Feb. 7

Jim Mulrooney

Vasioukhin, V., Bauer, C., Yin, M. and Fuchs, E. (2000) Directed Actin Polymerization is the Driving Force for Epithelial Cell-Cell Adhesion. Cell 100: 209-219.

Feb. 14

Noah Byrd

Wu, H., Lee, S.H., Gao, J., Liu, X. and Iruela-Arispe, M.L. (1999) Inactivation of Erythropoietin Leads to Defects in Cardiac Morphogenesis. Development 126: 3597-3605.

Feb. 21

Chandreyee Purkayastha

Hata, A., Seoane, J., Lagna, G., Montalvo, E., Hemmati-Brivanlou, A., and Massague, J. (2000) OAZ Uses Distinct DNA- and Protein-Binding Zinc Fingers in Separate BMP-Smad and Olf Signaling Pathways. Cell 100: 229-240.

Feb. 28

Peter Maye

Chen, C-m. and Struhl, G. (1999) Wingless Transduction by the Frizzled and Frizzled2 Proteins of Drosophila. Development 126: 5441-5452.

Mar. 6

Suneeta Sudarsanan

Huang, H., Potter, C.J., Tao, W., Li, D-M., Brogiolo, W., Hafen, E., Sun, H. and Xu, T. (1999) PTEN Affects Cell Size, Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis During Drosophila Eye Development. Development 126: 5365-5372.

SPRING BREAK - March 13-24

Mar. 27

Pavithra Vivekanand

Zeng, W., Wharton Jr, K.A., Mack, J.A., Wang, K., Gadbaw, M., Suyama, K., Klein, P.S. and Scott, M.P. (2000) Naked Cuticle Encodes an Inducible Antagonist of Wnt Signaling. Nature 403: 789-794.

Apr. 3

Tirtha Das

Vielle-Calzada, J-P., Basker, R. and Grossniklasu, U. (2000) Delayed Activation of the Paternal Genome During Seed Development. Nature 404: 91-97.

Apr. 10

Michael J. Barresi

Denetclaw, W.F., Jr. and Ordhal, C.P. (2000) The Growth of the Dermomyotome and Formation of Eary Myotome Lineages in Thoracolumbar Somites of Chicken Embryos. Development 127: 893-905.

Apr. 17

Kajori Lahiri

Broun, M., Sokol, S. and Bode, H.R. (1999) Cngsc, a Homologue of Goosecoid, Participates in the Patterning of the Head, and is Expressed in the Organizer Region of Hydra. Development 126: 5245-5254.

Apr. 24

Ryoko Takimoto

Angerer, L.M., Oleksyn, D.W., Logan, C.Y., McClay, D.R., Dale, L. and Angerer, R.C. (2000) A BMP Pathway Regulates Cell Fate Allocation Along the Sea Urchin Animal-Vegetal Embyronic Axis. Development 127: 1105-1114.

May 1

Tao Hong and
Xuesong Feng

Hermeking, H. et.al. (2000) Identification of CDK4 as a Target of c-MYC. PNAS 97(5): 2229-2234. ------------and-------------------
Birk, O.S. et al. (2000) The LIM Homeobox Gene Lhx9 is Essential for Mouse Gonad Formation. Nature 403: 909-913.

May 8

Joel D'Angelo

Goulding, S.E., White, N.M. and Jarman, A.P. (2000) cato Encodes a Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor Implicated in the Correct Differentiation of Drosophila Sense Organs. Developmental Biology 221: 120-131.

Feb. 17

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Feb. 24

Michael Feldgarden

Bennett, A.F. and Lenski, R.E. (1997) Evolutionary Adaptation to Temperature. VI. Phenotypic Acclimation and Its Evolution in Escherichia coli. Evolution 51(1): 36-44.

Mar. 2

Kavi Reddy

Shine, R. and Harlow, P.S. (1996) Maternal Manipulation of Offspring Phenotypes Via Nest-Site Selection in an Oviparous Lizard. Ecology 77(6): 1808-1817.

Mar. 9

Will Soto

Fox, C.W., Czesak, M.E., Mousseau, T.A. and Roff, D.A. (1999) The Evolutionary Genetics of an Adaptive Maternal Effect: Egg Size Plasticity in a Seed Beetle. Evolution 53(2): 552-560..

Mar. 30

Kevin Fingerman

Newman, R.A. (1994) Genetic Variation for Phenotypic Plasticity in the Larval Life History of Spadefoot Toads (Schaphiopus cochii). Evolution 48(6): 1773-1785.

Apr. 6

Kasey Barton

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Apr. 13

Whitney Kasserman

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Apr. 20

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Merila, J. (1997) Expression of Genetic Variation in Body Size of the Collared Flycatcher Under Different Environmental Conditions. Evolution 51(2): 526-536.

Apr. 27

Stephanie Gline

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Feb. 14

no meeting

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Feb. 21

Patrick Hurley

Plummer, T.K. and Striedter, G.F. (2000) Auditory Responses in the Vocal Motor System of Budgerigars. John Wiley & Sons, pp 79-94.

Feb. 28

Lisa Bertetto

Spiro, J.E., Dalva, M.B. and Mooney, R. (1999) Long-Range Inhibition Within the Zebra Finch Song Nucleus RA Can Coordinate the Firing of Multiple Projection Neurons. J. Neurophys. 81(6): 3007-3020.

Mar. 6

Anna Dondzillo

Gold, J.I. and Knudsen, E.I. (1999) Hearing Impairment Induces Frequency-Specific Adjustments in Auditory Spatial Tuning in the Optic Tectum of Young Owls. American Physiological Society, pp. 2197-2208.

Mar. 27

no meeting

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Apr. 3

Kristen Lindgren

Thakkar, M.M., Strecker, R.E. and McCarley, R.W. (1998) Behavioral State Control Through Differential Serotonergic Inhibition in the Mesopontine Cholinergic Nuclei: A Simultaneous Unit Recording and Microdialysis Study. J. Neuroscience 18(14): 5490-5497.

Apr. 10  

Greg Amis

Vu, E.T., Schmidt, M.F. and Mazurek, M.E. (1998) Interhemispheric Coordination of Premotor Neural Activity During Singing in Adult Zebra Finches. J. Neuroscience 18(21): 9088-9098.

Apr. 17

Magda Chechlacz

Yoon, S.Y., Casaccia-Bonnefil, P., Carter, B. and Chao, M.V. (1998) Competitive Signaling Between TrkA and p75 Nerve Growth Factor Receptors Determines Cell Survival. J. Neuroscience 18(9): 3273-3281.

Apr. 24

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May 1

Karen Gilliams-Francis

During, J.J. et al. (2000) An Oral Vaccine Against NMDAR1 with Efficacy in Experimental Stroke and Epilepsy. Science 287: 1453-1460.

May 8

no meeting

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