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Journal Clubs: Department of Biology
1997-1998

The Biology Department has journal clubs in three areas in which recent journal articles are presented and discussed. Three journal clubs meet weekly over lunch:

Genetics, Cell and Development

Evolution and Population Biology

Neurobiology and Behavior

 

Genetics, Cell and Development
Thursdays 12:00-1:00 pm

Date

Presenter

Paper

 

FALL 1997

9/18/97

T. Das

Michelotti, E.F., Sanford,S., and Levens,D. (1997) Marking of active genes on mitotic chromosomes. Nature 388: 895-899.

9/25/97

L. Grabel

Goodrich, Milenkovic, Higgins, and Scott (1997). Altered neural cell fates and medulloblastoma in mouse patched mutants. Science 277: 1109-1113.

10/2/97

P. Maye

Davis,S., Aldrich, T.H., Jones, P. R., Acheson, A. , Compton, D.L., Jain, V. Ryan, T.E., Bruno, J., Radzoejewski, C., Maisonpierre, P.C., Yancopoulos,G.D. (1996) Isolation of Angiopoietin-1, a Ligand for the Tie2 Receptor, by Secretion-Trap Expression Cloning. Cell 87: 1161-1169.

10/9/97

J. Mulrooney

Pan, G., and Rubin, G., (1997). Kuzbanian controls proteolytic processing of Notch and mediates lateral inhibition during Drosophila and vertebrate neurogenesis. Cell 90: 271-280.

10/16/97

K. Pappu

Meyerson, M., Counter , C.M., Eaton, E.N., Ellisen, L.W., Steiner, P., Caddle, S.D., Ziaugra L, Beijersbergen RL,Davidoff MJ, Liu Q, Bacchetti S, Haber DA,Weinberg R.A. (1997). hEST2, the putative human telomerase catalytic subunit gene, is up-regulated in tumor cells and during immortalization. Cell 90: 785-795.

10/23/97

M. Barresi

Sanchez,Y.,Furnari, B., Rhind, N., and Russell, P. Conversation of the Chk1 checkpoint pathway in mammals: linkage of DNA damage to Cdk regulation through Cdc25. Science 277: 1497-1501.

10/30/97

S. Devoto

Huang, Z. and Kunes, S.(1996). Hedgehog, transmitted along retinal axons, triggers neurogenesis in the developing visual centers of the Drosophila brain. Cell 86: 411-422.

11/13/97

P. Vivekanand

Thut, C.J., Goodrich, J. A., Tijan, R., (1997). Repression of p53 mediated transcription by MDM2-a dual mechanism. Genes and Development 11: 1974-1986.

11/ 20/97

C.Purkayastha

Jones, D.L., Alani, R. M., and Munger, K., (1997). The human papillomavirus E7 oncoprotein can uncouple cellular differentiation and proliferation in human keratinocytes by abrogating p21Cip1-mediated inhibition of cdk2. Genes and Development 11: 2101-2111.

 

SPRING 1998

1/29/98

P. Maye

Xie, J. et al.(1988). Activating Smoothened mutations in sporadic basal-cell carcinoma. Nature 391:90-92.

2/5/98

J. Mulrooney

Shaw, L., Rabinovitz, Wang, H., Toker,A., Mercurio, A. (1997) Activation of Phosphoino 3-OH Kinase by the a6b4 Integrin Promotes Carcinoma Invasion. Cell 91:949-960.

2/12/98

M. Weir

Miklos, G.L.G. and Rubin, G.M. (1996). The role of the genome project in determining gene function: Insights from model organisms. Cell 86: 521-529. http://fruitfly.berkeley.edu/BDGP/publications/Miklos_and_Rubin.html

3/5/98

K. Pappu

Rodriguez I, Basler K (1997) Control of compartmental affinity boundaries by hedgehog. Nature Oct 9;389(6651):614-618.

