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Journal Clubs: Department of Biology
Spring 2001

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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:

Cell and Development
Evolution
Neuroscience

Cell and Development Journal Club - Biol 506
Mondays 12:00-1:00
0101 Science Center

Date Presenter Paper
SPRING 2001

Jan. 29

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Feb. 5

Tirtha Das

Manzanares, M. et al.(2000) Conservation and elaboration of Hox gene regulation during evolution of the vertebrate head. Nature 408: 854-857.

Feb. 12

Pavithra Vivekanand

Shulman, J. et al. (2000) The Drosophila Homolog of C. elegans PAR-1 Organizes the Oocyte Cytoskeleton and Directs oskar mRNA Localization to the Posterior Pole. Cell 101: 377-388.

Feb. 19

Xuesong Feng

Hadchouel, J. et al. (2000) Modular long-range regulation of Myf5 reveals unexpected heterogeneity between skeletal muscles in the mouse embryo. Development 127: 4455-4467.

Feb.26

Sandy Becker

Tremblay, K.D. et al. (2000) Formation of the definitive endoderm in mouse is a Smad2-dependent process. Development 127: 3079-3090.

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March 26

Ryoko Takimoto

Bossard P. and Zaret, K. (2000) Repressive and restrictive mesodermal interactions with gut endoderm: possible relation to Meckel's Diverticulum. Development 127: 4915-4923.

April 2

Tao Hong

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Noah Byrd

 

Ribisi, S. et al. (2000) Ras-Mediated FGF Signaling Is Required for the Formation of Posterior but Not Anterior Neural Tissue in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology 227: 183-196.

April 16

Joel D'Angelo

Tuxworth, R. I. et al. (2001) A role for myosin VII in dynamic cell adhesion. Current Biology 11: 318-329.

April 23

Suneeta Sudarsanan

Waltzer, L. et al. (2001) Teashirt is required for transcriptional repression mediated by high Wingless levels. The EMBO Journal 20 (1&2): 137-145.

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Evolution Journal Club - Biol 508
Thursdays 12:00-1:00
314 Shanklin

Date Presenter Paper
SPRING 2001

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Feb. 15

Greg

Juhala, R.J. (2000) Genomic Sequences of Bacteriophages HK97 and HK022: Pervasive Genetic Mosaicism in the Lambdoid Bacteriophages. J. Mol. Biol. 299: 27-51.

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April 5

Will Soto

Lucchini, S., Desiere, F. and H. Brussow (1999) Comparative Genomics of Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Species Supports a Modular Evolution Theory. J. of Virology 73(10): 8647-8656.

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Neuroscience Journal Club - Biol 510
Mondays 12:00-1:00
314 Shanklin

Topic: Synchronous and/or spontaneous activity in the nervous system

  • Development and regeneration: Roopa, Karen, Patrick

  • Sensory/perception: Lisa, Carolyn, David

  • Motor systems: Harry, Sarah

  • Sleep: Anna, John

  • Seizure activity: Madga

Date Presenter Paper
SPRING 2001

Jan. 29

organizational meeting

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Feb. 5

Geoff Tanner

Weliky, M. and L. Katz (1999) Correlational Structure of Spontaneous Neuronal Activity in the Developing Lateral Geniculate Nucleus in Vivo. Science 285: 599-604.

Feb. 12

Lisa Bertetto

Bal, T. et al. (2000) Cortical Feedback Controls the Frequency and Synchrony of Oscillations in the Visual Thalamus. J. Neurosci. 20(19): 7478-7488.

Feb. 19

Anna Dondzillo

Dave, A.S. and Margoliash, D. (2000) Song Replay During Sleep and Computational Rules for Sensorimotor Vocal Learning. Science 290: 812-816.

Feb. 26

Patrick Hurley

Hari, R. et al. (1998) Activation of human primary motor cortex during action observation: A neuromagnetic study. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 15061-15065.

March 12

Roopa Narasimhaiah

Zhou, Z.J. and Zhao, D.(2000) Coordinated Transitions in Neurotransmitter Systems for the Initiation and Propagation of Spontaneous Retinal Waves. J. Neurosci. 20(17): 6570-6577.
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March 26

Magda Chechlacz

Buckmaster et al. (2000) Testing the Disinhibition Hypothesis of Epileptogenesis In Vivo and During Spontaneous Seizures. J. Neurosci. 20(16): 6232-6240.

April 2

Karen Gilliams-Francis

Crowley, J.C. and L.C. Katz (2000) Early Development of Ocular Dominance Columns. Science 290: 1321-1324.

April 9

Harry Sinnamon

Tabuchi, E.T., A.B.Mulder and S.I. Wiener (2000) Position and Behavior Modulation of Synchronization of Hippocampal and Accumbens Neuronal Discharges in Freely Moving Rats. Hippocampus 10: 717-728.

April 16

Sarah McCormack

Kocsis, B., DiPrisco, G.V. and Vertes, R. (2001) Theta synchronization in the limbic system: the role of Gudden's tegmental nuclei. European Journal of Neuroscience 13: 381-388.

April 23

David Bodznick

Kawasaki, M. (1997) Sensory hyperacuity in the jamming avoidance response of weakly electric fish. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 7:473-479.

April 30

Carolyn Pytte

Castelo-Branco, M. et al.(2000) Neural synchrony correlates with surface segregration rules. Nature 405: 685-689.

May 7

John Kirn

Louie, K. and Wilson, M.A. (2001) Temporally Structured Replay of Awake Hippocampal Ensemble Activity during Rapid Eye Movement Sleep. Neuron 29:145-156.

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