Research Biographies

DR IAN ADAMS

Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Programme Leader

Contact Details

E-mail address:	ian.adams@igmm.ed.ac.uk
Telephone:	+44 (0)131 332 2471
Fax:	+44 (0)131 467 8456
Address:	MRC Human Genetics Unit MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU
Research Programme:	Germ Cell Development in Mice

 

 

Research Areas
Germ cell development in mice

Germ cells are responsible for transmitting genetic information from one generation to the next. Meiosis, a specialised form of cell division that halves the number of chromosomes in male and female germ cells, is central to germ cell development and heredity. We are interested in how differences in the timing and regulation of meiosis between male and female germ cells is brought about, and how male and female germ cells protect the genome from mutation.

 

 

Recent Publications

• Hackett JA, Reddington JP, Nestor CE, Dunican DS, Branco MR, Reichmann J, Reik W, Surani MA, Adams IR, Meehan RR: Promoter DNA methylation couples genome-defence mechanisms to epigenetic reprogramming in the mouse germline
  Development 139:3623-3632, 2012.
  PubMed Abstract
• Reichmann J, Crichton JH, Madej MJ, Taggart M, Gautier P, Garcia-Perez JL, Meehan RR, Adams IR: Microarray analysis of LTR retrotransposon silencing identifies hdac1 as a regulator of retrotransposon expression in mouse embryonic stem cells. PLoS Comput Biol 8:e1002486, 2012.
  PubMed Abstract
• Chassot AA, Gregoire EP, Lavery R, Taketo MM, de Rooij DG, Adams IR, Chaboissier MC: RSPO1/beta-catenin signaling pathway regulates oogonia differentiation and entry into meiosis in the mouse fetal ovary
  PLoS One 6:e25641, 2011.PubMed Abstract
• Madsen L, Kriegenburg F, Vala A, Best D, Prag S, Hofmann K, Seeger M, Adams IR, Hartmann-Petersen R: The tissue-specific Rep8/UBXD6 tethers p97 to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane for degradation of misfolded proteins. PLoS One 6:e25061, 2011. PubMed Abstract
• Best, D. and Adams, I.R. Sdmg1 is a component of secretory granules in mouse secretory exocrine tissues. Dev Dyn 238(1):223-231, 2009 PubMed Abstract
• Kocer, A.; Reichmann, J.; Best, D. and Adams, I.R. Germ Cell Sex Determination in Mammals.
  Mol Hum Reprod 15(4):205-213, 2009 PubMed Abstract

 

Key Publications

• Best, D.; Sahlender, D.A.; Walther, N.; Peden, A.A. and Adams, I.R. Sdmg1 is a conserved transmembrane protein associated with germ cell sex determination and germline-soma interactions in mice. Development 135(8):1415-1425, 2008 PubMed Abstract
• Ollinger, R.; Childs, A.J.; Burgess, H.M.; Speed, R.M.; Lundegaard, P.R.; Reynolds, N.; Gray, N.K.; Cooke, H.J. and Adams, I.R. Deletion of the pluripotency-associated Tex19.1 gene causes activation of endogenous retroviruses and defective spermatogenesis in mice. PLoS Genet 4(9):e1000199, 2008 PubMed Abstract
• Adams, I.R. and McLaren, A. Sexually dimorphic development of mouse primordial germ cells: switching from oogenesis to spermatogenesis. Development 129(5): 1155-1164, 2002
  PubMed Abstract