2014年10月17日学术报告：Gametophyte and gamete development in flowering plant reproduction

报告题目：Gametophyte and gamete development in flowering plant reproduction

报告时间和地点：2014年10月17日（星期五）下午15:00，生科院一楼中厅

Prof. Venkatesan Sundaresan

University of California, Davis

Departments: Plant Science, Plant Biology

Current projects:

1.      Genomicsof the Zygotic Transition in Rice

2.      Patterningand Gamete Specification in the Embryo Sac of Arabidopsis and Rice

3.      TheRice Microbiome and its effect on the Transcriptome

Degrees

1982  PhD    Biophysics        Harvard University

      B.Sc. - University of Poona

      M.Sc. - Indian Institute of Technology

      M.S. - Carnegie Mellon University

Selected publications

1.      Anderson,S., Johnson, C., Jones, D., Conrad, L., Gou, X., Russell, S., Sundaresan, V.,2013. Transcriptomes of isolated rice gametes characterized by deep sequencing:Evidence for distinct sex-dependent chromatin and epigenetic states beforefertilization. The Plant Journal, 76: 729-741

2.      Martin,M., Fiol, D., Sundaresan, V., Zabaleta, Pagnussat, G., 2013. oiwa, a FemaleGametophytic Mutant Impaired in a Mitochondrial Manganese-Superoxide Dismutase,Reveals Crucial Roles for Reactive Oxygen Species during Embryo Sac Developmentand Fertilization in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, 25: 1573-1591

3.      Spence,C., Alff, E., Johnson, C., Ramos, C., Donofrio, N., Sundaresan,V., Bais, H.,2014. Natural rice rhizospheric microbes suppress rice blast infections. BMCPlant Biology, 14:130.

4.      LeshemY., Johnson C., Sundaresan V. 2013. Pollen tube entry into the synergid cell ofArabidopsis is observed at a site distinct from the filiform apparatus. PlantReproduction, 10.1007/s00497-013-0211-1

5.      TsaiH., Missirian V., Ngo K., Tran R.K., Chan S., Sundaresan V., Comai L. 2013.Production of a high efficiency TILLING population through polyploidization.Plant Physiology, doi:10.1104/pp.112.213256

6.      YangS-Y, Gronlund M, Jakobsen I, Grotemeyer MS, Rentsch D, Miyao A, Hirochika H,Kumar CS, Sundaresan V, Salamin N, Catausan S, Mattes N, Heuer S, Paszkowski U.2013. Nonredundant Regulation of Rice Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis by TwoMembers of the PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER1 Gene Family. The Plant Cell, 24:4236-4251

7.      NgoQA, Baroux C, Guthörl D, Mozerov P, Collinge MA, Sundaresan V, Grossniklaus U.2012. The Armadillo Repeat Gene ZAK IXIK Promotes Arabidopsis Early Embryo andEndosperm Development through a Distinctive Gametophytic Maternal Effect. ThePlant Cell, 24:4026-4043

8.      LeshemY., Johnson C.A., Wuest S.E., Song X., Ngo Q.A., Grossniklaus U., Sundaresan V.2012. Molecular Characterization of the glauce Mutant: a Central Cell-SpecificFunction Is Required for Double Fertilization in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell,24:3264-3277

9.      GutjahrC, Radovanovic D, Geoffroy J, Zhang Q, Siegler H, Chiapello M, Casieri L, An K,An G, Guiderdoni E, Kumar CS, Sundaresan V, Harrison MJ, Paszkowski U. 2011.The half-size ABC transporters STR1 and STR2 are indispensable for mycorrhizalarbuscule formation in rice. The Plant Journal, 69:906-920

10.   RaviM., Kwong P.N., Menorca R.M., Valencia J.T., Ramahi J.S., Stewart J.L., TranR.K., Sundaresan V., Comai L., Chan S.W. 2010. The rapidly evolvingcentromere-specific histone has stringent functional requirements inArabidopsis thaliana. Genetics, 186:461-471

11.   MaH., Sundaresan V. 2010. Development of flowering plant gametophytes. Curr. Top.Dev. Biol., 91:379-412

12.   SundaresanV., Alandete-Saez, M. 2010. Pattern formation in miniature: The femalegametophyte of flowering plants. Development, 137:179-189