From ltoth at siumed.edu Wed Jul 1 09:05:37 2009 From: ltoth at siumed.edu (Linda Toth) Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:05:37 -0500 Subject: [Ctc] Articles of possible itnerst in June Comparative Medicine Message-ID: <4A4B6D31.4020203@siumed.edu> <>The June issue of Comparative Medicine is now available online. Some articles of potential interest follow. Deletion of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Phosphatase 1 Modifies the Response to Mechanical Bone Marrow Ablation in a Mouse Model. Comp Med 59: 221-226, 2009; Authors: Carlson, Zhang, Bennett, Vignery Moxidectin Toxicity in Senescence-Accelerated Prone and Resistant Mice Comp Med 59:227-233, 2009; Authors: Lee, Tiwary, Sharma-Reddy, Lieber, Taylor, Mook Endpoints for Mouse Abdominal Tumor Models: Refinement of Current Criteria. Comp Med 59:234-241, 2009. Authors: Paster, Villines, Hickman Use of Fat-Fed Rats to Study the Metabolic and Vascular Sequelae of Obesity and ?-Adrenergic Antagonism. Comp Med 59:242-248, 2009. Authors: Frye, McMurtry, Orton, Fagan The Unilateral Urogenital Anomalies (UUA) Rat: A New Mutant Strain Associated with Unilateral Renal Agenesis, Cryptorchidism, and Malformations of Reproductive Organs Restricted to the Left Side Comp Med 59:249-256, 2009 Authors: Amakasu, Suzuki, Suzuki ACCESS THE ISSUE: http://aalas.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/aalas/cm/2009/00000059/00000003;jsessionid=17jo9iq9auk3m.victoria or http://tinyurl.com/mlaebo -- Linda Toth, D.V.M., Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs Professor, Department of Pharmacology Southern Illinois University School of Medicine 801 North Rutledge Street Box 19616 Springfield, IL 62794-9616 Phone 217-545-7936 Fax 217-545-7873 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://atlas.utmem.edu/pipermail/ctc/attachments/20090708/1a8c572f/attachment.html From millerdr at med.unc.edu Fri Jul 17 09:20:59 2009 From: millerdr at med.unc.edu (Darla Miller) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:20:59 -0400 Subject: [Ctc] 2 post-doc positions available at UNC Message-ID: Center for Integrated Systems Genetics at UNC-CH The Carolina Center for Genome Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is now seeking applicants for postdoctoral fellows. These positions are part of the Center for Integrated Systems Genetics (CISGen), an NIH funded Center of Excellence in Genome Sciences. Successful applicants will have previously demonstrated excellent/outstanding abilities, communication skills, and capacities to work in a highly collegial/collaborative environment. Initial funding is part of President Obama?s stimulus package, and all successful applicants must start by 9/1/2009. CISGen is a diverse group of 15 scientists with strong histories of collaboration and interdisciplinary research involving genomics, biostatistics, and computer science. CISGen is a high-risk, high- payoff endeavor whose goal is to develop state-of-the-art approaches in order to use the mouse Collaborative Cross to make significant advances in the fields of systems genetics and predictive biology. The problems chosen by CISGen are drawn from psychiatry and are potentially relevant to autism, major depression, and antipsychotic treatment of schizophrenia. If successful, CISGen approaches should be immediately applicable to virtually any complex human disease. Postdoctoral Fellows: Two positions for Postdoctoral Fellows are available to work closely with Center Faculty Director Fernando Pardo Manuel de Villena. These fellows will analyze the interactions between the genomic data and expression data collected by CISGen, with a special emphasis on epigenetics and the effects of structural variation on gene expression and behavioral phenotypes. Applicants with previous training in mouse genetics, biostatistics and/or computational biology are highly encouraged to apply. One position for a Postdoctoral Fellow is available to work with Center faculty Dr. Lisa Tarantino to use the power of the CC to design and implement mouse behavioral experiments to examine the effects of genetics and environment on anxiety and depression. The Tarantino lab has extensive experience with modeling mood disorders in mouse. This expertise will be used to exploit the power of the CC mice to inform the systems genetics of mood disorders. 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