Chromatin Journal Club
Spring 2008
Alternating Mondays 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location:  Thornton Hall 434

Spring 2007 Schedule                            Fall 2006 Schedule                     Links of Interest

SPRING 2008 SCHEDULE
Date Presenter Department
Journal Article
Mar 17
Javier Arsuaga
Mathematics
Comolli, Spakowitz, Siegerist, Jardine, Grimes, Anderson, Bustamante, and Downing.  Three-dimensional architecture of the bacteriophage phi29 packaged genome and elucidation of its packaging process, Virology. 2008 371(2):267-277 (pdf)
Apr 7
Sally Pasion
Biology
Thomae et al. Interaction between HMGA1a and the origin recognition complex creates site-specific replication origins.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2008 105(5):1692-1697. (pdf)
Apr 21
Rocco Varela
(Arsuaga Lab)
Mathematics
Noordermeer, Branco, Splinter, Klous, van IJcken, Swagemakers, Koutsourakis, van der Spek, Pombo, de Laat.  Transcription and Chromatin Organization of a Housekeeping Gene Cluster Containing an Integrated β-Globin Locus Control Region. PLoS Genetics.  2008 PLoS Genetics 4(3): e1000016 (pdf)
May 5



May 19


All faculty, students, and staff interested in active discussions on current chromatin-related research articles, please feel free to participate.


SPRING 2007 SCHEDULE
Date Presenter Department
Journal Article
Mar 5
Ari Akerstein
(Arsuaga Lab)
Mathematics
Mihardja, Spakowitz, Zhang, and Bustamante, Effect of force on mononucleosomal dynamics, PNAS.  2006 103:15871-15876 (pdf)
Mar 19
Susan Mirsoian
(Chu Lab)
Biology
Chan, Severson, and Meyer, Condensin restructures chromosomes in preparation for meiotic divisions, J Cell Biol.  2004 167:613 - 625 (pdf)
Apr 2
Christopher Smith
Biology
Weaver et al., Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior, Nature Neuroscience.  2004 7:847-854 (pdf)
Apr 16
Mark Samson
(Chu Lab)
Biology
Govin et al., Pericentric heterochromatin reprogramming by new histone variants during mouse spermiogenesis, J Cell Biol 2007 176:283-294 (Pubmed) Supplemental Online Material
Apr 30
Noel Cruz
(Pasion Lab)
Biology
CORRECT ARTICLE:  Han, et al., Rtt109 Acetylates Histone H3 Lysine 56 and Functions in DNA Replication, Science 2007 315:  653 - 655 (Pubmed) Supplemental Online Material

INCORRECT ARTICLE, BUT RELATED:  Driscoll, Hudson, and Jackson Yeast, Rtt109
Promotes Genome Stability by Acetylating histone H3 on Lysine 56, Science 2007 315  649 - 652 (Pubmed) Supplemental Online Material

May 14
Michelle Nguyen
(Pasion Lab)
Biology
Nicolas, Lee, Hakimi, Cam, Grewal, and Shiekhattar, Fission Yeast Homologs of Human Histone H3 Lysine 4 Demethylase Regulate a Common Set of Genes with Diverse Functions, J. Biol. Chem. 2006 281:  35983-35988 (pdf) Supplemental Online Material
All faculty, students, and staff interested in active discussions on current chromatin-related research articles, please feel free to participate.



Fall 2006
Alternating Wednesdays 2:30 - 3:30pm
Hensill Hall 501


Date Presenter Department
Journal Article
Sep 13 Javier Arsuaga
Mathematics Branco and Pombo, Intermingling of Chromosome Territories in Interphase Suggests Role in Translocations and Transcription-Dependent Associations, PLoS Biol. 2006 4(5):e138 (pdf)
Sep 27 Mariel Vazquez
Mathematics      Salceda, Fernandez, and Roca, Topoisomerase II, not topoisomerase I, is the proficient relaxase of nucleosomal DNA, EMBO J. 2006 25(11):2575-83 (pubmed)
Oct 11 Sally Pasion
Biology Moldovan, Pfander, and Jentsch, PCNA controls establishment of sister chromatid cohesion during S phase, Mol Cell. 2006 23(5):723-32 (pubmed)
Oct 25 Stacey Hubbard (Arsuaga lab)
Mathematics Carter , Eklund, Kohane, Harris, and Szallasi, A signature of chromosomal instability inferred from gene expression profiles predicts clinical outcome in multiple human cancers. Nat Genet. 2006 38(9):1043-8. (pubmed)
Nov 8 Diana Chu
Biology
Updike and Mango, Temporal Regulation of Foregut Development by HTZ-1/H2A.Z and PHA-4/FoxA
PLoS Genet 2006 2(9): e161(pdf)
Nov 29 Tammy Wu (Chu lab)
Biology
Maddox, Portier, Desai, and Oegema ,
 Molecular analysis of mitotic chromosome condensation using a quantitative
time-resolved fluorescence microscopy assay.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 103(41):15097-102. (pdf)
Dec 13 Michael Goldman
Biology
Redon et al., Global variation in copy number in the human genome. Nature 2006 444(7118): 444-54 (pubmed)
All faculty, students, and staff interested in active discussions on current chromatin-related research articles, please feel free to participate.

Links of interest
SFSU Biology Colloquium in Microbiology, Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell and Molecular Biology and Microbiology Online journals via SFSU Library
Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosomes Conference (Dec 11 - 14, 2008)

Questions?  Contact Dr. Javier Arsuaga (jarsuaga@sfsu.edu).
last updated 3/14/08