Presentations, Fall 1996:



Date Speaker Topic Paper(s) Presented
17 September 1996 Mark Garfinkel G proteins in cell-division orientation Zwaal et al. (1996) Cell 86: 619-929.
24 September 1996 Mark Garfinkel Green-fluorescent protein structure and use as lineage marker Ormo et al. (1996) Science 273: 1392-1395; Chalfie et al. (1994) Science 263: 802-805 (and accompanying news articles).
8 October 1996 Krystyna Malinowska Helix-loop-helix protein binding to Sex-lethal promoter sequences in vitro Hoshijima et al. (1995) Nucleic Acids Research 23: 3441-3448.
29 October 1996 Ahmed Mirza Sex determination by cell-cell signalling Chin-Sang & Spence (1996) Genes and Development 10: 2314-2325.
12 November 1996 Lorna Mosse Genetic analysis of sans fille mutations Salz & Flickinger (1996) Genetics 144: 95-108.
19 November 1996 David Thomas Protein-protein interactions involved in regulated RNA splicing Deshpande et al. (1996) Molecular & Cellular Biology 16: 5036-5047.
26 November 1996 Sangyyu Lee Biophysical properties of doublesex sex-specific proteins and their interactions with DNA To be arranged
3 December 1996 James McNulty Homeobox gene control of cardiac development Harvey (1996) Developmental Biology 178: 203-216
10 December 1996 Ira Sigar To be arranged To be arranged

Presentations, Fall 1995:

Date Speaker Topic Paper(s) Presented
19 September 1995 Krystyna Malinowska Ovarian tumors are germline sex transformations Pauli et al. (1993) Development 119 : 123-134; Oliver et al. (1993) Development 119 : 897-908; Wei et al. (1994) Developmental Biology 161 : 318-320.
10 October 1995 Sanggyu Lee Germ cell death in ovo and otu mutant females Rodesch et al . (1995) Genetics 141 : 191-202.
7 November 1995 Lorna Mosse DPP/TGF-beta Signalling in Drosophila Arora et al. (1995) Cell 81 : 781-790; Greider et al. (1995) Cell 81 : 791-800; Ferguson & Anderson (1992) Cell 71 : 451-461.
14 November 1995 Demet Sag Ozkol Loci interacting with ovo D mutations Pauli et al. (1995) Genetics 139 : 713-732.
21 November 1995 Ira Sigar Somatic sex alters requirement for otu in germline Nagoshi et al. (1995) Development 121 : 579-587.
28 November 1995 Krystyna Malinowska Methods for mapping point mutations (DGGE & SSCP) General literature survey



Presentations, Summer 1995:

Date Main Speaker Main Topic Main Paper(s) Presented Special Undergraduate Presentation
5 May 1995 Mark Garfinkel Germline-somatic interactions, part I Steinmann-Zwicky et al. (1989) Cell 57 : 157-166.
7 June 1995 Krystyna Malinowska Germline-somatic interactions, part II Steinmann-Zwicky (1994) Development 120 : 707-716; Steinmann-Zwicky (1994) Developmental Genetics 15 : 265-274. David Thomas
13 June 1995 John Osis DNA-binding protein structure-function issues Pavletich & Pabo (1991) Science 252 : 809-817; Kissinger et al . (1990) Cell 63 : 579-590 Lavinel Popa
20 June 1995 Lorna Mosse ovo genetics & germline biology Oliver et al. (1987) Genes and Development 1 : 913-923; Oliver et al. (1990) Genetics 125 : 535-550. David Thomas
27 June 1995 Lorna Mosse ovo genetics & germline biology (conclusion) (as for 20 June) Lavinel Popa
5 July 1995 (note date!) "Not Only Good Guys Wear Black": Adult Pattern Formation and Baseball Attire New York Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox
11 July 1995 Sanggyu Lee ovo genetics & germline clonal analysis, part I Perrimon & Gans (1983) Developmental Biology 100 : 365-73; Perrimon et al. (1984) Developmental Biology 105 : 404-414; Perrimon et al. (1986) Genetics 113 : 695-712. David Thomas
18 July 1995 Sanggyu Lee ovo genetics & germline clonal analysis, part I (continued) (as for 11 July) Lavinel Popa
25 July 1995 Demet Sag Ozkol snf in somatic & germline sex determination Oliver et al. (1988) Genetics 120 : 159-171; Flickinger & Salz (1994) Genes and Development 8 : 914-925 David Thomas
1 August 1995 Mark Garfinkel The "ovarian tumor" locus, otu Sass et al. (1995) Developmental Biology 167 : 201-212; Sass et al. (1993) Genetics 133 : 253-263; Geyer et al. (1993) Genetics 133 : 265-278. Lavinel Popa
8 August 1995 Ira Sigar ovo genetics & germline clonal analysis, part II Chou et al. (1993) Development 119 : 1359-1369; Chou & Perrimon (1992) Genetics 131 : 643-653. David Thomas
15 August 1995 Krystyna Malinowska Ovarian tumors are germline sex transformations Pauli et al. (1993) Development 119 : 123-134; Oliver et al. (1993) Development 119 : 897-908; Wei et al. (1994) Developmental Biology 161 : 318-320. Lavinel Popa



