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Genetics Faculty Publications for Nov 25 – Dec 9
December 14, 2016
Over the last few weeks, Department of Genetics faculty members, along with their colleagues, have published eight manuscripts on a wide variety of topics. Long-term exercise in mice has sex-dependent benefits on body composition and metabolism during aging. McMullan RC, Kelly SA, Hua K, Buckley BK, Faber JE, Pardo-Manuel de … Read more
Genetics Faculty Publications for Nov 1 – Nov 25, 2016
November 30, 2016
During the month of November, Department of Genetics faculty members, along with their colleagues, have published eight manuscripts on a wide variety of topics. A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption. Liu C, Marioni RE, Hedman ÅK, Pfeiffer L, Tsai PC, Reynolds LM, Just AC, Duan Q, Boer CG, Tanaka … Read more
Genetics Faculty Publications for Oct 15 – Nov 4, 2016
November 7, 2016
During the last three weeks, Department of Genetics faculty members, along with their colleagues, have published 21 manuscripts on a wide variety of topics. A survey of current practices for genomic sequencing test interpretation and reporting processes in US laboratories. O’Daniel JM, McLaughlin HM, Amendola LM, Bale SJ, Berg JS, … Read more
Genetics Faculty Publications for Sept 25 – Oct 23
October 24, 2016
During the last thirty days, Department of Genetics faculty members, along with their colleagues, have published twelve manuscripts on a wide variety of topics. During the last thirty days, Genetics faculty have published twelve manuscripts on a wide variety of topics, including: impact of ovariectomy on anxiety-like behavior in mice; … Read more
Genetics Faculty Publications for Sept 18 – Oct 1, 2016
October 3, 2016
During the last two weeks of September, Genetics faculty members published seven manuscripts focused in multiple areas, including genomic terminology, clinical genomics, genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease, polygenic risk for schizophrenia, genetics of tobacco use, potential function of nuclear survival motor neuron complex and a … Read more
Michael I. Love, Dr. rer. nat., Appointed Assistant Professor in Department of Biostatistics with Joint Appointment in Department of Genetics
September 22, 2016
The research in his lab is focused on statistical and computational methods for the analysis of high-throughput sequencing assays to facilitate biomedical and biological research. Michael I. Love, Dr. rer. nat Dr. Love has a primary appointment in Biostatistics and a joint appointment in Genetics. After receiving his M.S. in … Read more
Whitmire and Lemon labs published in Science
September 19, 2016
Jason Whitmire, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics and Stanley Lemon, MD, Professor in the Department of Medicine, were senior authors on a paper titled “MAVS-dependent host species range and pathogenicity of human hepatitis A virus” published in the journal Science. Jason Whitmire, PhD, and Stanley Lemon, MD … Read more
Perou and collaborators published in Disease Models and Mechanisms
September 15, 2016
Charles Perou, PhD, Professor of Genetics and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the May Goldman Shaw Distinguished Professor of Molecular Oncology was corresponding author of a study that focused on finding possible drug targets in triple-negative breast cancers. Charles Perou, PhD The paper, titled “Genomic Profiling of Murine Mammary Tumors … Read more
Sethupathy laboratory published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
September 15, 2016
Praveen Sethupathy, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, was corresponding author of a study that investigated the role of microRNAs in the mediation of intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) homeostasis. Praveen Sethupathy, PhD Bailey Peck, PhD, first author on the paper The paper titled “miR-30 Family Controls Proliferation … Read more
Terry Furey and Shehzad Sheikh awarded R01 grant from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for project titled “Integrative Genetic and Genomic Analyses in the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases”
August 29, 2016
This project will focus on identifying genetic, regulatory activity, and gene expression changes that significantly contribute to IBD at molecular and clinical levels. Terry Furey, PhD Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD Terry Furey, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics and Biology and Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Genetics … Read more
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