Project 104: Cloning and Functional Characterization of Rice Male Sterile Genes
Contact Information:
Prof. Dabing Zhang
Email: zhangdb@sjtu.edu.cn
Project Description and Objectives:
The life cycle of flowering plants alternates between diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations. Male gametophytes develop in the anther compartment of the stamen within the flower which requires cooperative functional interactions between gametophytic and sporophytic tissues. The male reproductive development is highly complicated, involving numerous biological events, including cell division, differentiation and degeneration of somatic tissues consisting of four concentric cell layers surrounding and supporting reproductive cells as they form mature pollen grains through meiosis and mitosis. To understand the mechanism of plant male reproduction, we are combining systematic biology (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabonomics) with other approaches such as genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, and structural biology to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying each biological event of male reproduction.
Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants should have basic knowledge of biology.
Experience in biological research would be an advantage.
Main Tasks:
The student will be involved in all stages of the project:
Design experimental scheme
Perform experiment
Analyze experimental results
Write the experiment report
Finish a research report
Give two presentations: one literature review and one on research progress.
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