告题目：Role of pre-mRNA splicing in plant responses to low temperature and ABA

报告人：朱建华副教授 （美国马里兰大学，University of Maryland）

时间：2016年5月14日，下午3：00

地点：理科楼C303

报告人简介：朱建华系美国马里兰大学副教授，长期从事植物抗盐害、干旱、极端温度等非生物逆境方面的研究工作，在植物抗极端温度方面做出了系统性和开创性的成绩，并发现小RNA在植物抗非生物逆境过程中扮演重要的角色，相关研究成果以第一或通讯作者身份多次在Current Biology, PNAS, Plant Cell, Nature Communications, PLoS Genetics等国际著名权威期刊上发表，取得了广泛的学术影响。

通讯作者身份发表的代表性文章：

1. Zhan, X.*, Qian, B., Cao, F., Wu, W., Yang, L., Quan, Q., Gu, X., Wang, P., Okusolubo, T.A., Dunn, S.L., Zhu, J.-K., and Zhu, J.* (2015) An Arabidopsis PWI- and RRM motif-containing protein is critical for pre-mRNA splicing and ABA responses. Nature Communications. 6:8139

2. Guan, Q., Yue, X., Zeng, H., and Zhu, J. (2014) The protein phosphatase RCF2 and its interacting partner NAC019 are critical for heat stress-responsive gene regulation and thermotolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 26:438-453

3. Guan, Q., Wen, C., Zeng, H, and Zhu, J. (2013) A KH domain-containing putative RNA-binding protein is critical for heat stress-responsive gene regulation and thermotolerance in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 6:386-395.

4. Guan, Q., Wu, J., Zhang, Y., Jiang, C., Liu, R., Chai, C., and Zhu, J. (2013) A DEAD box RNA helicase is critical for pre-mRNA splicing, cold-responsive gene regulation, and cold tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 25:342-356.

5. Guan, Q., Lu, X., Zeng, H., Zhang, Y., and Zhu, J.(2013) Heat stress induction of miR398 triggers a regulatory loop that is critical for thermotolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal. 74:840-851.

6. Li, W.*, Guan, Q.*, Wang, Z.-Y., Wang, Y., and Zhu, J. (2013) A bi-functional xyloglucan galactosyltransferase is an indispensable salt stress tolerance determinant in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 6:1344-1354.

7. Guan, Q., Wu, J., Yue, X., Zhang, Y., and Zhu, J. (2013) A nuclear calcium-sensing pathway is critical for gene regulation and salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics. 9(8):e1003755.

8. Wang, Z.-Y., Xiong, L., Li, W., Zhu, J.-K., and Zhu, J. (2011) Plant cuticle is required for osmotic stress regulation of abscisic acid biosynthesis and osmotic stress tolerance. Plant Cell. 23:1971-1984.