Fall 2009 Journal Club
(Graduate Research Seminar)
Journal club is held in the Conference Room of the Mellon Institute at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays unless otherwise indicated.
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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| 8/26 | Ken Hovis |
Development of Structure and Function in the Accessory Olfactory System of Mice |
| Bistra Iordanova |
Design and Characterization of Ferritin Chimera as an MRI Reporter Gene |
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| 9/2 | Michael Chen |
Genetic Polymorphisms and Splicing of RNA for the Human Dopamine Reuptake Transporter |
| Corey Flynn |
A Novel Marker for Laminar Organization in the Mammalian Lateral Geniculate Nucleus | |
| 9/9 | No Journal Club |
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| 9/16 | Connor Murphy |
Synthesis of Tunable and Cell Permeable G-rich PNAs |
| Nina Senutovitch |
Characterization of Fluorogen Activating Proteins (FAPs) and Development of Cytoplasmic FAP Sensors that Interact with Dimethylindole Red (DIR) |
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| 9/23 | Tara Sharma |
Activation of the Skeletogenic Gene Regulatory Network in the Early Sea Urchin Embryo |
| Kristen Yankura | Complex Regulatory Patterning of Sea Star Embryonic Ectoderm Supports a Larval Origin of the Deuterostomes |
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| 9/30 | Melissa Witzberger | Understanding Cell-shape Changes Through Ventral Furrow Formation |
| Maureen Stolzer | Inferring the History of Multi-domain Proteins via Comparative Domain Tree Analysis | |
| 10/7 | Deepak Kana Kadayakkara | In vivo Cellular Imaging using 19F MRI and MRS |
| Manojkumar Puthenveedu, Ph.D. |
HIV Entry - Seeing is Believing? HIV enters cells via endocytosis and dynamin-dependent fusion with endosomes. Miyauchi et al., Cell. 2009 May 1;137(3):433-44. |
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| 10/14 | Santosh Chandrasekaran | Gene Therapy for Red–green Colour Blindness in Adult Primates Mancuso K, Hauswirth WW, Li Q, Connor TB, Kuchenbecker JA, Mauck MC, Neitz J and Neitz M. Nature. 2009 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print] |
| Jineta Banerjee | Retrograde GABA Signaling Adjusts Sound Localization by Balancing Excitation and Inhibition in the Brainstem Magnusson AK, Park TJ, Pecka M, Grothe B and Koch U. Neuron, 2008. |
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| 10/21 | Alys Cheatle |
Specific DNA-binding by Apicomplexan AP2 Transcription Factors De Silva EK, Gehrke AR, Olszewski K, Leo I, Chahal JS, Bulyk ML and Llina M. PNAS. vol. 105 no. 24 8393–8398, 17 June 2008. |
| Cassandra Priddy |
In Vitro Reconstitution of Membrane Scission: Membrane Scission by the ESCRT-III Complex Wollert et al. Nature 2009. |
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| 10/28 | Mark DeBlois |
Behavioral Choice by Presynaptic Inhibition of Tactile Sensory Terminals in the Medicinal Leech Gaudry Q and Kristan WB. Behavioral choice by presynaptic inhibition of tactile sensory terminals. Nature Neuroscience, 2009. |
| Alison Barth, Ph.D. |
Novel Mechanisms Silence Firing in Circadian-activated Neurons Belle, Diekman, Forger and Piggins. Daily electrical silencing in the mammalian circadian clock. Science 326:281, 2009. |
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| 11/4 | Shantanu Ganguly | Control of Biofilm Quorum Sensing by C. albicans Zap1 |
| Robert Murphy, Ph.D. |
Active Learning for Experimental Biology |
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| 11/11 (See the Departmental Seminar Schedule for more details) |
Tracy Johnson, Ph.D. | Pre-mRNA Splicing and Histone Modification: A "tail" of the Coordinated Control of Gene Expression |
| 11/18 (12:30 - 2:30 p.m. in the MI Social Room) |
Rotation 1 Presentations |
Gregory Smith Nathan Hsu Idil Ulengin Phu Van Michael Gamalinda Stephanie Hughes Ashita Magal Ritika Tewari Sailatha Ravi |
| 11/19 (12:30 - 2:30 p.m.) |
Rotation 1 Presentations |
Simran Saini Mingrui Zhang Suchitra Ramachandran Ezgi Kunttas-Tatli Rachel Vistein James Hughes Andrew Kehr Amanda Soohoo Deborah Makin Paul Barton |
| 11/25 | No Journal Club |
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| 12/2 | Elmer Ker |
Spatial Control of Stem Cell Differentiation |
| Brenna McCauley |
Evolution of Echinoderm Endomesoderm Development: Insights from Sea Stars and Sea Cucumbers |
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