Genomics and Development
The lab has been busy in the fall and winter with a number of new publications: Kirsten Hogg (Postdoc) had a paper published in Mol Cell Endocrinol. on “Hypomethylation of the LEP gene in placenta and elevated maternal leptin concentration in early onset pre-eclampsia.” Increased levels of a hormone called leptin are found in the…
The lab and collaborators had a fun baseball game that pitted a strong red team (Captain: Magda Price) against a formidable blue one (Captain John Blair). Despite home run hits by former little league star Sean Addison, and an excellent red team double play, blue took an early lead (aided by stellar pitching by…
Congrats to Magda Price (PhD student) on her paper accepted to Epigenetics: Price EM, Cotton AM, Peñaherrera MS, McFadden DE, Kobor MS, Robinson WP. Different measures of “genome-wide” DNA methylation exhibit unique properties in placental and somatic tissues. Magda compared various approaches used in the literature as “genome-wide” methylation, and concluded that “L1, Alu and CpG…
This has been a good week with two papers accepted for publication: Hanna C, Fujimoto V, Robinson W, Kim D, Parsons P, vom Saal F, Taylor J, Steuerwald, A, Bloom M. DNA methylation changes associated with exposure to the environmental contaminants, mercury, lead, cadmium and bisphenol A, in women undergoing ovarian stimulation for IVF. Human…
Congratulations to Ryan Yuen for completing his PhD and graduating! He has moved on to a PostDoc at the U of T in the Scherer lab and will be missed.
Courtney was honoured twice at the Medical Genetics Research Day in November. First she won the Jim Miller Memorial award which is given to a PhD student who best exemplifies Jim’s values of: 1) Integration of basic science with clinical medical genetics; 2) Creative leadership in departmental exchange of scientific ideas; 3) Originality and creative…
Here is our 2011 Summer Newsletter. Enjoy!