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CURRICULUM VITAE Guiliang Tang, Professor (April 2016-Present), Associate Professor (Nov 2011-April 2016), Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931 EDUCATION Ph.D., The Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Rehovot, Israel, 2001 M.Sc., Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China, 1991 B.Sc., Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China, 1983 RESEARCH INTERESTS My research interests focus on: 1) Biotechnology and Natural Products, 2) Gene Silencing, and 3) RNA interference (RNAi) and microRNA (miRNA). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2016-present Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University,

Houghton, MI 2011-2016 Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological

University, Houghton, MI 2011-2011 Associate Professor (Tenured), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 2005-2011 Assistant Professor (Tenure-track), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 2001-2005 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at

the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 1995-2001 Graduate research assistant, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. 1991-1995 Assistant Professor, College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei,

China

1988-1991 Graduate research assistant, College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China

1983-1988 Research Assistant, Guichi Agricutural Research Center, Anhui, China

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PUBLICATIONS

(1) Journal Research Publications

1. Zhang Z, Hu F, Sung MW, Shu C, Castillo-González C, Koiwa H, Tang G, Dickman M, Li P, Zhang X (2017) RISC-Interacting Clearing 3'- 5' Exoribonucleases (RICEs) degrade uridylated cleavage fragments to maintain functional RISC in Arabidopsis. Elife DOI:10.7554/eLife.24466.

2. Hui Zhang, Jinshan Zhang, Jun Yan, Feng Gou, Yanfei Mao, Guiliang Tang, Jose Botella, Jian-Kang Zhu (2017) Short tandem target mimic rice lines uncover novel functions of miRNAs in regulating important agronomic traits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (In press).

3. Yang M, Li C, Cai Z, Hu Y, Nolan T, Yu F, Yin Y, Xie Q, Tang G, Wang X. (2017) SINAT E3 Ligases Control the Light-Mediated Stability of the Brassinosteroid-Activated Transcription Factor BES1 in Arabidopsis. Dev Cell. 41(1): 47-58

4. Li H, Peng T, Wang Q, Wu Y, Chang J, Zhang M, Tang G, Li C. (2017) Development of Incompletely Fused Carpels in Maize Ovary Revealed by miRNA, Target Gene and Phytohormone Analysis. Front Plant Sci. 8: 463.

5. Li W, Wang Y, Zhu J, Wang Z, Tang G, Huang B. (2017) Differential DNA methylation may contribute to temporal and spatial regulation of gene expression and the development of mycelia and conidia in entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii. Fungal Biol. 121(3): 293-303.

6. Jun Yan, Chunzhao Zhao, Jianping Zhou, Yu Yang, Pengcheng Wang, Xiaohong Zhu, Guiliang Tang, Ray A. Bressan, Jian-Kang Zhu (2016) The miR165/166 Mediated Regulatory Module Plays Critical Roles in ABA Homeostasis and Response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plos Genetics DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1006416.�

7. Yang Chen, Dong-Jie Zhao, Zi-Yang Wang, Zhong-Yi Wang, Guiliang Tang, and Lan Huang (2016) Plant Electrical Signal Classification Based on Waveform Similarity. Algorithms 9(4), 70; doi:10.3390/a9040070.

8. Wu X, Ding D, Shi C, Xue Y, Zhang Z, Tang G, Tang J. (2016) microRNA-dependent gene regulatory networks in maize leaf senescence. BMC Plant Biol. 16:73. doi: 10.1186/s12870-016-0755-y

9. Wang X, Chen L, Jin H, Wang S, Zhang Y, Tang X, Tang G (2016) Screening miRNAs for early diagnosis of colorectal cancer by small RNA deep sequencing and evaluation in a Chinese patient population. OncoTargets and Therapy. 9: 1159-1166.�

10. Zhang Z, Wu X, Shi C, Wang R, Li S, Wang Z, Liu Z, Xue Y, Tang G, Tang J. (2016) Genetic dissection of the maize kernel development process via conditional QTL mapping for three developing kernel-related traits in an immortalized F2 population. Mol Genet Genomics. 291(1): 437-54.�

11. Xiaoyun Jia2, Na Ding, Weixin Fan, Jun Yan, Yiyou Gu, Xiaoqing Tang, Runzhi Li, and Guiliang Tang* (2015) Functional plasticity of miR165/166 in plant development revealed by small tandem target mimic. Plant Science. 233:11-21.

