BIOLOGY 493     SEMINARS IN GENETICS      2004-2005


Date place and time

Speaker # / Name / Paper #

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Speaker # / Name / Paper #

 

Thursday Nov 4th Visual Arts Centre Room 100 11 am to 12 noon

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 10 am to 12 noon

20 / Dora Li / 24.       

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 11 am to 12 noon

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 / Lovesha Sivanantharajah / 36.  

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 10 am to 12 noon

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.         

Malins DC, Anderson KM, Gilman NK, Green VM, Barker EA, Hellstrom KE. Development of a cancer DNA phenotype prior to tumor formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(29):10721-5.

 

35 / Toma Regenbogen / 41. 

McKenzie M, Trounce IA, Cassar CA, Pinkert CA. Production of homoplasmic xenomitochondrial mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(6):1685-90.

 

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 11 am to 12 noon

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 / Alex Mu / 51.     

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 10 am to 12 noon

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, Wangh LJ. Linear-after-the-exponential (LATE)-PCR: an advanced method of asymmetric PCR and its uses in quantitative real-time analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(7):1933-8.

 

46 / Rommel D'souza / 57.    

Savolainen P, Leitner T, Wilton AN, Matisoo-Smith E, Lundeberg J. A detailed picture of the origin of the Australian dingo, obtained from the study of mitochondrial DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(33):12387-90.

 

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, Yu M, Schut HA, Snyderwine EG. Susceptibility of rats to mammary gland carcinogenesis by the food-derived carcinogen 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) varies with age and is associated with the induction of differential gene expression. Am J Pathol 2004;165(1):191-202.

 

49 / Jesun Goraphy / 61.       

Simone C, Forcales SV, Hill DA, Imbalzano AN, Latella L, Puri PL. p38 pathway targets SWI-SNF chromatin-remodeling complex to muscle-specific loci. Nat Genet 2004;36(7):738-43.

 

Monday Nov 29th Visual Arts Centre Room 100 10 am to 12 noon

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 / Arash Khairandish / 66. 

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.         

Ventura A, Meissner A, Dillon CP, et al. Cre-lox-regulated conditional RNA interference from transgenes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(28):10380-5.

 

Monday Dec 6th Visual Arts Centre Room 100 10 am to 12 noon

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.    

Wang CL, Harper RA, Wabl M. Genome-wide somatic hypermutation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(19):7352-6.

 

60 / Koush Krishnan / 72.     

Wirth T, Wang X, Linz B, et al. Distinguishing human ethnic groups by means of sequences from Helicobacter pylori: lessons from Ladakh. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004;101(14):4746-51.

 

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.