Full Name
Xingtan Zhang
Job Title
Research scientist
Company/Institute
Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Speaker Bio
Dr. Xingtan Zhang joined the AGIS as a research professor in October, 2020. He received the bachelor degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2009 and his Ph.D. degree in Plant Science from Chongqing University in 2015. Xingtan has been working on plant functional genomics since 2009 and his research interest involves in 1) assembly and phasing of complex genomes, 2) development of bioinformatics tools and 3) mining of functional genes related to agronomic traits in crops.
Presentation Title
A New Paradigm in Polyploid Genomics Illuminates Sugarcane Domestication as a Leading Sugar Crop
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