Dr. Xuahua Zhong
The Environmental and Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Xuahua Zhong, on “Epigenetic Regulation in Arabidopsis” on Friday, Feb. 20, at 11:50 a.m.
in Porter 104.
Zhong is Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Abstract: Epigenetic regulation of gene expression plays critical roles in maintaining genome integrity, imprinting, cellular differentiation, normal growth and development, disease formation as well as in responding versatile environmental signals. Our overall research goal is to understand how epigenetic modifications of DNA and histones modulate chromatin structural dynamics to regulate gene expression. We are also interested in understanding how epigenetic modulation of chromatin structure and gene expression dictate responses to environmental changes and how environment conditions feed back to shape the epigenetic landscape. We will address these questions at the whole genome level by combining genomics, genetic, proteomic, and biochemical approaches.
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