Vertebrate Genomics Club, a.k.a "The Verge"

John Schimenti and Rory Todhunter, Organizers

The Genomics Club is a forum for research presentations by members. In previous years, this forum was known as "The Mouse Club."

The "Verge" will meet at Noon on the second Tuesday of each month. Lunch will be provided at 11:45 AM.

Upcoming Schedule

DATE PRESENTERS LOCATION
May 8, 2012 Kimberly O'Brien
Placental /Fetal utilization of heme and non-heme iron
LH3, Vet Tower
Shu-Bing Qian
Translational Control in Gene Expression: from Nutrients to Ribosome
July 12, 2012 CVG Symposium 2012 Duffield Hall

 

Recent Presentations

DATE PRESENTERS
April 10, 2012 Susan Suarez
Intimacy: Mammalian sperm interactions with the oviduct.
Alexander Travis
Lipid regulation of sperm calcium transients and acrosome exocytosis: key roles for GM1 and the a1E subunit.
March 13, 2012 Andrew Bass
Shared Evolutionary Developmental Origins for Neural Basis of Vocal and Gestural Signaling
Jeremy Searle
Origins and Impacts of Natural Chromosomal Variation in the Mouse
February 14, 2012 Zhenglong Gu
Regulatory Changes in Metabolic Adaptation.
Adam Siepel
Bayesian inference of ancient human demography from individual genome sequences.
January 10, 2012
** 11:00 AM **
Findley Ransler (Harrison Lab, collaborating with Adkins-Regan Lab)
Rapid evolution of genes encoding a unique reproductive proteome in Japanese quail.
Morten Christiansen
Common Genetic Variants in FOXP2 are Associated with Individual Differences in Language and Sequential Learning.
December 13, 2011 Marcus Smolka
Orchestration of the DNA damage response by checkpoint kinases
Haiyuan Yu
Revealing molecular mechanisms of human disease genes through interactome analysis
November 8, 2011 Natasza Kurpios
The Exquisite Dorsal Mesentery Directs Left-Right Gut Morphogenesis
Vimal Selveraj
Translocator Protein and Mitochondrial Cholesterol Trafficking
October 11, 2011 Christopher Blackwood (Lin Lab)
Regulation of Neurogenesis by Jagged1 in the Embryonic Subventricular Zone.
Joyce Huan Chen (Shen Lab)
Chemokine mediated colon cancer metastasis.
September 13, 2011 Erin Wissink (Grimson Lab)
Experimentally identifying novel post-transcriptional cis-regulatory elements.
Ali Raza Awan (Pleiss Lab)
Profiling Splicing via a Novel High-Throughput Sequencing Technique.
June 14, 2011 Lucia Martiniova (Stover Lab)
Mouse models to elucidate the mechanisms of foliate-responsive neural tube defects.
Vicki Meyers-Wallen
GWAS in a canine model of XX ovotesticular disorder of sexual development (XX DSD)

Past Presentations