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Nila Pazhayam and Carolyn Turcotte publish review of meiotic crossover patterning

August 10, 2021
Nila Pazhayam and Carolyn Turcotte (Jeff Sekelsky lab) published a review of genome-wide meiotic crossover patterning processes in Fronteirs in Cell and Developmental Biology (DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.681123).  Image: Suppression of crossovers in peri-centromeric regions (click to enlarge; see article for details). Please see our page on Publications by GMB Students for more.

Kandace Thomas publishes paper in Developmental Cell

June 18, 2021
Kandace Thomas (Michael Bressan lab) published a paper titled “Adherens junction engagement regulates functional patterning of the cardiac pacemaker cell lineage” in Developmental Cell (DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.04.004). Image: Graphical abstract summarizing key discoveries (see article for details; click to enlarge). Please see our page on Publications by GMB Students for more.  

Hannah Wiedner published review in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

June 8, 2021
Hannah Wiedner (Jimena Giudice lab) published a review titled “It’s not just a phase: function and characteristics of RNA-binding proteins in phase separation” in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology (DOI: 10.1038/s41594-021-00601-w). Image: Cellular condensates and their proposed functions (see article for details; click to enlarge). Please see our page on...

Emma Hinkle writes about to make the genetics field more equitable

June 8, 2021
Emma Hinkle (Jimena Giudice lab), wrote a guest post for the Genes to Genomes blog of the Genetics Society of America, titled Three ways that the field genetics can be more equitable. She discusses this through the topics of genetics education, genetics research, and representation within the field.  

Natalie Rittenhouse publishes paper in Genetics

April 21, 2021
Natalie Rittenhouse (Jill Dowen lab) published a paper titled “Functional impact of cancer-associated cohesin variants on gene expression and cellular identity” in Genetics (DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab025). Image: Summary of the impact of Cohesin variants on transcriptional insulation (see article for details; click to enlarge). Please see our page on Publications by GMB...

Juan Carvajal Garcia publishes article in PLOS Genetics

April 2, 2021
Juan Carvajal Garcia (Dale Ramsden lab and Jeff Sekelsky lab) published an article titled “DNA polymerase theta suppresses mitotic crossing over” in PLOS Genetics (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009267).  Image: Disrupted abdominal patterning and cell death in mutants lacking Slx4 (Mus312) and PolQ; see article for details. Please see our page on Publications...

Talia Hatkevich publishes article in Nucleic Acids Research

January 19, 2021
Talia Hatkevich (Jeff Sekelsky lab) published an article titled “A pathway for error-free non-homologous end joining of resected meiotic double-strand breaks” in Nucleic Acids Research (DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1205). Image: Model for error-free repair (click on image to enlarge; see article for details). Please see our page on Publications by GMB Students...

Michelle Potter-Birriel publishes paper in J. Cell Science

January 19, 2021
Michelle Potter-Birriel (Bill Marzluff lab) published an article titled “A region of SLBP outside the mRNA processing domain is essential for deposition of histone mRNA into the Drosophila egg” in Journal of Cell Science (DOI: 10.1242/jcs.251728). Image: SLBP (green; DNA in magenta) in Drosophila egg chambers of wild-type (top) and...

Kia Perez-Vale publishes review article in Development

November 19, 2020
Kia Perez-Vale (Mark Peifer lab) published a review article titled “Orchestrating morphogenesis: building the body plan by cell shape changes and movements” in Development (DOI:10.1242/dev.191049). Image: A Drosophila embryo during dorsal closure (click to enlarge; see article for details).   Please see Publications by GMB Students page for more.

Matt Niederhuber publish paper in Current Opinion in Insect Science

November 4, 2020
Matt Niederhuber (Dan McKay lab) published a review article titled “Mechanisms underlying the control of dynamic regulatory element activity and chromatin accessibility during metamorphosis” in Current Opinion in Insect Science (DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.08.007). Image: RNA-seq time course in Drosophila wings spanning from late-larval to adult stages. (see article for details; click...

Patrick Havlik publishes paper in Journal of Virology

November 3, 2020
Patrick Havlik (Aravind Asokan lab) published a paper titled “Coevolution of adeno-associated virus capsid antigenicity and tropism through a structure-guided approach” in Journal of Virology (DOI:10.1128/JVI.00976-20). Image: Anti-AAV8 antibody virus complexes.; click to enlarge; see article for details).   Please see Publications by GMB Students page for more.

Kaitlin Koreski publishes paper in Molecular Biology of the Cell

November 3, 2020
Kaitlin Koreski (Bob Duronio lab) published a paper titled “Drosophila histone locus body assembly and function involves multiple interactions” in Molecular Biology of the Cell (DOI:10.1091/mbc.E20-03-0176). Image: FLASH and GAF in polytene chromosomes with a 12x histone array transgene; click to enlarge; see article for details).   Please see Publications...