Research Collaborators

Ataxia

The Ataxia Center
University of Chicago
Dr. Christopher Gomez
University of Michigan
Dr. Margit Burmeister

Hereditary Hematologic Malignancies

Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Chicago
Dr. Lucy Godley
Dr. Jane Churpek

2008
Neurodevelopmental

Prader-Willi phenotype caused by paternal deficiency for the HBII-85 C/D box small nucleolar RNA cluster.

Sahoo T, del Gaudio D, German JR, Shinawi M, Peters SU, Person RE, Garnica A, Cheung SW, Beaudet AL. Nat Genet. 2008 Jun;40(6):719-21.
2008
Neuromuscular

Molecular diagnosis of Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy: enhanced detection of dystrophin gene rearrangements by oligonucleotide array-comparative genomic hybridization.

del Gaudio D, Yang Y, Boggs BA, Schmitt ES, Lee JA, Sahoo T, Pham HT, Wiszniewska J, Chinault AC, Beaudet AL, Eng CM. Hum Mutat. 2008 Sep;29(9):1100-7.
2006
Neurodevelopmental

Increased MECP2 gene copy number as the result of genomic duplication in neurodevelopmentally delayed males.

del Gaudio D, Fang P, Scaglia F, Ward PA, Craigen WJ, Glaze DG, Neul JL, Patel A, Lee JA, Irons M, Berry SA, Pursley AA, Grebe TA, Freedenberg D, Martin RA, Hsich GE, Khera JR, Friedman NR, Zoghbi HY, Eng CM, Lupski JR, Beaudet AL, Cheung SW, Roa BB. Genet Med. 2006 Dec;8(12):784-92.
2005
Neurodevelopmental

NSD1 analysis for Sotos syndrome – insights and perspectives from the clinical laboratory.

Waggoner, DJ, Raca, G, Welch, K, Dempsey, M, Anderes, E, Ostrovnaya, I, Alkhateeb, A, Kamimura, J, Matsumoto, N, Schaeffer, GB, Martin, CL and Das, S. Genet. in Med. 7:524-533, 2005.
2005

Technical standards and guidelines: molecular genetic testing for ultra-rare disorders.

Maddalena, A, Bale, S, Das, S, Grody, W, Richards, S and the ACMG Laboratory Quality Assuarance Committee. Genet. in Med. 7: 571-583, 2005
2004
Epilepsy

Non syndromic mental retardation and cryptogenic epilepsy in females with DCX mutations.

3. Guerrini, R, Moro, F, Andermann, E, Hughes, E, D’Agostino, D, Carrozzo, R, Bernasconi, A, Flinter, F, Parmeggiani, L, Volzone, A, Parrini, E, Mei, D, Jarosz, JM, Morris, RG, Pratt, P, Tortorella, G, Dubeau, F, Andermann, F, Dobyns, WB and Das, S. Annals of Neurol. 54:30-37, 2003.
2004
Epilepsy

Mutations of ARX are associated with striking pleiotropy and consistent genotype-phenotype correlation.

Kato, M, Das, S, Petras, K, Kitamura, K, Morohashi, K, Abuelo, D, Barr, M, Bonneau, D, Brady, A, Carpenter, N, Cipero, K, Frisone, F, Fukuda, T, Guerrini, R, Iida, E, Itoh, M, Lewanda, A, Nanba, Y, Oka, A, Proud, V, Saugier-Veber, P, Schelley, S, Selicorni, A, Shaner, R, Silengo, M, Stewart, F, Sugiyama, N, Toyama, J, Toutain, A, Vargas, A, Yanazawa, M, Zackai, E and Dobyns, WB. Hum. Mut. 23:147-159, 2004.
2004
Neurodevelopmental

Deletion analysis of the imprinting center region in patients with Angelman syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome.

Raca, G., Buiting, K. and Das, S. Genetic Testing. 8(4):387-394, 2004.
2002
Neuromuscular

Characterization of mutations in fifty north american patients with X-linked myotubular myopathy.

Herman, G, Kopacz, K, Zhao, W, Mills, PL, Metzenberg, A and Das S. Human Mutation. 19:114-121, 2002.
1997
Neurodevelopmental

Methylation-specific PCR simplifies imprinting analysis.

Kubota, T, Das, S, Christian, S, Baylin, S, Herman, J and Ledbetter, D. Nature Genetics, 16, 16-17, 1997.