Author Archives: Maddie Felton

Lauren Donoghue (Samir Kelada lab) published a paper titled “Identification of trans protein QTL for secreted airway mucins in mice and a causal role for Bpifb1” in Genetics (DOI: 10.1534/genetics.117.300211). Image: AB-PAS and MUC5B in airways of naïve or sensitized and challenged mice (click to enlarge); see article for details....

Talia Hatkevich (Jeff Sekelsky lab) gave a talk titled “A novel function for centromere-specific SMC1 in Drosophila prophase I” Image: Model for Blm helicase in Drosophila meiosis” at the EMBO Meiosis Conference held on the island of Hvar, Croatia. Talia was one of only two graduate students (and a similar number...

Talia Hatkevich (Jeff Sekelsky lab) published a Problems and Paradigms review titled “Bloom syndrome helicase in meiosis: Pro-crossover functions of an anti-crossover protein” in Bioessays (DOI: 10.1002/bies.201700073). Image: Model for Blm helicase in Drosophila meiosis. click to magnify; see article for details. Please see our page on Publications by GMB...

Seven students were selected for appointment to the Genetics NIGMS T32 training grant (GM007092-43): Sarah Brnich (advisor Jonathan Berg) Megan Fabry (advisor Dale Ramsden) Kira Glynn (advisor Bob Goldstein) Brea Hampton (advisors Mark Heise and Marty Ferris) Megan Justice (advisor Jill Dowen) Katie Metz (advisor Doug Phanstiel) Matt Niederhuber (advisor...

Jordan Kardos (William Kim lab) published a paper titled “Comprehensive molecular characterization of urachal adenocarcinoma reveals commonalities with colorectal cancer, including a hypermutable phenotype” in JCO Precision Oncology (DOI: 10.1200/PO.17.00027). Image: Comparison of mutations per Mb in bladder, colorectal, and urachal cancers; see article for details. Please see our page...

Aleisha Smith (William Kim lab) published a paper titled “MYC activation cooperates with Vhl and Ink4a/Arf loss to induce clear cell renal cell carcinoma” in Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15770). Former GMB student Sean Bailey is co-first author and Jordan Kardos is also an author. Image: Venn diagram of gene expression...

Chris Uyehara and Spencer Nystrom (Dan McKay lab) published a paper titled “Hormone-dependent control of developmental timing through regulation of chromatin accessibility” in Genes and Development (DOI: 10.1101/gad.298182.117). Matt Niederhuber was also an author. Image: Expression of nub in the developing wing; see article for details. Please see our page...

Five GMB students were selected to receive Dissertation Completion Fellowships by The Graduate School: Josh Lawrimore (Kerry Bloom lab) – Royster Society of Fellows Katy Curry (Bob Duronio lab) Mike Meers (Greg Matera lab) Katie Rehain (Amy Maddox lab) Lydia Smith (Paul Maddox lab)

Josh Lawrimore (Kerry Bloom lab) published a paper titled “Microtubule dynamics drive enhanced chromatin motion and mobilize telomeres in response to DNA damage” in Molecular Biology fo the Cell (DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E16-12-0846). Image: Positioning of the telomere (green) within the nucleus; see paper for details. Please see our page on Publications by...

John Noto (Greg Matera lab) published a review titled “Engineering and expressing circular RNAs via tRNA splicing“ in RNA Biology (DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2017.1317911). Image: In vivo RNA circularization pathways; see article for details. Please see our page on Publications by GMB Students for more.

Sarah Renner (Jay Brenman lab) published a paper titled “Carbonic anhydrase III (Car3) is not required for fatty acid synthesis and does not protect against high-fat diet induced obesity in mice“ in PLOS One (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176502). Image: Alignment of cytosolic anhydrase sequences; see paper for details. Please see our page...

Joe Durand (Al Baldwin lab) published a chapter titled “Targeting IKK and NF-κB for Therapy“ in Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology: Chromatin Proteins and Transcription Factors as Therapeutic Targets (DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2016.11.006). Image: Canonical and non-canonical NF-κB pathways; see article for details. Please see our page on Publications by GMB...