Congratulations to Atlantis Russ (Hawaii) and Jason Pugh (Arizona), who will be joining the Genetics GIDP as doctoral students in fall 2008. Both were also awarded a prestigious Science Foundation Arizona Fellowship, which will support the first two years of their education.

(Re)Newed Course fall 2008: GENE 533, Human Genetics. A team taught, 3 unit course covering basic genetic theory and techniques, as applied to the human species, as well as methods of analysis of genetic and environmental variation among individuals and populations.

Genetics Faculty in the News: Dr. Fernando Martinez, Dr. Joyce Schroeder, & Dr. Cari Soderlund.

Name

Degree/Year Earned

Faculty Advisor

Thesis/Dissertation Title

Current Appointment

Ssucheng Jeff Hsu

Ph.D./May 1998

Minor: Cancer Biology

Robert Erickson

Physical and Genetic Mapping on Mouse Proximal Chromosome 18

Postdoctoral research, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

Patrick M. O’Grady II

Ph.D./May 1998

Minor: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Margaret Kidwell

Phylogenetic relationships of flies in the family drosophilidae inferred by combined analysis of molecular and morphological data sets

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Vermont

Shermali Gunawardena

Ph.D./May 1999

Minor: Cell Biology & Anatomy

Mary Rykowski

Interphase Chromosome Movement During the Mid-Blastula Transition in Drosophila Melanogaster

Postdoctoral research, Lab of Larry Goldstein, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine

Joana Carneiro da Silva

Ph.D./August 2000

Minor: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Margaret Kidwell

Population genetics of P transposable elements and their host species, with emphasis on Drosophila willistoni and Drosophila sturtevanti

Faculty member (Assistant Investigator), Bioinformatics Department, The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, MD

Eric K. Nordberg

M.S./May 2002

None

Research Associate, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA

Timothy R. Radabaugh

Ph.D./August 2003

Minor: Genetics

Roy R. Parker

Oxidation and reduction of inorganic arsenic in mammalian systems

Research Associate, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona

Zanhua Yi, M.D.

Ph.D./May 2005

Minor: Physiological Sciences

Murray Brilliant

Analysis of the Mouse p 100H Mutation: Implication for Two Human Disease Related Genes, P and SOX6

Clinical Residency, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale University, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Tracy Scheinkman

M.S./August 2005

Melanie Culver

None

Pending

Sally Purdom Dickinson

Ph.D./December 2005

Qin Chen

Early Responses to Oxidative Stress in Heart Cells: Signals from the Cell Membrane to the Nucleus and Beyond

Postdoctoral research, University of Arizona Cancer Center