Presentations, Spring 1995:

Date Speaker Topic Paper(s) Presented
18 January 1995 Sanggyu Lee Role of Sex-lethal in sex determination; autoregulation Bell et al. (1991) Cell 65 : 229-239; Cline (1984) Genetics 107 : 231-277.

Note also that tra-2 has an autoregulatory function for its own splicing in male germline development: Mattox & Baker (1991) Genes and Development 5 : 786-796
25 January 1995 Ira Sigar Dosage Compensation Bone et al. (1994) Genes and Development 8 : 96-104; Gorman et al. (1993) Cell 72 : 39-49; Palmer et al. (1994) Genes and Development 8 : 698-706.
12 April 1995 Mark Garfinkel Summary of Annual Drosophila Conference Abstract book is available



Presentations, Fall 1994:

Date Speaker Topic Paper(s) Presented
6 & 13 October 1994 Mark Garfinkel Genetic analysis of sex determination: doublesex is bi-functional & codes for DNA-binding proteins *Baker & Ridge (1980) Genetics 94 : 383-423; *Burtis et al. (1991) EMBO Journal 10 : 2577-2582; *Erdman & Burtis (1993) EMBO Journal 12 : 527-535.
20 & 27 October 1994 Lorna Mosse Splicing hierarchy: molecular solution of a epistasis pathway *Nagoshi et al. (1988) Cell 53 : 229-236; *Ryner & Baker (1991) Genes and Development 5 : 2071-2085; *Nagoshi & Baker (1990) Genes and Development 4: 89-97.

Gene structure stuff (not exhaustive list): Salz et al. (1989) Genes and Development 3 : 708-719; Bell et al. (1988) Cell 55 : 1037-1046; Samuels et al. (1991) Molecular and Cellular Biology 11 : 3584-3602; Burtis & Baker (1989) Cell 56 : 997-1010; Mattox et al. (1990) Genes and Development 4 : 789-805.

Review articles: Baker (1989) Nature 340 : 521-524; Mattox et al. (1992) Journal of Biological Chemistry 267 : 19023-19026.

There are several several additional papers on in vitro binding interactions of SXL protein with its own pre-mRNA, SXL protein with tra pre-mRNA, and Tra-Tra2 protein complex with dsx pre-mRNA
4 & 11 November 1994 Demet Sag Counting X:A ratio *Cline (1988) Genetics 119 : 829-62; *Keyes et al. (1992) Cell 68 : 933-945; Erickson & Cline (1991) Science 251 : 1071-1074; Erickson & Cline (1993) Genes and Development 7 : 1688-1702.

Review article: Cline (1993) Trends in Genetics 9 : 385-390.

Papers with asterisks (*) are for presentation. Others are background.



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