Spring 2004
3-10
Stuart Feinstein
Required reading: FTDP-17 Mutations Compromise the Ability of Tau to Regulate Microtubule Dynamics in Cells
Optional reading: Inability of tau to properly regulate neuronal microtubule dynamics: a loss-of-function mechanism by which tau might mediate neuronal cell death
3-24
William Smith
Required reading: chongmague reveals an essential role for laminin-mediated boundary formation in chordate convergence and extension movements
Optional reading: Ciona intestinalis: Chordate Development Made Simple
4-21
Kathy Foltz
Required Reading: Function of a sea urchin egg Src family kinase in initiating Calcium release at fertilization
4-28
Mike Mahan
Required reading: An Essential Role for DNA Adenine Methylation in Bacterial Virulence
5-9
Thomas Weimbs
Required Reading: Polycystin-1 STAT6, and P100 Function in a Pathway that Transduces Ciliary Mechanosensation and is Activated in Polycystic Kidney Disease
Optional reading: The primary cilium as the Cell's Antenna: Signalling at a Sensory Organelle