12. Peng T2, Sun H, Qiao M, Zhao Y, Du Y, Zhang J, Li J, Tang G, Zhao Q. (2014) Differentially expressed microRNA cohorts in seed development may contribute to poor grain filling of inferior spikelets in rice. BMC Plant Biol. 2014 Jul 23;14(1):196.

13. Zhenying Cai, Jingjing Liu, Haijiao Wang, Cangjing Yang, Yuxiao Chen, Yongchi Li, Shangjin Pan2, Rui Dong, Guiliang Tang, Juan de Dios Barajas-Lopez, Hiroaki Fujii, and Xuelu Wang (2014) GSK3-like kinases positively modulate abscisic acid signaling through phosphorylating subgroup III SnRK2s in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jun 13.

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pii: 201316717. 14. James Wong, Lei Gao, Yang Yang, Jixian Zhai, Siwaret Arikit, Yu Yu, Shuyi Duan, Vicky

Chan, Qin Xiong, Jun Yan1, Shengben Li, Renyi Liu, Yuanchao Wang, Guiliang Tang, Blake C. Meyers, Xuemei Chen and Wenbo Ma (2014) Roles of Small RNAs in Soybean Defense against Phytophthora sojae Infection. Plant J. 2014 Jun 18. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12590.

15. Ming Chi, Basdeo Bhagwat, W David Lane, Guiliang Tang, Yinquan Su, Runcang Sun, B Dave Oomah, Paul A Wiersma, Yu Xiang (2014) Reduced polyphenol oxidase gene expression and enzymatic browning in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) with artificial microRNAs. BMC Plant Biology 14: 62

16. Bhagwata B, Chia M, Su L, Tang H2, Tang G.*, Xiang Y. (2013) An in vivo Transient Expression System Can Be Applied for Rapid and Effective Selection of Artificial microRNA Constructs for Plant Stable Genetic Transformation. Journal of Genetics and Genomics 40(5): 261-70.

17. Dianwei Han2, Guiliang Tang*, and Jun Zhang (2013) A Parallel Strategy for Predicting the Secondary Structure of Polycistronic MicroRNAs. Int. J. Bioinformatics Research and Applications. 9(2): 134-55.

18. Jun Yan1, Yiyou Gu2, Xiaoyun Jia2, Wenjun Kang2, Shangjin Pan2, Xiaoqing Tang, Xuemei Chen and Guiliang Tang* (2012) Effective Small RNA Destruction by the Expression of a Short Tandem Target Mimic in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell 24(2): 415-27.

19. Guiliang Tang*; Jun Yan1, Yiyou Gu2, Mengmeng Qiao2, Ruiwen Fan, Yiping Mao, Xiaoqing Tang* (2012) Construction of short tandem target mimic (STTM) to block the functions of plant and animal microRNAs. Methods 58(2):118-25.

20. Ren L.2 and Tang G.* (2012) Identification of sucrose-responsive microRNAs reveals sucrose-regulated copper accumulations in an SPL7-dependent and independent manner in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science, 187: 59-68

21. Dianwei Han, Jun Zhang*, and Guiliang Tang* (2012) MicroRNAfold: pre-microRNA secondary structure prediction based on Modified NCM model with thermodynamics-based scoring strategy. International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics 6(3): 272-91.

22. Iyer NJ, Jia X, Sunkar R, Tang G, Mahalingam R*. (2012) microRNAs responsive to ozone-induced oxidative stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signal Behav 7(4): 484 - 491.

23. Lijuan Ji, Xigang Liu, Jun Yan2, Wenming Wang, Rae Eden Yumul1, Yu Ju Kim, Thanh Theresa Dinh, Jun Liu, Xia Cui, Binglian Zheng, Manu Agarwal, Chunyan Liu, Xiaofeng Cao, Guiliang Tang, and Xuemei Chen* (2011) ARGONAUTE10 and ARGONAUTE1 Regulate the Termination of Floral Stem Cells through Two microRNAs in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet. 7(3):e1001358. Epub 2011 Mar 31.

