Journal Clubs
Department of Biology
Fall 2001
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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
Neuroscience
Genetics, Cell and Development Journal Club
Mondays, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
0101 Science Center
| Date |
Presenter |
Paper |
| FALL 2001 |
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Sept. 17
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Pavithra Vivekanand |
Tolwinski, N.S. and Wieschaus, E. (2001) Armadillo nuclear import is
regulated by cytoplasmic anchor Axin and nuclear anchor dTCF/Pan.
Development 128: 2107-2117.
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| Sept. 24 |
Noah Byrd |
Meno, C. et al., (2001) Diffusion of Nodal Signaling Activity in the
Absence of the Feedback Inhibitor Lefty2. Developmental Cell 1:127-138.
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| Oct. 1 |
Joel D'Angelo |
McClintock, J.M., Carlson, R., Mann, D.M. and Prince, V.E. (2001)
Consequences of Hox gene duplication in the vertebrates: an investigation
of the zebrafish Hox paralogue group 1 genes. Development 128:2471-2484.
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| Oct. 15 |
Sandy Becker |
Ma, G.T. et al. (2001) Nodal Regulates Trophoblast Differentiation and
Placental Development. Developmental Biology 236:124-135.
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Oct. 22
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Tao Hong |
Griffin, C.T., Srinivasan, Y. Zheng, Y-W., Huang, W., Coughlin, S.R.
(2001) A Role for Thrombin Receptor Signaling in Endothelial Cells During
Embryonic Development 293: 1666-1670.
Epikopou, V. et al. (2001) Induction of the mammalian node requires
Arkadia function in the extraembryonic lineages. Nature 410:825-830.
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Oct. 29
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Frank Stellabotte |
Greco, V., Hannus, M. and Eaton, S. (2001) Argosomes: A Potential
Vehicle for the Spread of Morphogens through Epithelia. Cell106:633-645.
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Nov. 5
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Xuesong Feng |
Zakany, J. et al.(2001) Localized and Transient Transcription of Hox
Genes Suggests a Link between Patterning and the Segmentation Clock. Cell
106: 207-217.
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| Nov. 12 |
Henrike Siemen |
Helfrich-Forster, C., et al.(2001) The Circadian Clock of Fruit Flies
Is Blind after Elimination of All Known Photoreceptors. Neuron 30:249-261.
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Nov. 19
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Sara Patterson |
Varga, Z.M. et al. (2001) Zebrafish smoothened functions in ventral
neural tube specification and axon tract formation. Development
128:3497-3509.
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Thanksgiving break
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Nov. 26
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Vinodh Kurella |
Huang, Q. et al (2001) The Plasticity of Dendritic Cell Responses to
Pathogens and Their Components. Science 294:870-875.
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| Dec. 3 |
Suneeta Sudarsanan |
Hasson, P. et al.(2001) Brinker requires two corepressors for maximal
and versatile repression in Dpp signalling. The EMBO Journal
20(20):5725-5736.
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Dec. 10
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Jungsun Ghil |
Baker, N.E. and Yu, S.-Y. (2001) The EGF Receptor Defines Domains of
Cell Cycle Progression and Survival to Regulate Cell Number in the
Developing Drosophila Eye. Cell 104:699-708.
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Evolution Journal Club
Thursdays, 12:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.
314 Shanklin
| Date |
Presenter |
Paper |
| FALL 2001 |
| Sept. 20 |
Carolyn Pytte |
Agrawal, A.F., Brodie III, E.D., and Brown, J. (2001) Parent-offspring
Coadaptation and the Dual Genetic Control of Maternal Care. Science
292:1710-1712.
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| Sept. 27 |
Sonia Sultan |
McDonald, D.B.et al. (2001) Sexual selection on plumage and behavior in
an avian hybrid zone: experimental tests of male-male interactions.
Evolution 55(7):1443-1451.
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Oct. 4
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Will Soto |
Storfer, A. and Sih, A. (1998) Gene flow and ineffective antipredator
behavior in a stream-breeding salamander. Evolution 52(2): 558-565.
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Oct. 11
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Xuesong Feng |
Holland, B. and Rice, W. (1999) Experimental removal of sexual
selection reverses intersexual antagonistic coevolution and removes a
reproductive load. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 96:5083-5088. (April)
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Oct. 18
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Sue Glover |
Uy, J.A.C. and Borgia, G. (2000) Sexual selection drives rapid
divergence in bowerbird display traits. Evolution 54(1):273-278.