3/26/98

P. Vivekanand

Puri, P.L. et al. (1997) Differential Roles of p300 and PCAF Acetyltransferases in Muscle Differentiation. Molecular Cell 1:35-45.

4/2/98

M. Barresi

Ferrari, G., Cusella-DeAngelis, G., Coletta, M., Paolucci, E., Stornaiuolo, A., Cossu, G., Mavilio, F.(1998) Muscle Regeneration by Bone Marrow-Derived Myogenic Progenitors. Science 279: 1528-1530.

4/9/98

C. Purkayastha

Shen, C-P., et al., (1997) Miranda Is Required for the Asymmetric Localization of Prospero during Mitosis in Drosophila. Cell 90: 449-458.

last updated 5/14/98

Evolution and Population Biology
Thursdays 12.00-1.00 pm

Date

Presenter

Paper

 

FALL 1998
9/18/97

C. Miller

Briskie, J.V., R. Montgomerie, and T.R. Birkhead (1997) The evolution of sperm size in birds. Evolution 51: 937-945.

9/25/97

T. Palys

Maret,T. J., and Collins, J. P. (1997) Ecological origin of morphological diversity: A study of alternative trophic phenotypes in larval salamanders. Evolution 51: 898-905.

10/9/97

J. Majewski

Losos, J., Warheit, K., Schoener, T. (1997) Adaptive differentiation following experimental island colonization in Anolis lizard. Nature 397: 70-73.

10/16/97

M. Palmisano

Schluter, D., and McPhail, J.D. (1992) Ecological Character Displacement and Speciation in Sticklebacks. American Naturalist 40:

10/23/97

A. Rose

Grether,G.(1996) Intrasexual competition alone favors a sexually dimorphic ornament in the rubyspot damselfly Hetaerina americana . Evolution 50: 1949-1957.

10/30/97

M. Feldgarden

 

11/7/97

C. Richards

Miller, T.E. (1995) Evolution of Brassica rapa L. (Cruciferae) populations in intra- and interspecific competition. Evolution 49: 1125-1133.

11/14/97

S. Elmendorf

Snow, A.A., and T.P. Spira (1996). Pollen-tube competition and male fitness in Hibiscus Moscheutos. Evolution 50: 1866-1870.

11/21/97

I. Mitrica

Rosenzweig, R.F., Sharp, R.R., Treves, D. and Adams, J. (1994) Microbial evolution in a simple unstructured environment: genetic differentiation in Escherichia coli. Genetics 137: 903-917.

 

SPRING 1998

2/5/98

T. Palys

Blumstein, D.T., and Arnitage, K.B. (1997) Does sociality drive the evolution of communicative complexity? A comparative test with ground dwelling sciurid alarm cells. Am Nat 150:179-200.

2/12/98

C. Mullan

Pfennig, D.W. (1990) Kin Recognition Among Spadefoot Toad Tadpoles: A side-Effect of habitat Selection? Evolution 44(4): 785-795.

2/19/98

M. Palmisano

Garza, J.C. et al. (1997) Social structure of the mound-building mouse Mus spicilegus revealed by genetic analysis with microsatellites. Mol. Ecol. Nov 6(11): 1009-1017.

2/26/98

C. Miller

Brotherton and Manser (1997) Female dispersion and evolution of monogamy in the dik-dik. Animal Behavior 54:1413-1424.

3/5/98

I. Mitrica

Emlen, S. (1995) An evolutionary theory of the family. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. Aug 29; 92(18): 8092-8099.

3/23/98

M. Feldgarden

Wilkinson, et al. (1998) Male eye span in stalk-eyed flies indicates genetic quality by meiotic drive suppression. Nature 391: 276-279.

4/9/98

N. Byrd

Gersani, M., Abramsky, Z., and Falik, O.(1998) Density-dependent habitat selection in plants. Evolutionary Ecology 12: 223-234.

