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

Presentations 2008-2009

DATE PRESENTERS
June 9, 2009 Dr. Tracy Stokol
"Comparative aspects of tissue factor - a key hemostatic protein."
Terri Iwata (S. Lee Lab)
"Investigating HCF proteins as regulators of FOXO and SIRT1 metabolic function."
May 12, 2009 Dr. Nathan Sutter
"The genetics of skeletal size in domestic dogs and horses."
Dr. Ling Qi
"Protein Folding and Inflammation in Obesity and Diabetes"
April 14, 2009 Dr. Dorothy Ainsworth
"What gene expression studies have taught us about equine recurrent airway obstruction."
Dr. Richard Goldstein
"Advances in Feline Genomics"
March 10, 2009 Dr. Elizabeth Buckles
"Host response to acute infection with Infectious Bronchitis Virus."
Dr. Jenifer Cruickshank (Place Lab)
"A putative splice variant of anti-Müllerian hormone receptor missing the transmembrane domain."
February 10, 2009 Dr. Teresa Gunn
"Using mouse genetics to understand the cell biology of spongiform neurodegeneration."
Dr. Marko Vatamaniuk (Lei Lab)
"The mechanisms of hyperinsulinemia in Gpx1 overexpressing mice."
January 13, 2009 Dr. Joy Scaria (YF Chang Lab)
"Analysis of the massive genome variation in Clostridium difficile; a pathogen with unusually low core genome content."
Dr. John Schimenti
Discussion of CVG Funding Priorities
December 9, 2008 Dr. Rui Kan (Coonrod Lab)
"Role for PADI6 and the cytoplasmic lattices in tubulin storage and meiotic spindle assembly in mouse oocyte"
Dr. Kira Novakofski (Fortier Lab)
"Small GTPases in articular chondrocytes"
November 11, 2008 Dr. Kumar Kothapalli (Brenna Lab)
"A partial reexamination of primate polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis by cloning and characterization of baboon fatty acid desaturase (FADS) genes."
Dr. Kevin Harvatine (Boisclair Lab)
"Fatty acid regulation of lipid synthesis: Insights from various mouse lactation models"
October 14, 2008 Dr. John Schimenti
"Genomic etiology of mouse tumors caused by DNA replication deficiency."
Dr. Douglas Antczak
"Horse Genome Project"
September 9, 2008 Mr. Jong Bum Lee (Luo Lab)
"DNA based target-driven polymerization for pathogen detection."
Dr. Watt Webb
"Forthcoming Efficient Deciphering of Vertebrate Genetic Codes."

Presentations 2007-2008

DATE PRESENTERS
June 10, 2008 Dr. David Lin
"One-carbon metabolism and the mouse olfactory system."
Dr. Shelby Dietz (Harris-Warrick Lab)
"Use of transgenic GFP-tagged mice to explore the central pattern generator for locomotion in the mouse spinal cord."
May 13, 2008 Anna Beaudin (Stover Lab)
"Managing Genome Synthesis and Stability: Mechanisms of Folate Responsive Neural Tube Defects"
Dr. Michael Craven (Kotlikoff Lab)
"Characterization of Neonatal Cardiac Precursor Cells from c-kit BAC-EGFP Mice."
April 8, 2008 Dr. Andre Bensadoun
"GPIHBP-1, a novel receptor for chylomicrons, lipoprotein lipase and HDL"
Dr. Anthony Lombardino(DeVoogd Lab)
"Transcription profiling of replaceable neurons from songbirds and mice."
March 11, 2008 Dr. Patsy Brannon
"Maternal malnutrition and regulation of placental growth"
Dr. Shashikant Pujar (Meyers-Wallen Lab)
"Genetic heterogeneity in mammalian sex reversal."
February 12, 2008 Genomics Scholar: Ying Zhang
"Characterization of Stem Cell Proliferation Dynamics in Mouse Hair Follicles"
Dr. Rory Todhunter
"SNPs Predict Susceptibility to Canine Hip Dysplasia"
January 8, 2008 Dr. Anders Lindroth (Paul Soloway Lab)
"DNA and H3K27 methylation are mutually antagonizing epigenetic marks at the imprinted Rasgrf1 locus"
Kevin Harvatine (Dale Bauman Lab)
"Regulation of Milk Fat Synthesis: Nutrigenomics and the Low-Fat Milk Syndrome"
December 11, 2007 Benjamin Logsdon (Dr. Jason Mezey Lab)
"Learning Pathway and Network Structure from Gene Expression and Genotypic Data"
Dr. Eric Denkers
"Adaptive immunity to an intracellular protozoan in the absence of the Toll-like receptor adaptor MyD88"
November 13, 2007 Genomics Scholars:
Ryan Hernandez
"Population Genetic Inference in Primates: The Effect of Context-Dependent Mutation Rates"
Elizabeth Bassity
"Searching for Antigen Presenting Cells in Fish"
October 16, 2007 Genomics Scholars:
Kevin Peterson
"Computational and Experimental Interrogation of the Genomic Regulatory Landscape"
David Corney
"Identification and characterization of miR-34b/c: a p53-dependent microRNA cluster"
September 11, 2007 Dr. Qiaoming Long
"Rfxdc1 is a novel molecular marker for multipotent pancreatic progenitor cells"
Amy Bentley and Susan Wernimont (Dr. Cassano Lab)
"Genomic Approaches to Study Metabolic Networks in Human Populations"

