Recent Publications



    In Preperation

  • Erica Zweifel, Erica, Joshua Smith, Daniel Romero, Jeff Dahlseid & Eric S. Cole. 2003. CDA12 encodes a novel golgi-associated protein essential for cytokinesis in Tetrahymena thermophila.


    Published

  • Cole, E.S., K.R. Stuart, T.C. Marsh, K. Aufderheide, and W. Ringlien. 2002. Confocal fluorescence microscopy for T. thermophila. In Methods in Cell Biology, Vol. 70. Chapter 8. pp. 331-354.

  • Cole, E.S., M.A. Virtue and K.R. Stuart. 2001. Development in electrofused conjugants of Tetrahymena thermophila. J. Eukaryotic Microbiol. 48(3):266-279.

  • Marsh, T.C., E.S. Cole and D.P. Romero. 2001. The transition from conjugal development to the first vegetative cell division is dependent on RAD51 expression in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. Genetics. 154:1587-1596.

  • Marsh, T.C., E.S. Cole, K.R. Stuart, C. Campbell and D.P. Romero. 2000. RAD51 is required for propagation of the germinal nucleus in Tetrahymena thermophila. Genetics 154:1587-1596.

  • Gaertig, J. and E.S. Cole. 2000. The role of cortical geometry in the nuclear development of Tetrahymena thermophila. J.Eukaryotic Microbiol. 47(6):590--596.

  • Virtue, M.A. and E.S. Cole. 1999. A cytogenetic analysis of development in mechanically disrupted pairs of Tetrahymena thermophila. J. Eukaryotic Microbiol. 46(6):597-631.

  • Stuart, K.R. and E.S. Cole. 1999. Nuclear and Cytoskeletal Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques. Chapter 12. In Methods in Cell Biology. Vol 62:291-311.

  • Cole, E.S. and K.R. Stuart. 1999. Nuclear and Cortical Histology for Brightfield Microscopy. Chapter 13. In Methods in Cell Biology. Vol. 62:313-322.

  • Janetopoulos, C., E.S. Cole, J.F. Smothers, C.D. Allis and K.J. Aufderheide. 1999. The conjusome: A novel structure in Tetrahymena found only during sexual reorganization. J. Cell Science 112:1003-1011.

  • Melia, S.M., E.S. Cole and A.P. Turkewitz, A.P. 1998. Efficient isolation of regulated secretory mutants in Tetrahymena. J.Cell Science 111:131-140.

  • Cole, E.S., D. Cassidy-Hanley, J. Hemish, J. Tuan and P.J. Bruns. 1997. A mutational analysis of conjugation in Tetrahymena thermophila. (I). Prezygotic development. Dev. Biol. 189:215-232.

  • Cole, E.S. and T. Soelter. 1997. A mutational analysis of conjugation in Tetrahymena thermophila. (II). Postzygotic development. Dev. Biol. 189:233-245.

  • Cassidy-Hanley, D., J. Bowen, J.H. Lee, E.S. Cole, L.A. VerPlank, J. Gaertig, M.A. Gorovsky and P.J. Bruns. 1997. Germline and somatic transformation of mating Tetrahymena thermophila by particle bombardment. Genetics 146:135-147.


    Lectures, Workshops and Papers Delivered

  • Co-Organizer of 2003 FASEB Conference on Ciliate Molecular Biology, Saxton River, Vermont. July 20-24, 2003.

  • 35th Midwest Protozoology Society, U. Minnesota Lecture. CDA12 Encodes a Novel Golgi-Associated Protein Essential for Cytokinesis in Tetrahymena thermophila. April 2003.

  • Society for Developmental Biology, Madison, WI. Laboratory Activities for the Developmental Biology Teaching Lab. 2002.

  • ASCB Jerry Honts et al. Poster. Collaborative research on fenestrin protein. 2002.

  • VI Asian Conference on Ciliate Biology, University of Tsukuba, JAPAN. Using Antisense Mutagenesis to Probe Cell Division in Tetrahymena. July 15-18, 2002.

  • 34th Midwest Protozoology Society Meeting, Lake Forest College. Lumpy Road: Following Up On Antisense Mutagenesis in Tetrahymena thermophila. April 13, 2002.

  • FASEB. Using Antisense Ribosomes to Search for Developmental Genes. 2001.

  • SDB Midwest Society of the Developmental Biology Conference, U. Missouri. Workshop. Laboratory Activities for the Developmental Biology Teaching Lab. 2001.

  • Co-lead special topics workshop, Darling Marine Center, U. Maine. Drosophila Developmental Genetics (with Dr. Kevin Cook, U. Indiana, Bloomington). 2001.

  • Keynote Address to Midwest Protozoology Society Meeting, Purdue University. 2000.