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: Rachel Weinstein (Rifkin Lab)
Tian et al. (2022) Severe inbreeding, increased mutation load and gene loss-of-function in the critically endangered Devils Hole pupfish. Proc. R. Soc. B 289: 20221561. [OA Journal] [PMC]
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 - Genome Engineering / Gene Editing
January 8: Anvita Komarla (Towers 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