Presentations 2006-2007

DATE PRESENTERS
June 12, 2007 Vimal Selvaraj (Dr. Alex Travis Lab))
"The complexity of sperm membrane domains."
Miltos Kininis (Dr. W. Lee Kraus Lab)
"Genome-wide Analysis of RNA Polymerase II binding and Regulation by Estrogen Signaling."
May 8, 2007 Dr. Gudrun Reiterer (Dr. Andrew Yen Lab)
"The role of the PDGFR during myeloid and monocytic differentitation of HL-60 cells."
Maho Shibata (Dr. Maria Garcia-Garcia Lab)
"Bubbly yolk sacs in a KRAB zinc finger mutant mouse."
April 10, 2007 Dr. Donna Cassidy-Hanley (Dr. Theodore Clark Lab)
"Ich! What are those white spots on my fish? High-throughput sequencing and the search for biological control mechanisms against parasite infection."
Dr. Thomas Cleland
"Triangulating on the olfactory bulb: behavior, circuitry, and genetics."
March 13, 2007 Xia Xu (Genomics Scholar)
"A novel mouse lung cancer model based on overexpression of ribonucleotide reductase."
Li Han (Genomics Scholar)
"The role of Dlx3 in gene regulation in the mouse placenta."
February 13, 2007 Dr. Joseph Fetcho
"You can see into zebrafish and they have genes too."
Dr. Rebecca Holmes (Genomics Scholar)
"Meiosis and the Argonautes"
January 9, 2007 Dr. Ynte Schukken
"Survival of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in bovine monocyte-derived macrophages from infectious and non-infectious hosts."
Dr. Susan Quirk
"Transgenic models for studying the role of the hedgehog signaling pathway in the mammalian ovary."
December 12, 2006 Dr. Carlos Bustamante
"Statistical and computational methods for enabling association mapping in natural populations and domesticated species."
Dr. Bronislava Brejova (Dr. Adam Siepel Lab)
"Comparative single-exon gene finding."
November 14, 2006 Dr. S Sylvia Lee
"Systematic analysis of longevity determinants in C. elegans"
Mr. John Dominy (Dr. Martha Stipanuk Lab)
"Post-translational regulation of cysteine dioxygenase turnover by intracellular cysteine levels."
September 12, 2006 Dr. Yves Boisclair
"Role of the circulating IGF system in growth and metabolism"
Dr. James P. Camp (Tracy Stokol Lab)
"Engineering better bio research: using tissue engineering methods to make in vitro cultures give physiological results."

