Sept. 16

Suneeta Sudarsanan Paroly

Bennett, D. and Alphey, L. (22 July 2002) P1 binds Sara and negatively regulates Dpp signaling I Drosphila melanogaster. online Nature.doi: 10.1038/ng938

Vinodh Kurella/
Tao Hong

Wichterle, H. et al. (2002) Directed differentiation of embryonic stem cells into motor neurons. Cell 110: 385-397.

Sept. 30

Joel D'Angelo

Eloy-Trinquet, S. and Nicolas, J-F. (2002) Clonal separation and regionalisation during formation of the medial and lateral myotomes in the mouse embryo. Development 129: 111-122.

Oct. 7

Frank Stellabotte

Brunetti, C.R. et al. (2001) The generation and diversification of butterfly eyespot color patterns. Current Biology 11: 1578-1585.

Oct. 14

Fall Break

Jungsun Ghil

Minina, E. et al. (2002) Interaction of FGF, Ihh/Pthlh, and BMP signaling integrates chondrocyte proliferation and hypertrophic differentiation. Developmental Cell 3: 439-449.

Oct. 28

Sara Patterson/
Ryoko Takimoto

Faber, S.C. et al. (2002) Bmp signaling is required for development of primary lens fiber cells. Development 129: 3727-3737.

Nov. 4

Pavithra Vivekanand

Tsuda, L. et al. (2002) An EGFR/Ebi/Sno Pathway Promotes Delta Expression by Inactivating Su(H)SMRTER Repression during Inductive Notch Signaling. Cell 110: 625-637.

Joe Carpentino/
Evan Mills

Ishiashi, M. and McMahon, A. (2002) A sonic hedgehog-dependent signaling relay regulates growth of diencephalic and mesencephalic primordial in the early mouse embryo. Development 129: 4807-4819.

Alex Koeppel

Ogawa, K. et. al. (2002) Induction of a noggin-Like Gene by Ectopic DV Interaction during Planarian Regeneratin. Developmental Biology 250: 59-70.

Xuesong Feng

Kmita, M. et al. (2002) Serial deletions and duplications suggest a mechanism for the collinearity of Hoxd genes in limbs. Nature 420: 145-150.

Dec. 2

Hunter Cai

Yu, M. et al. (2002) The morphogenesis of feathers. Nature 420: 308:312.

Sept. 10

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Sept. 17

Chernoff seminar

Sept. 24

Ann C. Burke

Wray, G.A., Levinton, J.S., and Shapiro, L.H. (1996) Molecular evidence for deep precambrian divergences among metazoan phyla. Science 274: 568-573.

Oct. 1

Ryoko Takimoto

Ferris, P.J., Pavlovic,C. , Fabry, S. and Goodenough, U.W. (1997) Rapid evolution of sex-related genes in Chlamydomonas. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 94: 8634-8639.

Oct. 8

Dan Sloan

Omland, K.E. (1997) Correclated rates of molecular and morphological evolution. Evolution 51(5): 1381-1393.

Oct. 15

Fall break

Oct. 22

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Oct. 29

Marjorie Lundgren

Hendry, A.P. et al. (2000) Rapid Evolution of Reproductive Isolation in the Wild: Evidence from Introduced Salmon. Science 290:516-518.

Nov. 5

Joel Wertheim

Van de Peer, Y. et al. (2001) The Ghost of Selection Past: Rates of Evolution and Functional Divergence of Anciently Duplicated Genes. J. Molecular Evolution 53: 436-446.

Nov. 12

Bruce Libman

Avise, J.C. et al. (1992) Mitochrondrial DNA Evolution at a Turtle's Pace: Evidence for Low Genetic Variability and Reduced Microevolutionary Rate in the Testudines. Mol Biol Evol. 9(3): 457-473.

Nov. 19

David Van Dyken

Barrier, M., Robichaux, R.H. and Purugganan, M.D. (2001) Accelerated regulatory gene evolution in an adaptive radiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci 98: 10208-10213.

Nov. 26

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Dec. 3

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9/16

Group Discussion

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Lisa Bertetto

Lendvai, B., Stern, E.A., Chen, B. and Svoboda, K. (2000) Experience-dependent plasticity of dendritic spines in the developing rat barrel cortex in vivo. Nature 404: 876-881.

Roopa Narasimhaiah

Whitford, K.L. et al. (2002) Regulation of Cortical Dendrite Development by Slit-Robo Interactions. Neuron 33: 47-61.

Zhi Zhang

Ostroff, L.E., Fiala, J.C., Allwadt, B. and Harris, K.M. (2002) Polyribosomes Redistribute from Dendritic Shafts into Spines with Enlarged Synapses during LTP in Developing Rat Hippocampal Slices. Neuron 35: 535-545.

10/14

No meeting

10/21

Kate Stellitano

Sin, W.C., Haas, K., Ruthazer, E.S. and Cline, H.T. (2002) Dendrite growth increased by visual activity requires NMDA receptor and Rho GTPases. Nature 419: 475-480.

10/28

Stanley Lin

Tashiro, A., Minden, A. and Yuste, R. (2000) Regulation of Dendritic Spine Morphology by the Rho Family of Small GTPases: Antagonistic Roles of Rac and Rho. Cerebral Cortex 10:927-938.

Neuroscience Meeting

11/11

Miles Gerson

Oliva, A.A., Lam, T.T., and Swann, J.W. (2002) Distally Directed Dendrotoxicity Induced by Kainic Acid in Hippocampal Interneurons of Green Fluorescent Protein-Expressing Transgenic Mice. J. Neuroscience 22(18):8052-8062.

11/18

Yu Fu

Murase, S., Mosser, E. and Schuman, E.M. (2002) Depolarization Drives b-Catenin into Neuronal Spines Promoting Changes in Synaptic Structure and Function. Neuron 35: 91-105.

Michael Mertens

Knott, Graham, et al. (2002) Formation of Dendritic Spines with GABAergic Synapses Induced by Whisker Stimulation in Adult Mice. Neuron 34: 265-273.

Jan Naegele

Barth, A. L., M McKenna, S Glazewski, P Hill, S Impey, D Storm, and K Fox (2000) Upregulation of cAMP Response Element-Mediated Gene Expression during Experience-Dependent Plasticity in Adult Neocortex. J. Neuroscience 20: 4206-4216.

Patrick Hurley

Golding, N.L., Staff, N.P. and Spruston, N. (2002) Dendritic Spikes as a Mechanism for Cooperative Long-Term Potentiation. Nature 418: 326-331.