Comparative Biology and Transgenic Models

Friday, 18 June 2010 15:30 - 16:30

Chair Dr John P Sundberg The Jackson LaboratoryUnited States
Co-Chair Dr Allan J Nixon AgResearchNew Zealand
Co-Chair Prof Ryoji Tsuboi Department of Dermatology, Tokyo Medical UniversityJapan
Co-Chair Professor George E Rogers University of AdelaideAustralia
Canine bulge cells share intrinsic properties with human bulge cells and provide a novel model for human hair follicle stem cell research
  • Dr Tetsuro Kobayashi, 1 Dept. of Dermatology, Keio University, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
De novo sequencing of keratin gene clusters in sheep
  • Dr Zhidong Yu, AgResearch Ruakura, New Zealand
Suppression of DNA degradation by inactivation of DNase1L2 leads to increased fragility of hair
  • Leopold Eckhart, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Mutations in sterol O-acyltransferase 1 (Soat1) results in hair interior defects in AKR/J mice
  • Dr John P Sundberg, The Jackson Laboratory, United States
A comparative perspective on hair biology
  • Dr Allan J Nixon, AgResearch, New Zealand