DSCB journal clubs are held twice a month. First and second year DSCB students are required to present once in each of the two journal clubs. Students in their third year and beyond are encouraged to attend and participate in both. See the DSCB Journal Club Archives in the right sidebar for past years' journal clubs.
The Wednesday Journal Club (formerly Developmental Biology) takes place at the Mission Bay campus. This series is student-led and is intended to be a less formal environment in which students can develop their presentation skills in a group of peers. Students in their second year and beyond are encouraged to serve as “student coaches” to help first year students prepare their presentations. Papers selected for presentation in this journal club should be recent and impactful manuscripts related to developmental biology.
The Friday Journal Club (formerly Stem Cell) takes place on the Parnassus campus, with two presenters each week. Student presenters are required to work with 2 faculty coaches and any number of student coaches (usually 2-3) to prepare for their presentations. Papers presented in this series should be recent and impactful manuscripts related to stem cell biology.
DSCB Journal Club Chair: Dan Wagner, PhD
The Zoom link and meeting password will be sent out to those on the DSCB listservs the day of every journal club. Please contact Meredith Miner if you are not already on one of our listservs.
2024-25 Schedule
Friday, October 25, 2024 - 12:00-1:30 - Room: S-214
Dan Wagner, PhD
"Evolution of novel developmental trains: fish with legs!"
Allard, Corey A. H., Amy L. Herbert, Stephanie P. Krueger, Qiaoyi Liang, Brittany L. Walsh, Andrew L. Rhyne, Allex N. Gourlay, et al. 2024. “Evolution of Novel Sensory Organs in Fish with Legs.” Current Biology: CB 34 (19): 4349-4356.e7.
Companion Paper: Herbert, Amy L., Corey A. H. Allard, Matthew J. McCoy, Julia I. Wucherpfennig, Stephanie P. Krueger, Heidi I. Chen, Allex N. Gourlay, et al. 2024. “Ancient Developmental Genes Underlie Evolutionary Novelties in Walking Fish.” Current Biology: CB 34 (19): 4339-4348.e6.
Andrew Cesiulis (student)
"What makes a big brain?"
Barão, S. et al. (2024) ‘Conserved transcriptional regulation by BRN1 and BRN2 in neocortical progenitors drives mammalian neural specification and neocortical expansion’, Nature Communications, 15(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-024-52443-x.
Journal Club Coaches: Mercedes Paredes and Trent Watkins
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 - 5:00-7:00 - Room: MH-1407
Bivas Nag (student)
Developmental emergence of first- and higher-order thalamic neuron molecular identities
Quentin Lo Giudice, Robin J. Wagener, Philipp Abe, Laura Frangeul, Denis Jabaudon; Developmental emergence of first- and higher-order thalamic neuron molecular identities. Development 15 September 2024; 151 (18): dev202764. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.202764
Miriam Minsk
TBD
Shahriar, S., Biswas, S., Zhao, K. et al. VEGF-A-mediated venous endothelial cell proliferation results in neoangiogenesis during neuroinflammation. Nat Neurosci 27, 1904–1917 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-024-01746-9
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 5:00-7:00 - Room: MH-1407
Gabriel Avillion
"A mouse model with high clonal barcode diversity for joint lineage, transcriptomic, and epigenomic profiling in single cells"
Li L, Bowling S, McGeary SE, et al. A mouse model with high clonal barcode diversity for joint lineage, transcriptomic, and epigenomic profiling in single cells. Cell. 2023;186(23):5183-5199.e22. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.019
Brindha Rathinasabapathi
"Advancement of Stem Cell Therapy for Type I Diabetes"
Wang, S., Du, Y., Zhang, B. et al. Transplantation of chemically induced pluripotent stem-cell-derived islets under abdominal anterior rectus sheath in a type 1 diabetes patient. Cell (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.09.004
Friday, November 15, 2024 - 12:00-1:30 - Room: S-214
David Booth, PhD (faculty)
"The evolution of toxic cell types"
Kitchen, Sheila A. et al. Cell, Volume 187, Issue 14, 3563 - 3584.e26
Francesco Dalla Ricca (student)
TBD
Journal Club Coaches: Daniel Lim, MD, PhD and Keith Mostov, MD, PhD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 5:00-7:00 - Room: MH-1407
Feeling Chen (student)
"A NPAS4–NuA4 complex couples synaptic activity to DNA repair"
Pollina, E.A., Gilliam, D.T., Landau, A.T. et al. A NPAS4–NuA4 complex couples synaptic activity to DNA repair. Nature 614, 732–741 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05711-7
Friday, January 17, 2025 - 12:00-1:30 - Room: S-214
Speakers: Nicole Suren & Tayma Handal
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 5:00-7:00 - Room:
Speakers: Carine Joubra & Mika Matera-Vatnick
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 5:00-7:00 - Room:
Speaker: Naomi Cinque
Friday, February 28, 2025 - 12:00-1:30 - Room: S-214
Speakers: Nitya Kopparapu & Feeling Chen
Friday, March 14, 2025 - 12:00-1:30 - Room: S-214
Speakers: Brindha Rathinasabapathi & Carine Joubran
Friday, April 11, 2025 - 12:00-1:30 - Room:
Speakers: Bivas Nag & Gabriel Avillion
Friday, May 9, 2025 - 12:00-1:30 - Room:
Speakers: Edward Valenzuela & Naomi Cinque
Friday, May 30, 2025 - 12:00-1:30 - Room:
Speakers: Mika Matera-Vatnick & Miriam Minsk