24. Wang-Xia Wang, Bernard R. Wilfred, Sindhu K. Madathil, Guiliang Tang, Yanling Hu, James Dimayuga, Arnold J. Stromberg, Qingwei Huang, Kathryn E. Saatman, and Peter T. Nelson* (2010) MiR-107 regulates Granulin/Progranulin with implications for traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disease. American Journal of Pathology 177(1): 334-45

25. Mian Gu, Ke Xu, Aiqun Chen, Yiyong Zhu, Guiliang Tang, and Guohua Xu* (2010) Expression Analysis Suggests Potential Roles of microRNAs for Phosphate and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Signaling in Solanum lycopersicum. Physiol Plant. 138(2): 226-37

26. Xiaoyun Jia2, Wang-Xia Wang1, Ligang Ren2, Qi-Jun Chen1, Venugopal Mendu2, Benjamin Willcut2, Randy Dinkins, Xiaoqing Tang1, and Guiliang Tang* (2009) Differential and dynamic regulation of miR398 and its targets in response to ABA and salt stress in Populus tremula and Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology. 71: 51-59.

27. Xiaoyun Jia2, Ligang Ren2, Qi-Jun Chen1, Runzhi Li and Guiliang Tang* (2009) UV-B responsive microRNAs in Populus tremula. J. of Plant Physiology 166: 2046-2057.

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28. Xiaoqing Tang1, Latha Muniappan, Guiliang Tang*, and Sabire Ozcan* (2009) Identification of glucose-regulated miRNAs from pancreatic beta cells reveals a role for miR-30d in insulin transcription. RNA.15: 287-293.

29. Wang-Xia Wang, Bernard W. Rajeev, Arnold Stromberg, Na Ren, Guiliang Tang, Qingwei Huang, Isidore Rigoutsos, and Peter T. Nelson* (2008) The expression of microRNA miR-107 decreases early in Alzheimer’s disease and may accelerate disease progression through regulation of BACE1. Journal of Neuroscience 28(5): 1213-1223

30. Xiaoqing Tang1, Jozsef Gal, Xun Zhuang2, Wangxia Wang1, Haining Zhu, and Guiliang Tang* (2007) A simple array platform for microRNA analysis and its application in mouse tissues. RNA 13: 1803-1822

(2) Journal Review Publications

31. Lina Shi, Xiaoqing Tang, Guiliang Tang (2016) GUIDE-seq to Detect Genome-wide Double-Stranded Breaks in Plants. Trends in Plant Science 21(10): 815-818.

32. Sachin Teotia, Deepali Singh, Xiaoqing Tang, and Guiliang Tang* (2016) Essential RNA-based technologies and their applications in plant functional genomics. Trends in Biotechnology. 34(2): 106-123.

33. Sachin Teotia and Guiliang Tang* (2015) To bloom or not to bloom: Role of microRNAs in plant flowering. Molecular Plants. 8(3): 359–377.

34. Tang G.* and Tang X.* (2013) Short Tandem Target Mimic: A Long Journey to the Engineered Molecular Landmine for Selective Destruction/Blockage of microRNAs in Plants and Animals. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 40 (6): 291–296.

35. Xiaoyun Jia2 and Guiliang Tang* (2011) MicroRNA-mediated DNA methylation in plants. Frontiers in Biology 6(2): 133–139

36. Guiliang Tang* (2010) Plant microRNA: An insight into the gene structure and evolution. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 21: 782-789

37. Xiaoqing Tang1*, Guiliang Tang, and Sabire Ozcan (2008) Role of MicroRNAs in Diabetes. BBA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 1779: 697-701

38. Guiliang Tang*, Xiaoqing Tang1, Venugopal Mendu2, Xiaohu Tang1, Xiaoyun Jia2, Qi-Jun Chen1, and Lihen He2 (2008) The art of microRNA: various strategies leading to gene silencing via an ancient pathway. BBA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 1779: 655-662

39. Peter T. Nelson*, Wang-Xia Wang, Bernard R. Wilfred, Guiliang Tang (2008) Technical variables in high-throughput miRNA expression profiling: Much work remains to be done. BBA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 1779: 758-765

40. Guiliang Tang*, Gad Galili and Xun Zhuang2 (2007) RNAi and microRNA: Breakthrough technologies for the improvement of plant nutritional value and metabolic engineering. Metabolomics.3: 357-369

(3) Book Chapter Publications

41. Bhagwat B, Chi M, Han D, Tang H, Tang G, Xiang Y. (2016) Design, Construction, and Validation of Artificial MicroRNA Vectors Using Agrobacterium-Mediated Transient Expression System. Methods Mol Biol. 1405:149-62.�

42. Chi M, Bhagwat B, Tang G, Xiang Y. (2016) Knockdown of Polyphenol Oxidase Gene Expression in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) with Artificial MicroRNAs. Methods Mol Biol. 1405: 163-78.�

43. Xiaoqing Tang1, Xiaohu Tang1, Jozsef Gal, Natasha Kyprianou, Haining Zhu, and Guiliang

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Tang* (2010) Detection of microRNAs in prostate cancer cells by microRNA array, Methods Mol Biol. 2011;732: 69-88.

