Journal Clubs:
Department of Biology
FALL 1998
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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
Neuroscience
Genetics, Cell and Development
Thursdays, 12:00-1:00 pm
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Presenter |
Paper |
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September 17
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Kartik Pappu
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September 24
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Peter Maye
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October 1
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Jim Mulrooney
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Priddle, H., Hemmings, L., Monkley, S., Woods, A., Patel, B., Sutton,
D., Dunn, G., Zicha, D. and Critchley, D. (1998) Disruption of the Talin
Gene Compromises Focal Adhesion Assembly in Undifferentiated but Not
Differentiated Embryonic Stem Cells. J. Cell Biol. 142: 1121-1133.
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October 8
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Kate Foley
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Cho, C. , O'Dell Bunch, D., Faure, J-E., Goulding, E., Eddy, E.,
Primakoff, P. and Myles, D. (1998) Fertilization Defects in Sperm from
Mice Lacking Fertilin b. Science 281:1857-1859.
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October 15
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Chandreyee Purkayastha
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Nibu, Y., Zhang, H., Levine, M. (1998) Interaction of Short-Range
Repressors with Drosophila CtBP in the Embryo. Science 280: 101-104.
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October 22
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Pavithra Vivekanand
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Maschat, F., Serrano, N., Randsholt, N. and Géraud, G. (1998)
engrailed and polyhomeotic interactions are required to maintain the A/P
boundary of the Drosophila developing wing. Development 125: 2771-2780.
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October 29
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November 5
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Damon Pawlak
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Somitogensis Controlled by Noggin (1998) Developmental Biology 202:
172-182.
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November 12
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Michael Barresi
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Two domains in vertebral development: antagonistic regulation by SHH
and BMP4 proteins. (1998) Development 125: 2631-2639.
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November 19
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Suneeta Sundarasan Paroly
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Matise, M., Epstein, D., Park, H., Platt, K. and Joyner, A. (1998) Gli2
is required for induction of floor plate and adjacent cells, but not most
ventral neurons in the mouse central nervous system. Development 125;
2759-2770.
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November 26
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Thanksgiving
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December 3
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Tirtha Das
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December 10
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Evolution Journal Clubs
Thursdays, 11:30-1:00 pm
| Date |
Presenter |
Paper |
| FALL 1998 |
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September 24
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Greg Krukonis
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October 1
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Noah Byrd
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Cole, F., Mederios, A., Loop, L., and Zuehlee, W. (1992) Effects of the
Argentine Ant on Arthropod Fauna of Hawaiian Hi-Elevation Shrubland.
Ecology 73(4): 1313-1322.
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October 15
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Mike Feldgarden
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Grant, B.S., Owen, D.F., Clarke, C.A. (1996) Parallel Rise and Fall of
Melanic Peppered Moths in America and Britain. Journal of Heredity
87:351-357.
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October 22
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Jacek Majewski
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Ellegren, H., Lindgren, G., Primmer, Cr., and Moller, A. (1997) Fitness
loss and germline mutations in barn swallows breeding in Chernobyl. Nature
389: 593-596.
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October 29
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Ionel Mitrica
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Roelke, M., Martenson and O'Brien, S. (1993) The consequences of
demographic reduction depletion in the endangered Florida panther. Current
Biology 3(6): 340-350.
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November 5
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Alex Rose
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Singer, M., Thomas, C., and Parmesan, C. (1993) Rapid human-induced
evolution of insect-host associations. Nature 366: 681-683.
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November 12
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Kavi Reddy
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Air pollution fades the plumage of the Great Tit (1998) Eeva, T.,
Lehikoinen, E. and Rönkä, M. Funtional Biology 12: 607-612.
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November 19
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Free-For-All
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November 26
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Thanksgiving
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December 3
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postponed
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December 10
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TBA
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Neuroscience Journal Club
Mondays, 12:00-1:00 pm
| Date |
Presenter |
Paper |
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FALL 1998
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September 28
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Poornima Tekumalla
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Hock, B., and Bunsey, M. (1998) Differential Effects of Dorsal and
Ventral Hippocampal Lesions. J. Neuroscience 18(17): 7027-7032.
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October 5
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Magda Chechlacz
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Cervo, L., Mukherjee, S., Bertaglia A. and Samanin, R. (1997) Protein
kinases A and C are involved in the mechanisms underlying consolidation of
cocaine place conditioning. Brain Research 775: 30-36.
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October 12
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Susan Landau
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Watanabe, M. (1996) Reward expectancy in primate prefrontal neurons
Nature 382: 629-632.
...............................and...........................
Schultz, W, Tremblay, L. and Hollerman, J. (1998) Reward prediction in
primate basal ganglia and frontal cortex. Neuropharm. 37: 421-429.
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October 19
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FALL BREAK |
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October 26
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Ulrike Rimmele
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November 2
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Karen Gilliams-Francis
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Kalynchuk, L., Pinel, J. and Treit, D. (1998) Long-term kindling and
interictal emotionality in rats: effect of stimulation site. Brain
Research 779: 149-157.
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November 9
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Society for Neuroscience Meeting
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November 16
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Rina Aviram/Anna Dondzillo
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Morris, J.S., Öhman, A., and Dolan, R.J. (1998) Conscious and
unconscious emotional learning in the hyuman amygdala. Nature 393:
467-470.
.............and................................
Adolphs, R., Tranel, D. and Damasio, A.R. (1998) The human amygdala in
social judgement. Nature 393: 470-474.
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November 23
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John Dekker
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Mahanty, N. and Sah, P. (1998) Calcium-permeable AMPA receptors mediate
long-term potentiation in iinterneurons in the amygdala. Nature: 394;
683-687.
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November 30
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Niangui Wang
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LaBar, K., Gore, J., and Phelps, E. (1998) Human Amygdala Activation
during conditioned Fear Acquisition and Extinction: a Mixed-Trial fMRI
Study. Neuron 20: 937-945.
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December 7
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M.Luz Nieto
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