Degrees and Experience
2002 - 2005 Dr. Max Scott IMBS, Massey University, New Zealand
PhD (Genetics) Isolation of cis-acting elements that prevent dosage compensation of X-linked genes in Drosophila melanogaster.
2001 Dr. Michael McManus IMBS, Massey University
Honours project RT-PCR analysis of the expression of the ACC oxidase multi-gene family of white clover in response to physiological stimuli.
2000 Dr. Kathryn Stowell IMBS, Massey University
Part-time research Transcriptional regulation of topoisomerase II alpha
1999 Dr. Tony McGhie HortResearch, Palmerston North
Research Assistant Anthocyanin and carotenoid biosynthesis of berryfruit.
1998-2001 Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand
BSc. (Honours) Physiological and molecular plant biology and biochemistry
Papers
Guelman S, Suganuma T, Florens L, Weake V, Swanson SK, Washburn MP, Abmayr SM, Workman JL (2006) The essential gene wda encodes a WD40 repeat subunit of Drosophila SAGA required for histone H3 acetylation. Molecular and Cellular Biology 26: 7178-7189
Weake VM, Scott MJ (2007) The non-dosage compensated Lsp1alpha gene of Drosophila melanogaster escapes acetylation by MOF in larval fat body nuclei, but is flanked by two dosage compensated genes. BMC Molecular Biology 8: 35
Weake VM, Lee KK, Guelman S, Lin CH, Seidel C, Abmayr SM, Workman JL.(2008) SAGA-mediated H2B deubiquitination controls the development of neuronal connectivity in the Drosophila visual system. EMBO J. 23;27(2):394-405. Epub 2008 Jan 10.
Weake, V.M., Workman J.L. (2008) Histone ubiquitination: triggering gene activity. Molecular Cell 28;29(6):653-63
Weake, V.M., Workman, J.L., (2008) Clearing the way for unpaused polymerases. Cell. 11;134(1):16-8
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