44. Xiaoyun Jia2, Venugopal Mendu2, and Guiliang Tang* (2010) An array platform for identification of stress-responsive miRNAs in plants, "Methods in Molecular Biology; Plant Stress Tolerance- Methods and Protocols" Methods Mol Biol. 639: 253-69

45. Ricky Lewis, Venugopal Mendu2, David McNear, and Guiliang Tang* (2009) Roles of microRNAs in Plant Abiotic Stress, Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement. 2nd Edition, edited by S. Mohan Jain and D.S. Brar. Springer Netherlands, pp 357-372.

46. Wang-Xia Wang1, Peter Nelson, and Guiliang Tang* (2008) RNA Interference, mechanisms and proteins involved in. Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology. Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology.

47. Guiliang Tang*, Yu Xiang, Zhensheng Kang, Venugopal Mendu2, Xiaohu Tang1, Xiaoyun Jia2, Qi-Jun Chen1, and Xiaoqing Tang1 (2008) Small RNA technologies: siRNA, miRNA, antagomiR, target mimicry, miRNA sponge and miRNA profiling. Current Research and Perspectives in MicroRNAs. Springer Netherlands, pp 17-33

48. Wang-Xia Wang1, Bobby Gaffney, Arthur G. Hunt and Guiliang Tang* (2007) microRNAs and Plant Development. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.

49. Yu Xiang and Guiliang Tang*. (2006) RISC Biology, “microRNA: Biology, Function and Expression” edited by Clarke, N.J and Sanseau, P, DNA Press. pp 29-69.

(4) Proceeding Publications

50. Dianwei Han2, Guiliang Tang*, and Jun Zhang* (2009) A novel method for MicroRNA secondary structure prediction using a bottom-up algorithm. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Southeast Regional Conference, Clemson, South Carolina, SESSION: Information analysis, Article No. 46, ISBN: 978-1-60558-421-8

(5) Publications before independent

51. Tang, G.* (2005) siRNA and miRNA: an insight into RISCs. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 30: 106-114.

52. Stepansky, A., Yao, Y., Tang, G., Galili, G. (2005) Regulation of lysine catabolism in Arabidopsis through concertedly-regulated synthesis of the two distinct gene products of the composite AtLKR/SDH locus. J. Exp. Bot. 56: 525-536

53. Mallory, A.C., Reinhart, B.J., Rhoades M.W., Tang, G., Zamore, P.D., Barton, M.K., and Bartel, D.P. (2004). MicroRNA control of PHABULOSA during leaf development: importance of pairing to the miRNA 5' region. EMBO J. 23: 3356-3364.

54. Tang, G.* and Galili, G. (2004) Using RNAi to improve plant nutritional value: from mechanism to application. Trends in Biotechnology 22: 463-469.

55. Tang, G. and Zamore, P.D.(2004) Biochemical dissection of RNA silencing in plants, "Methods in Molecular Biology; mRNA Processing and Metabolism- Methods and Protocols" edited by Daniel R. Schoenberg , Ohio State University, Clumbus, OH, USA. HUMANA PRESS, Vol. 257: 223-243.

56. Haley, B. Tang, G. and Zamore P.D. (2003) In Vitro Analysis of RNA interference in Drosophila melanogaster. Methods 30: 330-336

57. Tang, G., B.J. Reinhart, D.P. Bartel, P.D. Zamore. (2003). A biochemical framework for RNA silencing in plants. Genes Dev 17: 49-63

58. Zhu, X, Tang, G. and Galili G. (2002) The activity of the Arabidopsis bifunctional lysine-

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ketoglutarate reductase/saccharopine dehydrogenase enzyme of lysine catabolism is regulated by functional interaction between its two enzyme domains. J Biol Chem. 277: 49655-49661

59. Tang, G., Zhu, X., Gakiere, B., Levanony, H., Kahana, A. and Galili, G. (2002) The bifunctional LKR/SDH locus of plants also encodes a highly active monofunctional lysine-ketoglutarate reductase using a polyadenylation signal located within intron. Plant Physiol.130: 147

