October, 2009 - paper on POP-1 function in MS/E accepted
Our paper on restoration of MS fate in pop-1 mutant embryos in which end-1 and end-3 are also mutated is in press at Developmental Biology. Congratulations to Melissa, its first author!
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We also welcome Bo Zhao from the GGB program, who will be rotating with us this quarter.
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September, 2009 - Pictures from the summer
Highlights from the summer, including a trip to Europe and our move to Genomics (and featuring the epic moving of our -80 freezer by crane) have been posted.
Pictures
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September, 2009 - Moving to the Genomics Building
We have finally relocated to the Genomics Building!
Artwork in front of Genomics |
future (shared) lab space |
View from Morris' office window: L-R: other Genomics wing,
Carillon Tower,
Life Sciences/Psychology, Biological Sciences, and Batchelor Hall |
Jens Schulze from Einhard Schierenberg's lab in Koeln, Germany has been visiting UCR this summer.
Jens in the lab
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July 16, 2009 - CEH-51 / TBX-35 paper is out
Our paper on CEH-51 and TBX-35 in MS specification is available from Development ePress online.
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June 27, 2009 - Worm Show 2009
Morris Maduro & Curtis Loer |
Whew! Curtis and Morris encountered some technical glitches but managed to pull off their final(?) Worm Show. The DVD is now ready!
Worm Show 2009 page
As well, our PhD student Melissa won a poster prize at the meeting, congratulations Melissa! |
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June, 2009 - Collaborative paper on CEH-51 / TBX-35 accepted
A collaborative manuscript with the Sternberg lab (Caltech) has been accepted! This paper will report the overlapping function of the homeobox regulator CEH-51 and the T-box regulator TBX-35 in specifying the MS blastomere. The work, with our lab as corresponding authors, will appear in Development.
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As an aside, Morris & Curtis are now working feverishly to put a good Worm Show together.
We are also excited to have a MARCU* trainee with us this summer, Heather Roberson.
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February, 2009 - Worm Show planned for International Meeting
The 17th International C. elegans Meeting will be held at UC Los Angeles from June 24-28, 2009. Another Worm Show is in the works!
17th International C. elegans Meeting website 2005
Show 2007 Show
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January, 2009 - Collaborative study on MED-1 solution structure accepted
An ongoing collaboration with the Mackay lab at University of Sydney, Australia has yielded its first publication. Our previous work established that the recognition sequence of MED-1 (GTATACTY) has a different core consensus, and is longer than that of a typical GATA factor (HGATAR). This study shows that the additional bases interact with a novel alpha-helix in the MED-1 DNA-binding domain. The work, which has Joel Mackay as senior author, appears in Journal of Biological Chemistry.
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Plus, our website has logged more than 10,000 hits since January, 2006.
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December, 2008 - Moving across the street
Our lab will be moving to the 2nd floor of the new Genomics building at UCR in Sept-Oct of 2009.
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October, 2008 - A couple papers accepted
Our paper on the differences in regulatory logic in maternal endomesoderm specification in C. briggsae as compared to C. elegans is now in press at Developmental Biology. As well, a review on the endomesoderm network is in press at BBA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms.
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June, 2008 - A busy month!
In June was our lab's hosting of a 'First Friday', Commencement where Katy and Wendy walked, the CMDB Symposium (where Wendy took first prize for her talk, again! - congrats, Wendy!), the C. elegans Development and Evolution Meeting at UW-Madison, then the UC21st conference at UC Davis.Pictures
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May, 2008 - Visiting Researcher
We welcome Dr. Eyualem Abebe, an accomplished Nematologist from Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) in North Carolina, who will be working with us this spring.
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April 25, 2008 - Wendy gets a T.A. award!
Wendy has won an award as "Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Biology"!
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April, 2008 - M.M. gets tenure
Effective July 1, 2008, Morris is tenured here at UC Riverside (Associate Professor, Step III).
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April, 2008 - Interview in Cell Biology Education
M.M. was interviewed for a short article on teaching, in the journal CBE: Life Sciences Education.
Mays Hoopes (2008)
This spring the lab welcomes undergraduates Briana and Montreh.
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January, 2008 - A whole year zipped by
Check out a 50+ picture gallery of 2007, plus some other Bio Department events, now with images that are a stunning 720 pixels wide!
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November, 2007 - Gina's Chili Wins First Prize!
Gina's chili won first prize at the UCR Academic Senate Chili Cook-Off.
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August,
2007 - First graduate degree from the lab
Congratulations to George Hsu, who successfully defended his MSc on studies of embryonic gene expression in Pristionchus pacificus!
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July,
2007 -
Summer!
We
welcome Antoinette, who is joining us for the summer as a MARCU* student.
Congratulations to Katy, whose poster won an honorable mention
at the International Worm Meeting last month, and to Wendy, who
shared a prize for best talk at the CMDB symposium. And a job well
done to Melissa for her talk at the International C. elegans Meeting!
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June
30, 2007 - Worm Show 2007
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June,
2007 - International C. elegans Meeting in UCLA
The 16th
International C.
elegans Meeting will occur at the end of June at University
of California, Los Angeles. We have several posters and a
talk to present, and yes, there
*will* be a Worm Show! Morris and colleague Curtis
Loer (University
of San Diego) will be presenting a fun-packed half hour of
all-new material, which will include musical numbers, worm
humor, and video parody.
Meeting
Website
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March,
2007 - NSF CAREER Award Funded!
Morris is the
recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, IOS#0643325. Details
Update: We have also received a small R03
Award from the NIH.
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