Report 1
Title: MicroRNA and diabetes
Speaker：Dr. Xiaoqing Tang
Time：09:00-10:30，July 19 (Tuesday), 2016
Venue：Meeting Room 4228, College of Veterinary medicine, North Campus
Report2
Title: Gene silence and gene editing
Speaker：Dr. Guiliang Tang
Time：10:30-12:00 ，July 19 (Tuesday), 2016
Venue：Meeting Room 4228, College of Veterinary medicine, North Campus
Report3
Title: The function of microRNA in pancreas
Speaker：Dr. Xiaoqing Tang
Time：15:00-16:30，July19 (Wednesday), 2016
Venue：Meeting Room 4228, College of Veterinary medicine, North Campus
A brief introduction of speakers:
Dr. Xiaoqing Tang, the associate professor of Michigan Technological University in United States， obtained her Ph.D. degree at Weizmann Institute of Science in 2003. After graduation, Dr. Tang moved University of Massachusetts Medical Center Schoolas a post-doctor. Then, she worked at University of Kentucky and Michigan Technological University. Her main research interests are the regulatory function and mechanism of microRNA in production and secretion of insulin. Dr. Tang has published more than 20 articles in the peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Clinical Investigation, PNAS, Journal of Biological Chemistry, RNA, and is hosting1 National Institutes of Health funding and 2 MTU/REF funding.
Dr. Guiliang Tang, the professor of Michigan Technological University in United States，obtained his Ph.D. degree at Weizmann Institute of Science. Then Dr. Tang moved the University of Massachusetts Medical Center School for his post-doctoral research. Then, he worked at University of Kentucky and Michigan Technological University. His research fields focus on gene silencing, RNA interference, and technical research of miRNA. Dr. Tang has published more than 50 articles in the peer-reviewed Journals, including Trends in Biotechnology, Plant Cell, Molecular Plant, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Plant Journal, and is hosting 1 NSF projects ($2,499,979.00).
College of Veterinary Medicine
7.11.2016