60. Galili, G., Tang, G., Zhu, X. and Gakiere, B. (2001) Lysine catabolism: a stress and development super-regulated metabolic pathway. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 4: 261-266

61. Galili G, Tang G, Zhu X, Karchi H, Miron D, Gakiere B, and Stepansky A. (2001) Molecular genetic dissection and potential manipulation of lysine metabolism in seeds.J Plant Physiol.158: 515-520

62. Zhu, X., Tang, G., Granier, F., Boucher, D. and Galili, G. (2001) A T-DNA insertion knockout of the bifunctional lysine-ketoglutarate reductase/saccharopine dehydrogenase gene elevates lysine levels in Arabidopsis seeds. Plant Physiol.126: 1539-1545

63. Tang, G., Zhu, X., Tang, X. and Galili, G. (2000) A novel composite locus encoding simultaneously two polypeptides with metabolically related but distinct functions in lysine catabolism. Plant J., 23: 195-203

64. Zhu, X., Tang, G. and Galili, G. (2000) The catabolic function of the a-amino adipic acid pathway in plants is correlated with unidirectional activity of lysine-ketoglutarate reductase, but not saccharopine dehydrogenase. Biochemical J., 351: 215-220

65. Galili, G., Tang, G., Zhu, X., Amir, R., Levanony, H., Shy, G. and Elliot M. Herman (2000) Plant seeds: an exciting model system for dissecting molecular and cellular regulation of metabolic processes. Isr. J. Plant Sci. 48: 181-187

66. Zhu, X., Tang, G. and Galili, G.(2000) Characterization of the two saccharopine dehydrogenase isozymes of lysine catabolism encoded by the single composite AtLKR/SDH locus of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol.124: 1363-1371

67. Miron, D., Tang, G., Karchi, H., Schupper, A., Ben-Yaacob, S. and Galili,G.(1998) Regulation of Lysine Catabolism in Plants. A. Altman et al. (eds.), Plant Biotechnology and In Vitro Biology in the 21st Century, Kluwer Academic Publishers.311-314

68. Tang, G., Zhu-Shimoni,J.X., Amir,R., Zchori,I.B. and Galili,G.(1997a) Cloning and expression of an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA encoding a monofunctional aspartate kinase homologous to the lysine-sensitive enzyme of Escherichia coli. Plant Mol. Biol. 34: 287-294

69. Tang, G., Miron, D., Zhu-Shimoni, JX., and Galili, G.(1997b) Regulation of Lysine Catabolism through Lysine-Ketoglutarate Reductase and Saccharopine Dehydrogenase in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, 9:1305-1316

SERVICE AND RECOGNITION • Panel member

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Panel: Plant Biology: Gene Expression and Genetic Diversity 2007.

• International Meeting Convener, Gene Expression (Non-coding RNAs and Regulated Transgene

Expression). 2007 In Vitro Biology Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. June 9-13, 2007 • Keynote Speaker, 2008 “Small RNA technologies: siRNA, miRNA, target mimicry, and miRNA

profiling.” International Association of Plant Biotechnology (IAPB) Conference - Canadian Section; MAY 5 - 8, 2008� University of Saskatchewan�Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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• Guest Editor (2008), “BBA / Gene Structure and Expression - Special Issue on MicroRNA” • Associate Editor (2011-present), Editorial Board for the International Journal “BMC Plant

Biology” published by BioMed Central. • Editorial Member (2011-2013), “Silence” published by BioMed Central. • Journal reviewer service I have reviewed manuscripts more than once from the following

journals: Developmental Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, EMBO Reports, The Plant Cell, Plant Journal, Plant Physiology, Cell Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Gene, Methods, Nucleic Acid Research, FEBS Letter, Trends in Plant Science, Metabolomic, Plant Biotechnology Journal, Plos Computational Biology, Plos ONE, Plos Genetics, BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Plant Biology, BMC Genomics, International J. of Bioch & Cell Bio, Journal of RNAi and Gene Silencing, BBA, EEB., RNA, J. of Plant Physiology, Plant Cell Reports, Hereditas, International Journal of Biological Sciences, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, Journal of Experimental Botany.

• Ad hoc proposal reviewer service: USDA-NRI, NSF, BARD, USDA-SBIR, ISF (Israeli NSF),

Ohio Plant Biotechnology Consortium, SOUTHWEST CONSORTIUM ON PLANT GENETICS AND WATER RESOURCES.

