Tag Archives: Journal Club

Journal Club on Thursday, April 18

For our Journal Club on April 18, Akemi Kunibe presented the following paper:

Endoplasmic reticulum-associated mitochondria-cortex tether functions in the distribution and inheritance of mitochondria. Lackner LL, Ping H, Graef M, Murley A, Nunnari J.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 5;110(6):E458-67. PMID: 23341591.

Journal Club on Monday, March 17

For our Journal Club on March 17, Rebecca Lu will present the following paper:

Robust polarity establishment occurs via an endocytosis-based cortical corralling mechanism. Jose M, Tollis S, Nair D, Sibarita JB, McCusker D. J Cell Biol. 2013 Feb 18;200(4):407-18. PMID: 23401000

Journal Club on Monday, January 7

For our Journal Club on January 7, Yidi Sun presented the following paper:

PtdIns4P synthesis by PI4KIIIα at the plasma membrane and its impact on plasma membrane identity.  Nakatsu F, Baskin JM, Chung J, Tanner LB, Shui G, Lee SY, Pirruccello M, Hao M, Ingolia NT, Wenk MR, De Camilli P.  J Cell Biol. 2012 Dec 10;199(6):1003-16.  PMID:  23229899.

Journal Club on Monday, November 5

For Journal Club on November 5, Nate Krefman presented the following papers on Golden Gate Cloning:

A one pot, one step, precision cloning method with high throughput capability. Engler C, Kandzia R, Marillonnet S. PLoS One. 2008;3(11):e3647. PMID: 18985154.

Golden gate shuffling: a one-pot DNA shuffling method based on type IIs restriction enzymes. Engler C, Gruetzner R, Kandzia R, Marillonnet S. PLoS One. 2009;4(5):e5553. PMID: 19436741.

A modular cloning system for standardized assembly of multigene constructs. Weber E, Engler C, Gruetzner R, Werner S, Marillonnet S. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 18;6(2):e16765. PMID: 21364738.

Journal Club on Monday, October 1

For our next Journal Club, Padmini Rangamani will present the following paper:

Phase transitions in the assembly of multivalent signalling proteins. Li P, Banjade S, Cheng HC, Kim S, Chen B, Guo L, Llaguno M, Hollingsworth JV, King DS, Banani SF, Russo PS, Jiang QX, Nixon BT, Rosen MK. Nature. 2012. PMID: 22398450

Journal Club on Thursday, July 26

For our next Journal Club, our summer undergraduate researcher Josh Johnson will present the following paper:

Aurora B dynamics at centromeres create a diffusion-based phosphorylation gradient.  Wang E, Ballister ER, Lampson MA.  J Cell Biol. 2011 Aug 22;194(4):539-49.  PMID: 21844210.

Journal Club on Monday, July 09

For our next Journal Club, Adrianne Pigula will present the following paper:

A link between mitotic entry and membrane growth suggests a novel model for cell size control.  Anastasia SD, Nguyen DL, Thai V, Meloy M, MacDonough T, Kellogg DR.  J Cell Biol. 2012 Apr 2;197(1):89-104. Epub 2012 Mar 26.  PMID: 22451696.

Journal Club on Monday, June 25

For Journal Club on Monday, June 25, Connie Peng presented the following paper:

Functional Repurposing Revealed by Comparing S. pombe and S. cerevisiae Genetic Interactions.  Frost A, Elgort MG, Brandman O, Ives C, Collins SR, Miller-Vedam L, Weibezahn J, Hein MY, Poser I, Mann M, Hyman AA, Weissman JS.  Cell. 2012 Jun 8;149(6):1339-52.  PMID: 22682253.