Presentations 2005-2006

DATE PRESENTERS
June 13, 2006 Karen Osorio (Dr. Tudorita Tumbar Lab)
"Hair follicle stem cell regulation."
Dr. Teresa Gunn
"Genetic and molecular studies of heart arrhythmias in dogs."
May 9, 2006 Dr. Koodali T. Nishant
"Molecular features of mammalian meiotic recombination hot spots."
Dr. Anders Lindroth (Dr. Paul Soloway Lab)
"Repeat-dependent epigenetic silencing at the imprinted Rasgrf1 locus."
April 11, 2006 Dr. Yung-Fu Chang
"Differentiation of Salmonella enterica serovars by oligonucleotide spotted array."
Dr. David McCobb
"Stress, steroids, and BK channels in adrenals and pituitaries."
March 14, 2006 Dr. Robert Weiss
"Genome maintenance by the Hus1 cell cycle checkpoint protein."
Mr. Scott Valastyan (Dr. Danny Manor Lab)
"Transcriptional activities of vitamin E."
February 14, 2006 Dr. John Schimenti
"Genetic and functional analysis of 1% of the mammalian development-ome."
Dr. Xingen Lei
"Mysterious responses to knockout of two major antioxidant enzymes."
January 10, 2006 Dr. Hong Bo Xin
"Conditional Gene Inactivation in the Mouse: Strategies and Applications."
Mr. Anton Svetlanov (Dr. Paula Cohen Lab)
"DNA Mismatch Repair proteins in mammalian meiosis-recombination, repair, repeats."
December 13, 2005 Dr. Mark Roberson
Cell signaling and the GnRH receptor: membrane compartments, signaling complexes and target genes."
Mr. Kevin Peterson (Dr. Timothy O'Brien Lab)
"Modeling the genomic regulatory network for FGF signaling input to the branching lung epithelium."
November 15, 2005 Dr. J. Thomas Brenna
"Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Neonatal CNS Development. Non-human Primate Lipidomics and Transcriptomics."
Dr. Richard Goldstein
"Primary Hyperparathyroidism in the Keeshond. A Candidate Gene Approach"
October 11, 2005 Dr. Lisa Fortier
"Determining the role of Cdc42 in osteoarthritis."
Dr. Dan Luo
"Nucleic Acid Engineering: It's Applications in Biotechnology."
September 13, 2005 Dr. Rory Todhunter
"SNP strategy and selection for finer mapping of QTL for canine hip dysplasia."
Dr. Watt Webb
"Animal Genomic Models Help Move Microscopic Imaging Toward Human Medical Diagnostics."

Presentations 2004-2005

DATE PRESENTERS
June 14, 2005 Dr. Timothy DeVoogd
"Using genomic activation as a window into neural processing."
Ms. Maya Grose (Dr. Andre Bensadoun Lab)
"Investigating functions of the heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-4 in lipid metabolism using a knockout mouse model"
May 10, 2005 Dr. Manuel Diaz-Rios (Dr. Harris-Warrick Lab)
"Serotonin modulation of commissural interneuron subtypes in the mouse spinal cord"
Dr. N. Yvonne Tallini (Dr. Kotlikoff Lab)
"Imaging Cellular Calcium in the Embryonic Murine Heart: In Vivo"
April 20, 2005 Mouse Debate
April 12, 2005 Dr. Amanda MacFarlane (Dr. Stover Lab)
"Genome Stability and Methylation in Colon Cancer Initiation"
Mr. Eric Williams (Dr. Lin Lab)
"Screen for axon guidance cues in the mouse olfactory bulb"
March 8, 2005 Dr. Shashikant Pujar (Dr. Meyers-Wallen Lab)
"Canine Sry-negative XX sex reversal: Candidate gene analysis"
Dr. Zongxiang Zhou (Dr. Nikitin Lab)
"Modeling prostate cancer in the mouse"
February 8, 2005 Dr. Bret Payseur (Dr. Andrew Clark Lab)
"Genomic signatures of speciation in inbred strains of mice"
Dr. Kate Whitlock
"Sex, Smells and Videotapes: Development of the Vertebrate Olfactory System"
January 11, 2005 Mr. Miltos Kininis (Dr. W. Lee Kraus Lab)
"Determining Patterns of Factor Recruitment to Estrogen-Regulated Genes on a Global Scale"
Dr. Anna Kukekova (Dr. Greg Acland lab)
"Strategies and applications of genetic mapping in canids"
December 14, 2004 Dr. Thomas Paul (James Casey Laboratory)
"Transgenic expression of walleye dermal sarcoma virus accessory proteins in zebrafish"
Dr. Alexander Travis
"Mice, cats, and dogs: three different models and three different approaches to preserving genetic diversity and creating tools for genomic research"