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Shou-Wei Ding
Director, Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Mailing Address:
Plant Pathology and MicrobiologyBoyce /2435
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: (951) 827-2341
Fax: (951) 827-4294
Email: dingsw@ucr.edu
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Degree(s):
PhD 1990 Australian National UniversityMS 1985 Fudan University, China
BSc 1982 Anhui Agricultural University
College/Division Affiliation:
College of Natural and Agricultural SciencesCenter/Inst Affiliation(s):
Center for Plant Cell BiologyCenter for Disease Vector Research
Areas Of Expertise:
Host-virus Interactions in Insects and Plants; RNA SilencingAwards / Honors:
2006 AAAS Fellow (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
2001 Member, Asia-Pacific International Molecular Biology Network
Research Summary:
Many high profile infectious diseases such as tobacco mosaic, SARS, avian flu, West Nile, dengue and AIDS, are caused by viruses with an RNA genome. Our research programs focus on defining a role of RNA silencing (also known as RNAi) in virus infection of several model organisms, including Arabidopsis (Plant Cell 16:1302-13), Drosophila melanogaster (Science 296:1319-21), and Caenorhabditis elegans (Nature 436: 1040-43).
