Date Papers Leader
23-Jan Gartler SM: The chromosome number in humans: a brief history. Nat Rev Genet 2006, 7(8):655-660. Ashley Banks, ppt
23-Jan Chevret E, Volpi EV, Sheer D: Mini review: form and function in the human interphase chromosome. Cytogenet Cell Genet 2000, 90(1-2):13-21.

Neal Platt, ppt

30-Jan Collins, FS and VA McKusick (2001) Implications of the Human Genome Project for Medical Science JAMA 285(5):540-544. Ashley Banks, ppt
6-Feb Little, PFR (2005) Structure and Function of the Human Genome Genome Research 15:1759-1766. Jordan Myers, ppt
13-Feb

Ogura et al. (2001) A frame shiftmutation in NOD2 associated with susceptibility to Crohn's disease Nature 411: 603-606.

Yamasaki et al. (2002) Absence of mutation in the NOD2/CARD15 gene among 483 Japanese patients with Crohn’s disease. Journal of Human Genetics 47: 469-472.

Michael Putnam, ppt
20-Feb Batzer, MA and PL Deininger (2002) Alu Repeats and Human Genomic Diversity Nature Reviews Genetics 3: 370-379. Brandon Smith, ppt
20-Feb Lowe et al. (2007) Thousands of human mobile elements undergo strong purifying selection near developmental genes. PNAS 104:8005-8010. Rebecca Cumberland, ppt
27-Feb Weatherall, DJ (2004) Thalassaemia: the long road from bedside to genome. Nature Reviews Genetics 5(8) 625. Sam Brunetti, ppt
6-Mar Cooke, GS, and AVS Hill (2001) Genetics of susceptibility to human infectious disease Nature Reviews Genetics 2(12):967-977. Michael Putnam, ppt
6-Mar Abrahams, B.S. and D.H. Geschwind (2008) Advances in autism genetics: On the threshold of a new neurobiology Nature Reviews Genetics 9:341-355. Derrick West, ppt
13-Mar Bailey, JA and EE Eichler (2006) Primate segmental duplications: crucibles of evolution, diversity and disease. Nature Reviews Genetics 7:552-564 Rebecca Cumberland, ppt
27-Mar Fisher, SE and GF Marcus (2005) The eloquent ape: genes, brains and the evolution of language Nature Reviews Genetics 7:9-20. Neal Platt, ppt
27-Mar Wilcox et al. (2009) FOXO3A genotype is strongly associated with human longevity. PNAS 105(37):13987-13992. Brandon Smith, ppt
3-Apr Christensen et al. (2006) The quest for genetic determinants of human longevity Nature Reviews Genetics 7:436-448 Derrick West, ppt
17-Apr

Patterson, D and ACS Costa (2005) Down syndrome and genetics - a case of linked histories. Nature Reviews Genetics 6(2):246.

Alyson Myers, ppt
17-Apr Kim, DH and JJ Rossi (2007) Strategies for silencing human disease using RNA interference Nature Reviews Genetics 8:173-184. Brittanie West, ppt
22-Apr Final paper presentations: Michael Putnam and Jordan Myers  
24-Apr

Final paper presentations: Derrick West and Sam Brunetti

 
27-Apr Final paper presentations: Neal Platt and Ashley Banks  
29-Apr Final paper presentations: Brittanie West and Rebecca Cumberland  
1-May Final paper presentations: Brandon Smith and Alyson Myers