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Journal Club

Fall 2024 - Genetics of Non-model Organisms

October 2: Organization and Responsible Conduct of Research Discussion
Introductions, GTP advising committee, Program expectations, Selection of Fall topic.
Disucssion: What belongs in a paper? How should we evaluate published work?

October 9: Shams Al-Azam (Alexandrov Lab)
Preston et al. (2023) Elephant TP53-RETROGENE 9 induces transcription-independent apoptosis at the mitochondria. Cell Death Discov 9, 66. [Journal] [PMC]

October 16: Ethan Armand (Ren Lab)
Yin et al. (2021) Molecular mechanisms and topological consequences of drastic chromosomal rearrangements of muntjac deer. Nature Communications 12, 6858. [OA Journal]

October 30: Liz Chamiec-Case (Bambah-Mukku Lab)
Herbert et al. (2024) Ancient developmental genes underlie evolutionary novelties in walking fish. Current Biology S0960-9822(24)01157-6. [Journal] open access article, early online.

November 6: Jon Freshman (Carlin Lab)
Catchpole et al. (2023) A self-transmissible plasmid from a hyperthermophile that facilitates genetic modification of diverse Archaea. Nature Microbiology 8, 1339-1347. [Journal] [PMC]

November 13: Weston Elison (Gaulton Lab)
Fortier and Pritchard (2024) Ancient Trans-Species Polymorphism at the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Primates. bioRxiv 2022.06.28.497781 [Preprint v2]

see also: Fortier and Pritchard (2024) The Primate Major Histocompatibility Complex: An Illustrative Example of Gene Family Evolution. bioRxiv 2024.09.16.613318 [Preprint]

November 20: Trent Gomberg (Yeo Lab)
Bao et al. (2019) The Y chromosome sequence of the channel catfish suggests novel sex determination mechanisms in teleost fish. BMC Biology 17, 6. [OA Journal]

November 27: No class scheduled Thanksgiving Holiday

December 4: Anvita Komarla (Towers Lab)
TBA

December 11: Tanmayi Vashist (Gaulton Lab)
Lotharukpong et al. (2024) A transcriptomic hourglass in brown algae. Nature 635, 129-135. [Journal] [PMC]

December 18: Joseph Rainaldi (Mali Lab)
Déjosez et al. (2023) Bat pluripotent stem cells reveal unusual entanglement between host and viruses. Cell 186, 957-974. [Journal] [PMC]

Select Winter topic.

 

Winter 2025 - Topic BA

January 8: Rachel Weinstein (Rifkin Lab)
TBA

January 15: Grace Carter (Meharena Lab)
TBA

January 22: Tula Keal (Dixon Lab)
TBA

January 29: Challana Tea (Ferguson Lab)
TBA

February 5: Camilo Londono (Zheng Lab)
TBA

February 12: Jeffrey Chiu (Ren Lab)
TBA

February 19: Krysten Jones (Lewis Lab)
TBA

February 26: Jose Sandoval (Chi Lab)
TBA

March 5: Isabella Ruud (Chavez Lab)
TBA

March 12: Grace McAuley (Yeo Lab)
TBA

March 19: Responsible Conduct of Research Discussion

Select Spring quarter topic.

 

Spring 2025 - Topic TBA

April 2: Gianna Elias (Chavez Lab)
TBA

April 9: Shazreh Hassan (Bambah-Mukku Lab)
TBA

April 16: Megan Huang (Gaulton Lab)
TBA

April 23: Molly Huang (Fisch Lab)
TBA

April 30: Rebecca Kirby (Biering Lab)
TBA

May 7: Zach Krill (Komor Lab)
TBA

May 14: Shivani Lakkaraju (Ren Lab)
TBA

May 21: Terry Noblin (Yeo Lab)
TBA

May 28: Mari Williams (Telese Lab)
TBA

June 4: Siri Yendluri (Nizet Lab)
TBA

June 11: Responsible Conduct of Research Discussion
Topic TBA

Summer Book Club selection