BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr . Ahmed Faik discussing "Heteroxylan biosynthesis (so many genes\, so littl e known) and novel technology for functional genomics” on Oct. 30 at 11:50 a.m.\n\nJoin Microsoft Teams Meeting+1 614-706-6572 United States\, Colum bus (Toll) Conference ID: 247 116 983#Faik is Associate Professor of Enviro nmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University.\n\nAbstract: My talk will cover the two main research projects focusing on 1) heteroxylan biosynthesis and regulation and 2) development of new tools for functional genomics of plan t cell wall biosynthesis.\n\nHeteroxylans represent the third most abundant biopolymer on Earth after cellulose and lignin. They constitute the major hemicellulosic polysaccharides in cell walls (CWs) of grasses and trees and an abnormal heteroxylans content of CWs in general\, leads to abnormal pla nt growth. My lab is using functional genomics to elucidate heteroxylans fu nction\, biosynthesis\, and regulation. I will present the progress made in three different areas of the projects i) identification and functional cha racterization of xylan synthase complexes in rice\, ii) cell biology of het eroxylan biosynthesis\, and iii) identification of regulators of primary ce ll wall biosynthesis in rice.\n\nFunctional genomics involves the combinati on of multiple approaches (i.e.\, bioinformatics\, transcriptomics\, and/or proteomics) to identify candidate genes for functional analysis using two main approaches: i) genetics approaches for detailed analyses of gene expre ssion and both gain and loss of function\, and ii) biochemical and cellular approaches to determine the function/activity of proteins and their metabo lic pathways. In contrast to genetics approaches\, biochemical approaches a re the least adapted to large-scale analyses. My lab is adapting a novel te chnology called Nucleic Acid Programmable Protein Array (NAPPA) for high th roughput of biochemical functions of glycosyltransferases\, the enzymes res ponsible for the synthesis of all carbohydrates on Earth. I will also prese nt the progress made in this project. DTEND:20201030T165000Z DTSTAMP:20241125T051717Z DTSTART:20201030T155000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Plant Biology Colloquium | Ahmed Faik on Oct. 30 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_34716168490779 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/plant_biology_colloquium_ahmed_faik_on_ oct_30 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR