Evolution of transcription factor networks in primate brains

Date

Oct 24, 2018

Time

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Speaker

Katja Nowick

Affiliation

Freie Universität Berlin

Language

en

Main Topic

Biologie

Other Topics

Biologie, Medizin

Host

Dr. Volker Busskamp

Description

AbstractOur group studies the evolution of primates. We are interested in the molecular forces that shape phenotypic differences between primate species. I am most fascinated by the differences in brain size and cognitive abilities. Our main focus is on the impact of Gene regulatory factors, such as transcription factors and non-coding RNAs, on differences in transcriptomes, gene regulatory networks, and ultimately the phenotype. We use computational and wet-lab methods to understand the evolution of human specific phenotypes. 5 most recent papersKutsche, L.K., Gysi, D.M.*, Fallmann, J., Lenk, K., Petri, R., Swiersy, A., Klapper, S.D., Pircs, K., Khattak, S., Stadler, P.F., Jakobsson, J., Nowick, K. and Busskamp, V. (2018) Combined experimental and system-level analyses reveal the complex regulatory network of miR-124 during human neurogenesis, Cell Systems in press (*my PhD student is shared first author) Berto, S. and Nowick, K. (2018) Species-specific changes in a primate transcription factor network provide insights into the molecular evolution of the primate prefrontal cortex, Genome Biology and Evolution 2018 Jul 30. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy149 Berto, S., Perdomo-Sabogal, A., Gerighausen, D., Qin, J., Nowick, K. (2016) A transcription factor consensus network of the human frontal lobe: insights into the molecular mechanisms of human cognitive abilities, Frontiers in Genetics: Special on Systems biology of transcriptional regulation Perdomo-Sabogal, A., Nowick, K.*, Piccini, I., Sudbrak, R., Lehrach, H., Yaspo, ML., Warnatz, HJ.†, Querfurth, R.*† (2016) Human lineage-specific transcriptional regulation through GA binding protein transcription factor alpha (GABPa), Molecular Biology and Evolution 2016 May; 33(5):1231-44. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msw007 (*shared corresponding author) Perdomo-Sabogal, A., Kanton, S., Walter, M.B.C., Nowick, K. (2014) The roles of gene regulatory factors in the history of human evolution, Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 9;29C: 60-67

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