RNAIG - MEMBERS: Brian Oliver, Ph.D..

SUMMARY:

KEY WORDS:

INTERESTS:

The sexual identity of the Drosophila soma is regulated by genetic hierarchy regulatyed to large degree by alternative pre-mRNA splicing. We are interested in how germline sex is determined. We know little about how germ cells become committed to sex differentiation, but here too there is evidence of regulation at the level of splicing. We are interested in the steps between germline formation and the onset of germline "terminal differentiation" (gametogenesis)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

• Pauli, D., Oliver, B. and Mahowald, A. P. (1993). The role of the ovarian tumor locus in Drosophila melanogaster germline sex determination. Development. 119, 124-134.
  
  
• Oliver, B., Kim, Y.-J., and Baker, B. S. (1993). Sex-lethal, master and slave: A hierarchy of germ-line sex determination in Drosophila. Development. 119, 897-908.
  
  

LABORATORY MEMBERS:

• Justen Andrews, Ph.D. University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia 1994
• Brian Oliver, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio 1990

INQUIRES FOR POSITIONS:

Send a full CV, and have letters of recommendation sent to Brian Oliver at the address above. A very brief statement your specific interests in germ cells should also be included. Prior experience with Drosophila is not necessary.

Brian Oliver
Lab (301) 496-5494
Office 496-6125
Home 564-6233
Fax (301) 496-5239
oliver@helix.nih.gov
bo13p@nih.gov