January 28, 2008

Jeff C. Murray M.D.

The University of Iowa

“Comprehensive Approaches to Gene/ Environment

Studies in Pediatric Disorders”

February 25, 2008

Alex Bassuk, Ph.D.

The University of Iowa

“The Genetics of Human Neural Tub Defects”

March 24, 2008

William Wilson Ph.D.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

“Berry Stone Viruses:30-years of Climate Control and Face Cream”

April 7, 2008

John Greally, Ph.D.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

“The Unexpected Relationship of Cytosine Methylation with Gene Transcription”

April 21, 2008

Dr. Greally, Genetics Seminar Series Speaker, with current Genetics graduate students, Bill Lanier and Colleen Campbell

Michael Owen , Ph.D

Iowa State University .

“Impact of GMO-based Crop Production Systems on Agroecosystems Selection for Evolved Resistance to Glyphosate in Weed Population”

April 28, 2008

George Weinstock Ph.D.

Baylor College of Medicine

“New Directions in Genomics from Microbes to Man”

February 19, 2007
Ann Dean
NIH
Chromatin Structure and Epigenetic Modifications in the Human β-Globin Locus

March 5, 2007
Vicki Chandler
University of Arizona
Tandem Repeats Mediate Heritable Chromatin Changes through an RNAi-directed Mechanism

March 26, 2007
Uta Francke
Stanford Universtiy
Epigenetic Clues from Genetic Disorders

April 20, 2007
Susan Strome
Indiana University
Epigenetic Control of the X Chromosome and the Germ-Soma Distinction in C. elegans

May 4, 2007
Brian Strahl
University of North Carolina
Connecting Histone Modifications with RNA Polymerase II Transcription

February 6, 2006
Jason Lieb
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chromatin control of DNA-binding site utilization

February 20, 2006
George Vasmatzis
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
Cancer Prognostics: Discovery -> Validation -> Test development -> Translation

March 6, 2006
Arkady Khodursky
The University of Minnesota
Lost in transcription

April 3, 2006
Matthew Bogyo
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dissecting protease function using small molecule inhibitors and probes

February 25, 2005
Terry Ashley
Yale University
Meiosis in Mammalian Spermatocytes: Integrating Synaptic, Recombinational and Meiotic Cell Cycle Events

February 28, 2005
Anne Villeneuve
Stanford University
Interplay Between Chromosome Structure and Recombination During C. elegans Meiosis

March 7, 2005
Doug Bishop
University of Chicago
Regulation of Recombinase Assembly During DNA Repair and Meiosis

April 4, 2005
Zac Cande
University of California-Berkeley
Unraveling the Meiotic Chromosome Condensation Network Using Maize Mutants

April 11, 2005
Scott Hawley
Stowers Institute
The Molecular Genetics of Meiosis

April 25, 2005
Susan Forsburg
University of Southern California
Replication, Recombination, and Damage Control in S. pombe Meiosis

May 2, 2005
Pat Pukkila
University of North Carolina
Genetic Control of Meiotic Chromosome Behavior in Coprinus cinereus: Novel Findings and Novel Genes

February 16, 2004
Steve Leeder
Children’s Mercy Hospital & Clinics
Developmental Pharmacogenomics and Clinical Pediatrics: Hype or Hope?

March 22, 2004
Edward Lammer
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
Smoking During Pregnancy, Genetic Variation of Biotransformation enzymes, and Oral Clefts

April 4, 2004
Howard McLeod
Washington University School of Medicine
Translating the Genome into Better Cancer Therapy

April 26, 2004
David Pickar
Gabriel Pharma
Pharmacogenetics of Psychiatric Disorders: Perspectives from Academia, Industry and Reality

May 10, 2004

Jonathan Pritchard
The University of Chicago
Linkage Disequilibrium in the Human Genome, and Implications for Complex Trait Mapping

May 17, 2004
Clem Furlong
University of Washington
The Functional Genomics of the Human Paraoxonase (PON1) Polymorphisms

October 27, 2003
George Hajduczok
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Careers Out of the Lab: Protecting Intellectual Property and Commercializing Science

November 18, 2003
Pamela J. Trotter
Augustana College
Adventures in Academics: The Large and the Small

February 10, 2003
Jeffrey Axelrod
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dissecting the Logic of Planar Cell Polarity Signaling

March 10, 2003
Jun Ma
Children's Hospital Research Foundation
Molecular Functions of the Drosophila Gradient Bicoid

March 24, 2003
David Raible
University of Washington
Cell Fate Determination in Zebrafish Neural Crest

April 23, 2003
Michael Lovett
Washington University School of Medicine
Gene Expression Profiling of Human Craniofacial Development

April 28, 2003
Liqun Luo
Stanford University
Wiring up the Central Olfactory Circuits in Drosophila

May 5, 2003
Randall Hewes
University of Oklahoma
The bHLH Protein DIMM Controls Neuroendocrine Cell Differentiation in Drosophila