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Last Name

Berres

First Name

Mark

Middle Initial

Areas of Research Expertise

* Evolutionary biology
* Population genetics
* Genomic science
* The discovery of how biotic and abiotic processes shape the ditribution of genetic variance in natural populations of animals, particularly birds

* Incorporation of quantum dots into microarray technologies

Web site

University Web Page of Mark Berres

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

CV for Mark Berres

Current/Active Funding

Issued Patent(s)

USPTO Published Applications

20070148674 - Optical fingerprinting of nucleic acid sequences, June 28, 2007.

Recent Publication(s)

"Aging and cancer-related loss of insulin-like growth factor 2 imprinting in the mouse and human prostate"

Fu VX, Dobosy JR, Desotelle JA, et al., Cancer Research 68 (16): 6797-6802 Aug 2008. We found a LOI for Igf2 occurs specifically in the mouse prostate associated with increased Igf2 expression during aging. In older animals, expression of the chromatin insulator protein CTCF and its binding to the Igf2-H19 imprint control region was reduced.

"Affinities of the saw-billed hermit (Ramphodon naevius) determined by cytochrome-B sequence data"

Bleiweiss R, Hendrickson SL, Berres ME, et al., Wilson Bulletin 115 (1): 1-10 Mar 2003. Data suggest that even distinctive Brazilian endemics such as the Ramphodon are derived forms that evolved relatively recently.

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E-mail Address

meberres@wisc.edu

Phone Number

(608) 890-1086

Current University

UW- Madison

Department

Animal Sciences / Zoology

Title

Assistant Professor

Other Appointments

Address Line 1

542 Animal Science Building

Address Line 2

1675 Observatory Drive

City

Madison

State

Zip Code

53706

Bachelor's Degree

BS, University of Minnesota, Genetics and Cellular Biology, 1994

Master's Degree

PhD

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Zoology, 2003.

Other Degrees

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