ELF18-INDUCED LONG-NONCODING RNA Associates with Mediator to Enhance Expression of Innate Immune Response Genes in Arabidopsis

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Jun Sung Seo

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Highlighted Paper: Seo et al. (2017). ELF18-INDUCED LONG NONCODING RNA associates with Mediator to enhance expression of innate immune response genes in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. Advance Publication April 11, 2017; doi:10.1105/tpc.16.00886.

Current Position: Current position:

Research Fellow in TEMASEK Life Science Lab (Chua Nam-Hai Lab), Singapore.

Education: Education:

BS in Agricultural Chemistry and PhD in Agricultural Biotechnology at Seoul National University, Korea.

Non-scientific Interests: Swimming, watching movies, and photography.

I started my research career at Seoul National University, Korea when I was undergraduate student. Our lab (Dr. Yang Do Choi) was interested in jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis. During my Ph.D., I studied the promoters of Arabidopsis JMT (JA methyl transferase) and its Brassica homologue NTR1 to understand JMT function in jasmonate signaling. I found a novel cis-element responding to jasmonate in both genes' promoters and also trans-acting factors. After finishing the Ph.D. course, I moved to Dr. Nam-Hai Chua's lab at Rockefeller University and started studying the functions of lncRNAs in Arabidopsis. Dr. Chua's lab screened the lncRNAs responding to various treatments. I focused on ELENA1, one of the lncRNA responding to elf18, to characterize its function in plant immune response against pathogen attack. Last year, I moved to Dr. Nam-Hai Chua's lab at TEMASEK Life Science Lab, Singapore. Now I am working with other ELENAs and further studying ELENA1.