BIOLOGY 493 SEMINARS IN GENETICS 2004-2005
Date place and
time
Speaker # / Name /
Paper #
Paper link to PDF file
Speaker # / Name /
Paper #
Thursday Nov 4th
Visual Arts Centre Room 100
17 / Ranjit Singh /
21.
Felix K, Gerstmeier S, Kyriakopoulos A, et al. Selenium deficiency abrogates inflammation-dependent plasma cell tumors in mice. Cancer Res 2004;64(8):2910-7.
18 / Anju Sharma /
22.
Felix K, Polack A, Pretsch W, et al. Moderate hypermutability of a transgenic lacZ reporter gene in Myc-dependent inflammation-induced plasma cell tumors in mice. Cancer Res 2004;64(2):530-7.
19 / Kieran Ritchie /
23.
Fernandez-Gonzalez R, Moreira P, Bilbao A, et al. Long-term effect of in vitro culture of mouse embryos with serum on mRNA expression of imprinting genes, development, and behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(16):5880-5.
Monday Nov 8th
Visual Arts Centre Room 100
20 /
Grimaldi A, Tettamanti G, Martin BL, Gaffield W, Pownall ME, Hughes SM. Hedgehog regulation of superficial slow muscle fibres in Xenopus and the evolution of tetrapod trunk myogenesis. Development 2004;131(14):3249-62.
21 / Mira Shuman /
25.
Hahn Y, Bera TK, Gehlhaus K, Kirsch IR, Pastan IH, Lee B. Finding fusion genes resulting from chromosome rearrangement by analyzing the expressed sequence databases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(36):13257-61.
22 / Courtney
Beneteau / 27.
Istrail S, Sutton GG, Florea L, et al. Whole-genome shotgun assembly and comparison of human genome assemblies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(7):1916-21.
23 / Carrie
Burdzinski / 28.
Jin K, Galvan V, Xie L, et al. Enhanced neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease transgenic (PDGF-APPSw,Ind) mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(36):13363-7.
24 / Adam Gurau / 30.
Kleckner N, Zickler D, Jones GH, et al. A mechanical basis for chromosome function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(34):12592-7.
25 / Natalie McParland / 31.
Klein DE, Nappi VM, Reeves GT, Shvartsman SY, Lemmon MA. Argos inhibits epidermal growth factor receptor signalling by ligand sequestration. Nature 2004;430(7003):1040-4.
26 / Nicholas Sweet /
32.
Kuperwasser C, Chavarria T, Wu M, et al. Reconstruction of functionally normal and malignant human breast tissues in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(14):4966-71.
27 / Tara Belsito / 33.
Landis GN, Abdueva D, Skvortsov D, et al. Similar gene expression patterns characterize aging and oxidative stress in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(20):7663-8.
Thursday Nov 11th
Visual Arts Centre Room 100
28 / Steven Deimling /
34.
Lang T, Maitra M, Starcevic D, Li SX, Sweasy JB. A DNA polymerase beta mutant from colon cancer cells induces mutations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(16):6074-9.
29 / Jeremy Johns /
35.
Leclerc MC, Durand P, Gauthier C, et al. Meager genetic variability of the human malaria agent Plasmodium vivax. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004.
30 /
Liu CG, Calin GA, Meloon B, et al. An oligonucleotide microchip for genome-wide microRNA profiling in human and mouse tissues. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(26):9740-4.
Monday Nov 15th Visual
Arts Centre Room 100
31 / Chris Dubbin /
37.
Liu Z, Hergenhahn M, Schmeiser HH, Wogan GN, Hong A, Hollstein M. Human tumor p53 mutations are selected for in mouse embryonic fibroblasts harboring a humanized p53 gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(9):2963-8.
32 / Kate Harris /
38.
Loose M, Patient R. A genetic regulatory network for Xenopus mesendoderm formation. Dev Biol 2004;271(2):467-78.
33 / Heather Powell /
39.
Lynch TJ, Bell DW, Sordella R, et al. Activating mutations
in the epidermal
growth factor receptor underlying responsiveness of non-small-cell lung cancer to gefitinib. N Engl J Med 2004;350(21):2129-39.
34 / Matt Naiberg /
40.
35 / Toma Regenbogen
/ 41.
McKenzie M,
36 / Laura O'Brien /
43.
Mnaimneh S, Davierwala AP, Haynes J, et al. Exploration of essential gene functions via titratable promoter alleles. Cell 2004;118(1):31-44.
37 / Henry Chow / 44.
Mohammed FF, Smookler DS, Taylor SE, et al. Abnormal TNF activity in Timp3-/- mice leads to chronic hepatic inflammation and failure of liver regeneration. Nat Genet 2004;36(9):969-77.
38 / Nicholas Watkins
/ 45.
Morrow D, Qin C, Smith R, 3rd, Safe S. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated inhibition of LNCaP prostate cancer cell growth and hormone-induced transactivation. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2004;88(1):27-36.
