Jack Bateman

Assistant Professor of Biology

Spring 2013

  • Genetics and Molecular Biology (BIO 212)
  • Genetics and Molecular Biology (BIO 212L1)
  • Genetics and Molecular Biology (BIO 212L2)
  • Advanced Independent Study and Honors in Biology (BIO 402)
  • Advanced Independent Study and Honors ini Biochemistry (BIOC 402)
Phone 2077253021
Title Assistant Professor
Department Biology
Work Location 230C Druckenmiller Hall
E-Mail jbateman@bowdoin.edu
Jack R. Bateman: Bowdoin College: Biology

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Ph.D. in Cellular and Developmental Biology Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
B.Sc. in Biology Dalhousie University

Research

My lab studies how chromosomes are organized within the three-dimensional space of the nucleus, and, in particular, how physical interactions between chromosomes can influence gene expression. We focus on Drosophila melanogaster in part because of the amazing genetic tools available, and in part because there is extensive pairing between homologous chromosomes in this system, providing us with a simple model to study interchromosomal interactions. Some of our projects branch out into the development of new genetic technologies and resources for the Drosophila research community, and we have recently become interested in functions of non-coding DNA (in collaboration with the Palopoli lab).

Recent Publications

Bateman, J.R., Johnson, J.E., Locke, M.N.*. 2012. Comparing enhancer action in cis and in trans. Genetics 191: 1143-1155.

Bateman, J.R.,1 Larschan, E.,1 D’Souza, R., Marshall, L.S.*, Dempsey, K.E.*, Johnson, J.E., Mellone, B.G., and Kuroda, M.I. 2012. A genome-wide screen identifies genes that affect somatic homolog pairing in Drosophila. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2: 731-740. (1equal contribution)

Sun, F.F.*, Johnson, J.E., Zeidler, M.P., and Bateman, J.R. 2012. Simplified insertion of transgenes onto balancer chromosomes via recombinase-mediated cassette exhange. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 2: 551-553.

Griffin, R., Sustar, A., Bonvin, M., Binari, R., del Valle Rodriguez, A., Hohl, A.M., Bateman, J.R., Villalta, C., Heffern, E., Grunwald, D., Bakal, C., Desplan, C., Schubiger, G., Wu, C.T., Perrimon, N. 2009. The twin spot generator for differential Drosophila lineage analysis. Nature Methods 6: 600-602.

Bateman, J.R., and Wu, C.-t. 2008. A genomewide survey argues that every zygotic gene product is dispensable for the initiation of somatic homolog pairing in Drosophila. Genetics 180: 1329-1342. (Featured in Issue Highlights).

Bateman, J.R., and Wu. C.-t. 2008. A simple polymerase chain reaction-based method for the construction of RMCE donor vectors. Genetics 180: 1763-1766.