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Human Genetics Journal Club

The Human Genetics Journal Club meets weekly on Fridays, from 4-5pm in A215 Crabtree Hall. Specific information regarding the presenters, topics, and dates is listed below (along with links to the relevant articles, when available). This web page will continue to be updated on a regular basis as more people sign up for available slots and make known their selection of articles, so check back here frequently. Come enjoy an active discussion of some of the most current topics in human genetics!


Human Genetics Journal Club Rules and Regulations (formerly "Richard's Rules and Regulations")


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Schedule for Spring 2008

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11 January 2008 • TBA
 
18 January 2008Germline rates of de novo meiotic deletions and duplications causing several genomic disorders Daniel J Turner, Marcos Miretti, Diana Rajan, Heike Fiegler, Nigel P Carter, Martyn L Blayney, Stephan Beck & Matthew E Hurles. NATURE GENETICS 40:1 JANUARY 2008 p 90-95
david finegold, MD
david.finegold@hgen.pitt.edu
 
25 January 2008Cumulative Association of Five Genetic Variants with Prostate Cancer
Brian Shirts Phd
shirts.brian@medstudent.pitt.edu
SUPPLEMENTAL EDITORIAL: Complexities of Prostate-Cancer Risk link in supplementary data below

NY TIMES COMMENTARY http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/health/17cancer.html?ex=1358312400&en=9082cfcfb5f41929&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
·, , 2008, Full Text, Supplemental Data
 
01 February 2008Genetic epidemiologic studies of preterm birth: guideliines for research. Pennell et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;196:107-118
Solomon Quaynor
stq1+@pitt.edu
letter to the editor and reply

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6W9P-4PSKDJ8-1N&_user=88470&_coverDate=10%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=48&_fmt=full&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236688%232007%23998029995%23669805%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=6688&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=56&_acct=C000006998&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=88470&md5=65ff84aa7c6adbacf8f78a2ff88c612a

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6W9P-4PSKDJ8-1P&_user=88470&_coverDate=10%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=49&_fmt=full&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236688%232007%23998029995%23669805%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=6688&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=56&_acct=C000006998&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=88470&md5=c803c9c3fed2377425134001567f3030
·solomon Quaynor
 
08 February 2008Sequence Variants in the RNF212 Gene Associate with Genomewide Recombination rate
eleanor feingold, PhD
eleanor.feingold@hgen.pitt.edu
·Kong et al., Sequence variants in the RNF212 Gene Associate with Genomewide Recombination Rate, distributed by e-mail (or ask Eleanor) or click on the highlighted title 2008,
·Eleanor Feingold
 
15 February 2008expression of the circadian clock genes Per1 and Per2 in sporadic and familial breast tumors
Yan Du
yad9@pitt.edu
 
22 February 2008Mitochondrial Genetic Background Modifies Breast Cancer Risk by Ren-Kui Bai1, Suzanne M. Leal, Daniel Covarrubias, Aiyi Liu and Lee-Jun C. Wong (Cancer Res 2007;67:(10) 4687-4694)
Wei Wang
wei.wang@mail.hgen.pitt.edu
ltr to editor

http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/68/2/623

response

http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/68/2/624
 
29 February 2008Aneuploidy and Confined Chromosomal Mosaicism in the Developing Human Brain Yuri B. Yurov,#1,2* Ivan Y. Iourov,#1,2 Svetlana G. Vorsanova,#1,2 Thomas Liehr,3 Alexei D. Kolotii,2 Sergei I. Kutsev,4 Franck Pellestor,5 Alfia K. Beresheva,1,2 Irina A. Demidova,1,2 Viktor S. Kravets,2 Viktor V. Monakhov,1 and Ilia V. Soloviev1
Jason Carson
jason.carson@hgen.pitt.edu
 
07 March 2008 • Dean's Day - No journal club
 
14 March 2008 • Spring break - no journal club
 
21 March 2008Ready for Genomic Medicine? Perspectives of Health Care Decision Makers Billings PR, Carlson RJ, Carlson J, Cain M, Wilson C, Shorett P, Everett W...Arch Intern Med. 2005 Sep 12;165(16):1917-9.Click here to read
Madhav Sankunny
madhav.sankunny@hgen.pitt.edu
 
28 March 2008Neurological defects in trichothiodystrophy reveal a coactivator function of TFIIH Emmanuel Compe1, Monica Malerba1,3, Luc Soler2, Jacques Marescaux2, Emiliana Borrelli1,3 & Jean-Marc Egly1,2 VOLUME 10 [ NUMBER 11 [ NOVEMBER 2007 NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
Andria Robinson
anr24@pitt.edu
supplementary data http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v10/n11/suppinfo/nn1990_S1.html
 
04 April 2008 • no journal club - c. c. li lecture
 
11 April 2008Genome-wide analysis of genetic alterations in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Nature 446, 758-764 (2007)
Qi Yang
qi.yang@hgen.pitt.edu
Supplementary data: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7137/suppinfo/nature05690.html
 
18 April 2008 • TBA
 


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