Rockman Lab receives award for Diatom Research
CGSB faculty member Matt Rockman has been awarded funds from an $8 Million Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative.
2015 News
Vogel lab deciphers dynamics of protein expression
The Vogel Lab at CGSB has deciphered the dynamics of mammalian mRNA and protein expression during protein misfolding stress.
Purugganan lab reveals new aspects of dynamic gene expression
Most previous studies into the effect of the environment on plant gene expression have been carried out under controlled conditions in a laboratory; this study analyzed rice plants grown in the Phillippines in rainfed and irrigated fields during two distinct tropical seasons. Its analysis shows that temperature and light levels have a strong impact on gene expression.
Bonneau, Eichenberger and collaborators publish new model
Arrieta Ortiz et al describe a new computational framework, which generates an expanded and more accurate transcriptional regulatory network for Bacillus subtilis.
Video from 8th Annual Developmental Genetics Symposium
Presentations from the 2015 8th Annual Developmental Genetics Symposium.
Max Kramer publishes on X chromosome expression in C. elegans
Max Kramer from the Ercan lab published the temporal dynamics of molecular mechanisms that regulate X chromosome expression in C. elegans
Stolfi and Christiaen published a paper in Nature
Migratory neuronal progenitors arise from the neural plate borders in tunicates.
2015 Developmental Genetics Symposium
Join Keynote speakers Elaine Fuchs (Rockefeller University) and Michael Levine (Princeton University) plus 8 noted scientists
CGSB researchers interview subsistence farmers in Africa
NYU researchers team up with researchers from AfricaRice to interview subsistence farmers still growing a native rice that is rarely sold and is rapidly being replaced by Asian rice. Their goal was to understand how...
Purugganan awarded Silver Professorship for 2015-16
Michael Purugganan has been awarded one of the prestigious Silver Professorships for the 2015-2016 Academic year. Dr. Purugganan was recognized for this endowed professorship based not only on his contributions to the field of evolutionary biology, but also because of his outstanding focus on pedagogy and mentorship at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. A formal induction ceremony and reception will be held on March 29th, 2016. Congratulations!
Alex Mogilner published a paper in Nat Cell Biol
Search-and-capture model of mitotic spindle assembly suggests that large kinetochores accelerate the spindle assembly but increase number of errors, so how can the spindle assemble both fast and accurately is unclear. Joint work of Mogilner and Khodjakov labs shows that kinetochores' shape and size change in prometaphase, which, together with delicate geometry of lateral microtubule-kinetochore captures, both accelerates the assembly and improves its accuracy.
Blau Lab publishes paper in Cell on neuronal plasticity
PhD student, Afroditi Petsakou discovered that daily rhythms in the plasticity of circadian pacemaker neurons are regulated by rhythmic transcription of Pura, a Rho1 GEF.
Hochwagen Lab Reveals Design Principles of Meiotic Chromosomes
Research by Xiaoji Sun and Tovah Markowitz in the Hochwagen lab has uncovered a key mechanism that allows condensed meiotic chromosomes to be transcribed. The results, published recently in eLIFE, show that chromatin is flexibly anchored to the chromosome axis by cohesin rings. This way the axis simply moves out of the way of transcription without losing condensation.
Gustavo Silva receives an NIH K99 award
The post-doctoral fellow Gustavo M. Silva received a NIH K99/R00 “Pathway to Independence Award” to study the roles of protein ubiquitination in response to environmental stress.
Zakas and Rockman published a paper in Evolution and Development
Genomic insights into the evolution of animal development
Video from 14th Annual Symposium of the NYU CGSB
Keynote presentation "CRISPR Biology - From Basic Science to Breakthrough Technology" by Dr. Jennifer Doudna (University of California, Berkeley) from the 2015 14th Annual Symposium of the New York University Center for Genomics and Systems Biology.
2015 Genome Symposium
The 2015 NYU CGSB Symposium, "From Genomes to Systems: Celebrating 20 years of Genomics" will take place on Friday, May 22, 2015.
Christiaen Lab published a review in Nature
Christiaen Lab published a review in Nature on development and evolution of the heart and head muscles.
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Satija publishes algorithm for spatially mapping single cell RNA
In Nature Biotechnology, Satija et al. describe the Seurat algorithm to infer the spatial localization of single cells during Zebrafish embryogenesis based on RNA-seq data.
Duncan Smith has been named a 2015 Searle Scholar
The Searle Scholars Program supports research of outstanding individuals who have recently begun their appointment at the assistant professor level. Each year 15 new individuals are named Searle Scholars and awarded flexible grants of $300,000 over three years.
Christiaen Lab published a new review in Current Opinion
Kaplan, Razy-Krajka and Christiaen published a new review on heart and head muscles development and evolution in Current Opinion in Genes and Development, titled “Regulation and evolution of cardiopharyngeal cell identity and behavior: insights from simple chordates”.
Eichenberger lab publishes a paper in PLoS Genetics
In collaboration with scientists at Lisbon University and Emory, the Eichenberger lab reports the functional characterization of an anti-sigma factor regulating canalization of gene expression during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis,
Alex Mogilner published a paper in Mol Biol Cell
Classical models of leading-edge protrusion rely on a Arp2/3-dependent treadmilling of dendritic actin network. However, in the absence of the Arp2/3 complex fibroblast cells maintain an ability to move. Joint work of Mogilner and Rong Li labs shows that cells extend formin-driven filopodia and build actin-myosin arcs in between filopodia, so that contraction of these arcs acting against membrane tension advances the cell leading edge.
Does Dark Matter Cause Mass Extinctions and Geologic Upheavals?
Michael Rampino concludes that Earth’s infrequent but predictable path around and through our Galaxy’s disc may have a direct and significant effect on geological and biological phenomena occurring on Earth.
Two transcription factors that promote Lateral Root Formation
An “education kit” was designed and constructed for disseminating to teaching institutes worldwide a collection of transgenic reporter Arabidopsis plants that allows students to explore the molecular genetics of root development.