Genetics Colloquium Spring 2012

James Keck, University of Wisconsin-Madison (host: Pelegri)

Structural Mechanisms of Bacterial DNA Replication

Becky Burdine, Princeton University (host:  Sun)

Using Zebrafish to Get to the Heart of Left-right Patterning

Robert Blelloch, University of California-San Francisco  (host: Chang)

Small RNA Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cells and Early Mammalian Development

Shrider Ganesan, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey  (host:  Alexander)

BRCA1 and 53BP1: regulating DNA repair choice and chemosensitivity

Sushmita Roy, University of Wisconsin-Madison (host:  Loewe)

Reconstruction and Analysis of Evolution of Condition-specific Transcriptional Programs

Jianzhi "George" Zhang, University of Michigan  (host: Hittinger)

Genomic Studies of Pleiotrophy

Reid Allsch, University of Wisconsin-Madison (host: Culbertson)

Genome-wide DNA methylation in sib-pairs discordant for autism

Leoine Moyle, Indiana University  (host: Payseur)

Dissecting Speciation via the Genetics of Isolation and Adaptation

Xinju Zhao, University of Wisconsin-Madison   (host: Sun)

Regulatory Mechanisms Governing Neural Stem Cell Fate and Adult Neurogenesis

Diana Chu, San Francisco State University   (host: Skop)

The Unique Chromosome Composition and Segragation Dynamics of C. elegans Sperm

Noreen Reist, Colorado State University  (host:  O'Connor-Giles)

Synaptic Transmission:  Linking Ca2+-sensing to Vesicle Fusion

Jill Wildonger, University of Wisconsin-Madison  (host: Sun)

The Role Molecular Motors Play in Building Neuronal Polarity

Jasper Rine, University of California-Berkeley  (host:  Fox)

Epigenetic Inheritance

Ed Morrissey, University of Pennsylvania  (host:  Sun)

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Lung Development and Regeneration