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Department of Biology
Fall 2000

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

Genetics, Cell and Development
Evolution -- canceled for Fall 2000
Neuroscience


Genetics, Cell and Development Journal Club
Mondays, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
0101 Science Center

Date Presenter Paper
FALL 2000

Sept. 11

Organizational meeting

Sept. 18

Peter Maye

Ramalho-Santos, M., Melton, D.A. and McMahon, A.P. (2000) Hedgehog Signals Regulate Multiple Aspects of Gastrointestinal Development. Development 127: 2763-2772.

Sept. 25

Noah Byrd

Christoffels, V.M. et. al. (2000) Chamber Formation and Morphogenesis in the Developing Mammalian Heart. Dev Bio 223: 226-278.

Oct. 2

Suneeta Sudarsanan-Paroly

Wang, Q.T. and Holmgren, R.A. (2000) Nuclear Import of Cubitus Interruptus is Regulated by Hedgehog Via a Mechanism Distinct From Ci Stabilization and Ci Activation. Development 127: 3131-3139.

Oct. 9

Pavithra Vivekanand

Leismann, O., Herzig, A., Heidmann, S. and Lehner, C. (2000) Degradation of Drosophila PIM Regulates Sister Chromatid Separation During Mitosis. Genes & Development 14: 2192-2205.

Oct 16 Xuesong Feng

Borycki, A.G. et al. (1999) Pax3 Functions in Cell Survival and in pax7 Regulation. Development 126: 1665-1674.

Oct. 23

Ryoko Takimoto

Smith, D.M. et al. (2000) Roles of BMP Signaling and Nkx2.5 in Patterning at the Chick Midgut-Foregut Boundary. Development 127: 3671-3681.

Oct. 30

Joel D'Angelo

Bohni, R. et al. (1999) Autonomous Control of Cell and Organ Size by CHICO, a Drosophila Homolog of Vertebrate IRS1-4. Cell 97: 65-875.

Nov. 6

Tao Hong

Tanabe, K. et al. (2000) The Small GTP-Binding Protein TC10 Promotes Nerve Elongation in Neuronal Cells, and Its Expression Is induced during Nerve Regeneration in Rats. The Journal of Neuroscience 20(11): 4138-4144.

Nov. 13

Michael Barresi

Neyt, C. et al. (2000) Evolutionary origins of vertebrate appendicular muscle. Nature 408: 82-86.

Nov. 20

Thanksgiving break

Nov. 27

Roopa Narasimhaiah

Myers., C. et al. (2000) Homeobox B3 Promotes Capillary Morphogenesis and Angiogenesis. The Journal of Cell Biology 148:343-351.

Dec. 4

Sofia Origanti

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Evolution Journal Club
(canceled for FALL 2000)
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Neuroscience Journal Club
Mondays, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
314 SHANKLIN

Date Topic Presenter Paper
FALL 2000
Sept. 25 I. Receptors Lisa Bertetto

Malnic, B., Hirono, J., Sato, T. and Buck. L.B. (1999) Combinatorial Receptor Codes for Odors. Cell 96: 713-723.

Oct. 2 Karen Gilliams-Francis

Vogl, A., Noe, J., Breer, H. and Boekhoff, I. (2000) Cross-Talk Between Olfactory Second Messenger Pathways. Eur. J. Biochem. 267: 4529-4535.

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Noe, J. and Breer, H. (1998) Functional and Molecular Characterization of Individual Olfactory Neurons. J. Neurochem. 71: 2286-2293.

Oct. 9 II. Function/Behavior David Bodznick

Laurent, G., Wehr, M. and Davidowitz, H. (1996) Temporal Representations of Odors in an Olfactory Network. J. Neuroscience 16(2): 3827-3847.

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MacLeod, K., Bäcker, A. and Laurent, G. (1998) Who Reads Temporal Information Contained Across Sychronized and Oscillatory Spike Trains? Nature 395: 693-698.

Oct. 16 Patrick Hurley

Johnson, B.A. and Leon, M. (2000) Modular Representations of Odorants in the Golmerular Layer of the Rat Olfactory Bulb and the Effects fo Stimulus Concentration. J. Comp. Neurol. 422: 496-509.

Oct. 23 John Kirn

Johnston, D. Müller-Schwarz and Sorensen, P.W. (1999) Scent Over-Marking: How Do Hamsters Know Whose Scent Is on Top and Why Should It Matter? In: Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, pp 227-238.

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Johnston, R.E. and Bhorade, A. (1998) Perception of Scent Over-Marks by Golden Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus): Novel Mechanisms for Determining Which Individual's Mark Is on Top. J. Comp. Psychology 112(3): 230-243.

Oct. 30 Anna Dondzillo

Nakayasu, C. et al.(2000) Sensitivity of the olfactory sense declines with the aging in senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM-P1). Physiology & Behavior 70: 135-139.

Nov. 6

Neuroscience meeting

Nov. 13 III. Development Magda Chechlacz

Wang, F. et al.(1998) Odorant Receptors Govern the Formation of a Precise Topographic Map. Cell 93:47-60.

Nov. 20 Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 27 IV. Adult Neurogenesis Jan Naegele

Kasowski, H.J., Kim, H. and Greer, C.A. (1999) Compartmental Organization of the Olfactory Bulb Glomerulus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 407:261-274.

Dec. 4 Geoff Tanner

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BIO/MBB Seminars of special interest:

 

Oct 26

Robert Johnson
Psychology Dept.
Cornell University

Olfactory communication in mammals: Behavior, cognition and neural mechanisms.

Kirn (host)

Nov. 30

Charles Greer
Yale University School of Medicine

Early induction and organization of olfactory bulb glomeruli.

Naegele (host)


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