Thursday Nov 18th
Visual Arts Centre Room 100
39 / Emily Chow / 47.
Ninomiya H, Elinson RP, Winklbauer R. Antero-posterior tissue polarity links mesoderm convergent extension to axial patterning. Nature 2004;430(6997):364-7.
40 / Rebecca Hood /
50.
Pirvola U, Zhang X, Mantela J, Ornitz DM, Ylikoski J. Fgf9 signaling regulates inner ear morphogenesis through epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. Dev Biol 2004;273(2):350-60.
41 /
Plotkin JB, Robins H, Levine AJ. Tissue-specific codon usage and the expression of human genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(34):12588-91.
Monday Nov 22nd
Visual Arts Centre Room 100
42 / Anita Prtenjaca / 52.
Puffenberger EG, Hu-Lince D, Parod JM, et al. Mapping of sudden infant death with dysgenesis of the testes syndrome (SIDDT) by a SNP genome scan and identification of TSPYL loss of function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(32):11689-94.
43 / Michael Milway /
53.
Rasouli-Nia A, Karimi-Busheri F, Weinfeld M. Stable down-regulation of human polynucleotide kinase enhances spontaneous mutation frequency and sensitizes cells to genotoxic agents. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(18):6905-10.
44 / Michelle Ezer /
55.
Sabatino DE, Armstrong E, Edmonson S, et al. Novel Hemophilia B Mouse Models Exhibiting a Range of Mutations in the Factor IX Gene. Blood 2004.
45 / Karim Khan / 56.
Sanchez JA, Pierce KE, Rice JE,
46 / Rommel D'souza /
57.
Savolainen P, Leitner T,
47 / Tristan Snider /
58.
Seo TS, Bai X, Ruparel H, Li Z, Turro NJ, Ju J. Photocleavable fluorescent nucleotides for DNA sequencing on a chip constructed by site-specific coupling chemistry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(15):5488-93.
48 / James Regan /
59.
Shan L,
49 / Jesun Goraphy /
61.
Simone C, Forcales SV, Hill DA, Imbalzano AN, Latella L,
Monday Nov 29th
Visual Arts Centre Room 100
50 / Jane Cox / 62.
Smith S, Hwang JY, Banerjee S, Majeed A, Gupta A, Myung K. Mutator genes for suppression of gross chromosomal rearrangements identified by a genome-wide screening in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(24):9039-44.
51 / Peter Ta / 63.
Soo CC, Haqqani AS, Hidiroglou N, Swanson JE, Parker RS, Birnboim HC. Dose-dependent effects of dietary alpha- and gamma-tocopherols on genetic instability in mouse Mutatect tumors. J Natl Cancer Inst 2004;96(10):796-800.
52 / John Schram /
64.
Tanay A, Sharan R, Kupiec M, Shamir R. Revealing modularity and organization in the yeast molecular network by integrated analysis of highly heterogeneous genomewide data. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(9):2981-6.
53 / Sarmitha Sathiamoorthy
/ 65.
Thorpe GW, Fong CS, Alic N, Higgins VJ, Dawes IW. Cells have distinct mechanisms to maintain protection against different reactive oxygen species: oxidative-stress-response genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(17):6564-9.
54 /
Van Haaften G, Vastenhouw NL, Nollen EA, Plasterk RH, Tijsterman M. Gene interactions in the DNA damage-response pathway identified by genome-wide RNA-interference analysis of synthetic lethality. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(35):12992-6.
55 / Alison Marr /
67.
Van Stry M, McLaughlin KA, Ataliotis P, Symes K. The mitochondrial-apoptotic pathway is triggered in Xenopus mesoderm cells deprived of PDGF receptor signaling during gastrulation. Dev Biol 2004;268(1):232-42.
56 / Andrew Hune /
68.
Vandepoele K, De Vos W, Taylor JS, Meyer A, Van de Peer Y. Major events in the genome evolution of vertebrates: paranome age and size differ considerably between ray-finned fishes and land vertebrates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(6):1638-43.
57 / Annie Shemilt /
69.
Monday Dec 6th
Visual Arts Centre Room 100
58 / Debra Telford /
70.
Von Coelln R, Thomas B, Savitt JM, et al. Loss of locus coeruleus neurons and reduced startle in parkin null mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(29):10744-9.
59 / Shannon Cecchin
/ 71.
60 / Koush Krishnan /
72.
Wirth T,
61 / Ozen Majstorovic
/ 73.
Yalcin B, Fullerton J, Miller S, et al. Unexpected complexity in the haplotypes of commonly used inbred strains of laboratory mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(26):9734-9.
62 / Kendryth Henry /
74.
Zhang C, Basta T, Hernandez-Lagunas L, et al. Repression of nodal expression by maternal B1-type SOXs regulates germ layer formation in Xenopus and zebrafish. Dev Biol 2004;273(1):23-37.