4/16/98

J. Tufts

 

4/23/98

T. K. Das

Heinsohn, R., and Packer, C. (1995) Complex Cooperative Strategies in Group-Territorial African Lions. Science 269(5228): 1260-1262.

last updated 5/14/98

 

Neurobiology and Behavior
Mondays 12:00-1:00 pm

Date

Presenter

Paper

 

FALL 1998

9/29/97

K. Gilliams

Shen ,J., Bronson, R.T., Chen, D.F., Xia, W., Selkow, D.J., Tonewaga, S., (1997) Skeletal and CNS Defects in Presenilin-1-Deficient Mice. Cell 89: 629-639.

10/6/97

A. Berlind

Hoffman, D.A., Magee, J.C., Colbert, C.M., and Johnston, D. (1997) K+ channel regulation of signal propagation in dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Nature 387: 869-875.

10/13/97

S. Sober

Engel, A., Konig, P., Kreiter, A., Schillen, T.B., Singer, W. (1992). Temporal coding in the visual cortex: new vistas on integration in the nervous system. TINS (15): 218-226.

10/20/97

M. Chechlacz

Yeo, T.T., Chua-Couzens, J., Butcher, L.L., Bredesen, D.E., Cooper, J.D., Valletta, J.S., Mobley, W.C., and Longo, F.M. (1997) Absence of p75NTR Causes Increased Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Neuron Size, Choline Acetyltransferase Activity, and Target Innervation. J. Neuroscience 17: 7594-7605.

11/3/97

R. Aviram

Wang, Z., Hulihan, T.J., Insel, T.R. (1997) Sexual and social experience associated with different patterns of behavior and neural activation in male prairie voles. Brain Research 767: 321-332.

11/10/97

P.Weiss

Tsien, J.Z., Huerta, P.T., and Tonegawa, S. (1996) The Essential Role of Hippocampal CA1 NMDA Receptor-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in Spatial Memory. Cell 87: 1327-1338.

11/17/97

J. Kirn

Johnston, R.E., Sorokin, E.S., and Ferkin, M.H. (1997) Female voles discriminate males' over-marks and prefer top-scent males. Animal Behavior 54: 679-690.

11/24/97

P. Tekumalla

Lachyankar, M., Condon, P., Quesenberry, P., Litofsky, N.S., Recht, L.D., Ross, A.H. (1997) Embryonic Precursor Cells That Express Trk Receptors: Induction of Different Cell Fates by NGF, BDNF, NT-3 and CNTF. Experimental Neurology 144: 350-360.

12/1/97

N. Wang

Tai, V., Schiml, P., Li, X., Rissman, E. (1997) Behavioral interactions have rapid effects on immunoreactivity of prohormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone peptide. Brain Research 772: 87-94.

 

SPRING 1998

2/2/98

A. Berlind

Zhao, H. et al.,(1998) Functional expression of a mammalian odorant receptor. Science 279:237-242.

3/2/98

R.Aviram

Gloveli, et al. (1997) Frequency-dependent information flow from the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampus. J Neurophysiol. Dec. 78(6): 3444-3449.

4/6/98

N. Wang

Parent, J.M. et al., (1997) Dentate granule cell neurogenesis is increased by seizures and contributes to aberrant network reorganization in the adult rat hippocampus. J Neurosci May 15;17(10):3727-3738.

4/20/98

K. Gilliams

Jones, O.T. et al.(1997) N-Type Calcium Channels in the Developing Rat Hippocampus:Subunit, Complex, and Regional Expression .The Journal of Neuroscience 17(16): 6152-6164.

4/27/98

M. Chechlacz

Jordan, et al. (1997) p53 expression induces apoptosis in hippocampal pyramidal neuron cultures. J Neurosci. Feb 15; 17(4): 1397-1405.

5/4/98

J. Kirn

Tanila, H. et al., (1997) Brain Aging: Changes in the Nature of Information Coding by the Hippocampus. J Neurosci 17(13):5155-5166.

last updated 5/19/98



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