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June 13 with Joshua Clanton
Jun. 10, 2014—Evolving Hox Activity Profiles Govern Diversity in Locomotor Systems Presented by Joshua Clanton, Post Doc (Andrea Page-McCaw Lab) Jung et al. (2014) Developmental Cell 29(2): 171–187 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1534580714001609 The defining feature of tetrapods is the presence of two sets of paired limbs that allow different modes of locomotion. One of the key innovations that enabled the evolution the...
June 6 with Diana Cha
Jun. 3, 2014—Cell competition is a tumour suppressor mechanism in the thymus. Presented by Diana Cha, Graduate Student (Patton Lab) Martins et al. (2014) Nature 509: 465–470 http://www.nature.com.proxy.library.vanderbilt.edu/nature/journal/v509/n7501/full/nature13317.html T cells develop in the thymus from bone marrow-derived progenitors that continuously replace thymus-resident progenitors. Martins et al. reveals a mechanism in which old and new cells compete for the survival factor IL-7,...
May 30 with Stacy Lee
May. 27, 2014—Dopamine from the Brain Promotes Spinal Motor Neuron Generation during Development and Adult Regeneration. Presented by Stacey Lee, Graduate Student (Donna Webb Lab) Reimer et al. (2013) Developmental Cell 25(5): 478-491 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1534580713002414 Neuronal regeneration in humans is an current ambition in developmental biology. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating neurogenesis need to be defined and characterized before we...
May 23 with Rubin Baskir
May. 19, 2014—Selective amputation of the pharynx identifies a FoxA-dependent regeneration program inplanaria. Presented by Rubin Baskir, Graduate Student (Susan Majka's Lab) Adler et al. (2014) Elife 3:e02238 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3985184/ Organ regeneration in humans is the distant goal of many basic scientists and clinicians. The planarian flatworm is an ideal model system given their profound regenerative capacity. While planarian regeneration has been documented for almost a century, the molecular...
May 9 with Richard Guyer
May. 5, 2014—Forces Generated by Cell Intercalation Tow Epidermal Sheets in Mammalian Tissue Morphogenesis Presented by Richard Guyer, Graduate Student (Ian Macara Lab) Heller et al. (2014) Developmental Cell 28(6); 617–632. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1534580714001270 Collective cell migration is a fundamental process in biology. Studies of early embryogenesis have provided many mechanistic insights into these movements. However, the complex cell...
April 25 with Bethany Carboneau
Apr. 21, 2014—Long-chain Acyl-CoA synthetase 4A regulates Smad activity and dorsoventral patterning in the zebrafish embryo. Presented by Bethany Carboneau, Graduate Student (Maureen Gannon Lab) Miyares et al. (2013) Developmental Cell 27(6); 635-47. http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1534580713006746/1-s2.0-S1534580713006746-main.pdf?_tid=df238a8c- c95f-11e3-8967-00000aab0f6c&acdnat=1398090115_3bc52abc7a68698f3b14659a0cd95ce6 One of the first events in embryogenesis is the specification of anteroposterior and dorsoventral embryonic axes. In zebrafish, it is well established that localized BMP...
April 18 with Elaine Ritter
Apr. 15, 2014—Presented by Elaine Ritter Graduate Student- Michelle Southard-Smith Lab Maternal tract factors contribute to paternal seminal fluid impact on metabolic phenotype in offspring. Bromfield et al. – 2014 PNAS; 111(6) pages 2200-2205 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/01/23/1305609111 Epigenetics and imprinting have garnered substantial public interest over the last decade, centered for example on the “Lamarckian” idea that environmental and personal...
dbRIC to come
Apr. 11, 2014—
TIFF “Tag Image File Format”
Mar. 27, 2014—What is a TIFF? Originally designed as a common binary image format for desktop scanners, TIFF gradually evolved to become one of the most widely used formats for storing bit-mapped images such as digital photographs and line art graphics. It is one of the three popular formats (along with JPEG and PNG) suitable for representing...