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| Oct. 25 |
Dan Sloan |
Conway, C.J., and Martin, T.E. (2000) Evolution of passerine incubation
behavior: Influence of food, temperature, and nest predation. Evolution
54(2): 670-685.
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Nov. 1
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Cooper Funk |
Craig, C.L., et al. (2001) Signal polymorphism in the web-decorating
spider Argiope argentata is correlated with reduced survivorship and the
presence of stingless bees, its primary prey. Evolution 55(5):986-993.
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Nov. 8
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Anna Dondzillo |
Podos, J. (2001) Correlated evolution of morphology and vocal signal
structure in Darwin's finches. Nature 409:185-188.
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Thanksgiving break
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Nov. 29
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John Kirn |
Gil, D. et. al. (1999) Male Attractiveness and Differential
Testosterone Investment in Zebra Finch Eggs. Science 286:126-128.
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Neuroscience Journal Club
Mondays, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
314 SHANKLIN
Semester topic: Stem cells
| Date |
Presenter |
Paper |
| FALL 2001 |
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Sept. 17
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Lisa Bertetto |
Rosen, M.J. and Mooney, R. (2000) Intrinsic and Extrinsic Contributions
to Auditory Selectivity in a Song Nucleus Critical for Vocal Plasticity.
The Jour of Neuroscience 20(14):5437-5448.
Doupe, A.J. et al., The Song System: Neural Circuits Essential
throughout Life for Vocal Behavior and Plasticity. In: Gazzaniga, ed., The
New Cognitive Neurosciences (2nd ed.)
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| Sept. 24 |
Magda Chechlacz |
McKay, R. (2000) Stem cells-hype and hope. Nature 406:361-364.
Gage, F. (2000) Mammalian Neural Stem Cells. Science 287:1433-1438.
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Oct. 1
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Anna Dondzillo |
H. Hodges, T. Veizovic, N. Bray, S.J. French, T.P. Rashid, A. Chadwick,
S.Patel and J.A. Gray (2000) Conditionally immortal neuroepithelial stem
cell grafts reverse age-associated memory impairments in rats.
Neuroscience 101(4):945-955.
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Oct. 8
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Karen Gilliams |
Belkin, L. (July 1, 2001) The Made-to-Order Savior: Producing a Perfect
Baby Sibling. The New York Times on the web.
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Oct. 15
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Roopa Narasimhaiah |
Brazelton, T., Rossi, F., Keshet, G., Blau, H. (2000) From Marrow to
Brain: Expression of Neuronal Phenotypes in Adult Mice. Science
290:1775-1782.
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| Oct. 22 |
Patrick Hurley |
Gould, E., Reeves, A.J., Graziano, M.S.A., Gross, C.G.(1999)
Neurogenesis in the Neocortex of Adult Primates. Science 286:548-552.
Rakic, P. (1985) Limits of Neurogenesis in Primates. Science
227:1054-1056.
Specter, M. (2001) Rethinking the Brain. The New Yorker, July 23, 2001.
pp. 42-53.
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Oct. 29
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Liz Schiller |
Tole, S. and Grove, E. (2001) Detailed Field Pattern Is Intrinsic to
the Embryonic Mouse Hippocampus Early in Neurogenesis. Jour of
Neuroscience 21(5):1580-1589.
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Nov. 5
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Joe Carpentino |
Tokumoto, Y.M., Tang, D.G., Raff, M.C.(2001) Two molecularly distinct
intracellular pathways to oligodendrocyte differentiation: role of a p53
family protein. The EMBO Journal 20(18):5261-5268.
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Nov. 12
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Society for Neuroscience/ Stem Cell Meeting
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Nov. 19
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Discussion of Neuroscience/ Stem Cell Meeting
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Thanksgiving break
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Nov. 26
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Jason Chan |
Shinchara et al.(2001) Remodeling of the postnatal mouse testis is
accompanied by dramatic changes in stem cell number and niche
accessibility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. May 22;98(11):6186-91.
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Dec. 3
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Geoffrey Tanner |
Suter, D. and Forscher, P. (1998) An emerging link between cytoskeletal
dynamics and cell adhesion molecules in growth cone guidance. Current
Opinion in Neurobiology 8:106-116.
Supplemental reading: Kabir, N., A.W. Schaefer, A. Nakhost, W.S. Sossin
and P. Forscher (2001) Protein Kinase C Activation Promotes Microtubule
Advance in Neuronal Growth Cones by Increasing Average Microtubule Growth
Lifetimes. The Journal of Cell Biology 152(5):1033-1043.
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