Dr. Junqi Song
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center,USA "
Biography
Junqi Song is currently an assistant professor at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Dallas, with a joint position at the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology in the Texas A&M University. His research primarily focuses on how plants perceive and respond to microbial pathogens and how pathogens cause diseases in plants using a combination of genetic, biochemical, genomic and proteomic approaches. His research projects cover a wide range of pathogens with diverse lifestyles including bacteria, oomycetes, fungi, and nematodes. His long-term goal is to elucidate the complex network of signal transduction and pathway interactions in plant defense responses.
Abstract
Abstract : The molecular interplay between DNA damage and plant immune responses