Lecture: Molecular Mechanism of Seed Physical Dormancy in Medicago Truncatula   

Lecturer: Dr. Maofeng Chai, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, USA 

Time: 15:30, Aug 21, 2016 

Location: Meeting Room 423 of Biological Building 

Introduction of Lecturer: 

Maofeng Chai achieved his Ph.D. (2005) from China Agricultural University and has worked as assistant professor in Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He had his postdoctoral training in Purdue University and The Ohio State University, and then joined the Noble Foundation in 2011. His research areas include the improvement of abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, and legume seeds physical dormancy. His current research focuses on the identification of novel genes involved in legume forage improvement. He initially established Medicago truncatula as a tractable genetic model to study physical dormancy serving as a significant advancement in this field. His research data have been reported in PNAS, The Plant Cell, The Plant Journal, etc.