Turner lab: “From karyotypes to precision genomics in 9p deletion and duplication syndromes” in Cell. “Textbook of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2nd Edition” is out now. Dutcher lab: “Ciliary central apparatus structure reveals mechanisms of...
Susan Dutcher, PhD, Professor of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine, was co-chair of the Special Interest Subgroup on centrioles, basal bodies and centrosomes, at the virtual American Society of Cell Biology. Congratulations, Dr. Dutcher!
Susan Dutcher, PhD, Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology and Physiology at Washington University School of Medicine, has published a new preview in Developmental Cell, “Basal Feet: Walking to the Discovery of a Novel Hybrid Cilium.” Dr. Dutcher co-authored...
The Dutcher Lab has a new paper published in Nature, “Mapping and characterization of structural variation in 17,795 human genomes.” Haley J Abel, PhD, Instructor in Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine, is first author on the paper. Susan...
Susan Dutcher, PhD, professor of Genetics, Cell Biology and Physiology, Moe Mahjoub, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine (Division of Nephrology), Cell Biology and Physiology, and Steven Brody, MD, the Dorothy R. and Hubert C. Moog Professor of Pulmonary Medicine,...
Susan Dutcher, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Genetics at Washington University, has published two reviews, one on the structure of cytoplasmic dynein and the other on Hydin, a protein in the central pair microtubules. “Dynein tails: how to hitch a ride...
The Dutcher Lab published three noteworthy papers in the latter half of 2019. The first paper, “De Novo Mutations in FOXJ1 Result in a Motile Ciliopathy with Hydrocephalus and Randomization of Left/Right Body Asymmetry,” appears in the American Journal of...
Susan Dutcher, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was recently elected to serve on the Council of Councils for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS). Congratulations, Dr. Dutcher!
The Dutcher Lab had a paper published recently in Cell. The paper, “Structure of the Decorated Ciliary Doublet Microtubule,” explains the architectural principles that underpin the assembly of the native axonemal doublet microtubule and provides a...
The Dutcher Lab has a new preprint, “Mutation of CFAP57 causes primary ciliary dyskinesia by disrupting the asymmetric targeting of a subset of ciliary inner dynein arms.” Mathieu Bottier, a postdoc in the Dutcher Lab, and Mihaela Stoyanova, a technician...
The Dutcher Lab is working with an interdisciplinary team of researchers to develop a new method that uses ultrasound waves to trap cells propelled by cilia, and then releases them to measure their movement as they swim away. Susan Dutcher, professor of genetics and...
Susan Dutcher, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology & Physiology at Washington University School of Medicine, and Samantha A. Morris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine, were...
Mathieu Bottier, a postdoctoral fellow in the Dutcher Lab, recently had a paper published in Biophysical Journal. The paper, “How Does Cilium Length Affect Beating?” shows that features of the ciliary waveform were quantified from polynomial curves fitted...
Samantha Morris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Susan Dutcher, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology and Physiology at Washington University School of Medicine in...
The Dutcher lab is on a roll with publications. The lab has a paper, “RPGRIP1L helps to establish the ciliary gate for entry of proteins,” that will appear in an upcoming issue of Journal of Cell Science. Congratulations, all!
The Dutcher lab collaborated with Paul Cliften, Ph.D., Director of Computational Biology at the Genome Technology Access Center (GTAC) at Washington University School of Medicine, on a recent paper. The paper, “MAPINS, a highly efficient detection method that...
Gervette Penny, a graduate student in the Dutcher lab, received a poster award for her poster at the MGG, CSB, and HSG retreat in September. Congratulations, Gervette!
The Dutcher lab recently had a paper accepted for publication. The paper, “Highly efficient detection of insertional mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by MAPINS,” appears in an upcoming issue of Plant Physiology. Dr. Huawen Lin, Dr. Paul Cliften of the...
The Dutcher lab published a paper recently in collaboration with the Cole-Wambach Lab. The paper, “Functional characterization of biallelic RTTN variants identified in an infant with microcephaly, simplified gyral pattern, pontocerebellar hypoplasia, and...
Gervette Penny, a graduate student in Dr. Susan Dutcher’s lab, received a best poster award at the 18th International Conference on Chlamydomonas Cell and Molecular Biology at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC. Congratulations, Gervette!...