Key Documents
Mara Schvarzstein
Honors and Awards
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) (2008-2010)
- DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics, Genetics Society of America (2007)
- Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University (2006-2008)
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Province of Ontario, Canada (1999-2002)
- Ontario Graduate Student Award in Science and Technology., Private industry of Ontario, Canada (1999-2000)
Professional Education
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M.Sc., University of Toronto
(1997)
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Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
(2005)
Publications
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A Caenorhabditis elegans RNA-directed RNA Polymerase in Sperm Development and Endogenous RNAi.
Gent JI,
Schvarzstein M, Villeneuve AM, Gu SG, Jantsch V, Fire AZ, Baudrimont A.
Genetics.
2009;
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Crossovers trigger a remodeling of meiotic chromosome axis composition that is linked to two-step loss of sister chromatid cohesion.
Martinez-Perez E,
Schvarzstein M, Barroso C, Lightfoot J, Dernburg AF, Villeneuve AM.
Genes Dev.
2008;
22
(20):
2886-901
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A CUL-2 ubiquitin ligase containing three FEM proteins degrades TRA-1 to regulate C. elegans sex determination.
Starostina NG,
Lim JM, Schvarzstein M, Wells L, Spence AM, Kipreos ET.
Dev Cell.
2007;
13
(1):
127-39
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The C. elegans sex-determining GLI protein TRA-1A is regulated by sex-specific proteolysis.
Schvarzstein M,
Spence AM.
Dev Cell.
2006;
11
(5):
733-40
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TRA-1/GLI controls development of somatic gonadal precursors in C. elegans.
Mathies LD,
Schvarzstein M, Morphy KM, Blelloch R, Spence AM, Kimble J.
Development.
2004;
131
(17):
4333-43
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An NDPase links ADAM protease glycosylation with organ morphogenesis in C. elegans.
Nishiwaki K,
Kubota Y, Chigira Y, Roy SK, Suzuki M, Schvarzstein M, Jigami Y, Hisamoto N, Matsumoto K.
Nat Cell Biol.
2004;
6
(1):
31-7
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Expression of Zkrml2, a homologue of the Krml1/val segmentation gene, during embryonic patterning of the zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Schvarzstein M,
Kirn A, Haffter P, Cordes SP.
Mech Dev.
1999;
80
(2):
223-6