• Invited Presentations

1. Keynote Speaker, “Essential RNA-based technologies and their applications in plant breeding”, Plant Biotech Denmark Meeting 2016, 2-3 February 2016, at KU-SCIENCE, Frederiksberg Campus, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Denmark.

2. Plant and Animal Genome XXIII Conference, “Inactivation of microRNAs in Crop Plants Using Short Tandem Target Mimic (STTM) Technology”, Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, California. January 10-14, 2015.

3. Bayer CropScience LP, “Inactivation of microRNAs by STTM and Silencing Coding Gene by Artificial microRNAs”, Morrisville, NC. October 27, 2014.

4. Plant and Animal Genome XXI Conference, “Regulation of Small RNAs by Small Tandem Target Mimic (STTM) in Plants and Animals”, Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, California. January 12-16, 2013.

5. 2011 Keystone Symposia Meeting, Mechanisms and Biology of Silencing, “Effective Small RNA Destruction by a Short Tandem Target Mimic through the Small RNA degrading Nucleases in Arabidopsis thaliana.” March 20-25, 2011, Portola Hotel & Spa, Monterey, California, USA.

6. 12th World Congress of the International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB) and the 2010 In Vitro Biology Meeting of the Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) "Gene Regulation by Small RNAs and the Technological Application in Plants." Tuesday, June 8, 2010, America’s Center, 701 Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO

7. Dept. of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD "Gene Regulation by Small RNAs and the Technological Application in Plants." April 29, 2010

8. 2010 Kriton-Hatzios symposium of Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, “The role of small RNAs in the regulation of gene expression” Title: "Gene Regulation by Small RNAs and the Technological Application in Plants." SS-ASPB, April

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10-12 2010 University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 9. 2010 Keystone Symposia Meeting, RNA Silencing Mechanisms in Plants, “Small RNA

Destruction by a Novel Short Target Mimic in Arabidopsis thaliana.” Feb 21-26, 2010, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

10. Dept. of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, “Small RNA technologies: siRNA, miRNA, target mimicry, and miRNA profiling” Feb. 23, 2009.

11. Plant Metabolic Pathway Regulation and Drug Discovery Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XVII Conference, “Small RNA Technologies For Functional Genomics And Metabolic Engineering: siRNA, MicroRNA, Target Mimicry, And MicroRNA Profiling”, Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, California. January 10-14, 2009.

12. Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. “Profiling microRNAs in plants and animals”. Feb. 15th, 2008.

13. Dept. of Biological Science and The Plant Science Initiative, University of Nebraska Lincoln. “Role of microRNA in Plant Development and Abiotic Stress”. Feb. 25th, 2008.

14. International Association of Plant Biotechnology (IAPB) Conference - Canadian Section, “Small RNA technologies: siRNA, miRNA, target mimicry, and miRNA profiling” (an invited keynote talk). MAY 5 - 8, 2008� University of Saskatchewan, �Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

15. “MicroRNA array technology and its applications”. Invited Speaker, MAY 8 - 9, 2008, Applied Biological Materials Inc. 9117 Shaughnessy St. Vancouver, BC, Canada V6P 6R9.

16. Meeting Conveners. Gene Expression (Non-coding RNAs and Regulated Transgene Expression). 2007 In Vitro Biology Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. June 9-13, 2007

17. 24th SYMPOSIUM IN PLANT BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE. “MicroRNA profiling in plants and animals.” “Gene Silencing: The Biology of Small RNAs and the Epigenome” January18-20, 2007, Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, California

18. Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. “Breakthrough Technologies in RNAi and microRNA and Wide Applications in Plant Research”, October 2009.

19. UK-Alltech Nutrigenomics Alliance. Microarray Analyses: A Seminar Mini-series, “MicroRNA Macroarray Technology and its Application in Animals, Human Health, and Plants” Oct. 8th, 2007.

20. Dept. of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. “microRNAs and RNAi in plants and Drosophila. October 2006.

21. Dept. of Biological Sciences, Michigan Tech University, Houghton, MI. “Small Tandem Target Mimic (STTM): A New Tool for Investigating Small RNA” March 2, 2012

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE • Hatch Proposal Review Committee, University of Kentucky, 2007-2011 • Social Committee • Departmental Graduate Committee • Departmental Greenhouse Committee • Departmental Seminar Committee • Faculty Search Committee Chair