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Monica P. Colaiacovo, Ph.D.

TitleAssociate Professor of Genetics
InstitutionHarvard Medical School
DepartmentGenetics
AddressHarvard Medical School
Genetics NRB Room 334
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston MA 02115
Phone617/432-6543
Fax617/432-7663

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  1. Lui DY, Colaiácovo MP. Meiotic development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2013; 757:133-70.
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  2. Sengupta MS, Low WY, Patterson JR, Kim HM, Traven A, Beilharz TH, Colaiácovo MP, Schisa JA, Boag PR. ifet-1 is a broad-scale translational repressor required for normal P granule formation in C. elegans. J Cell Sci. 2013 Feb 1; 126(Pt 3):850-9.
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  3. Saito TT, Mohideen F, Meyer K, Harper JW, Colaiácovo MP. SLX-1 is required for maintaining genomic integrity and promoting meiotic noncrossovers in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline. PLoS Genet. 2012 Aug; 8(8):e1002888.
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  4. Tzur YB, Egydio de Carvalho C, Nadarajan S, Van Bostelen I, Gu Y, Chu DS, Cheeseman IM, Colaiácovo MP. LAB-1 targets PP1 and restricts Aurora B kinase upon entrance into meiosis to promote sister chromatid cohesion. PLoS Biol. 2012; 10(8):e1001378.
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  5. Schild-Prüfert K, Saito TT, Smolikov S, Gu Y, Hincapie M, Hill DE, Vidal M, McDonald K, Colaiácovo MP. Organization of the synaptonemal complex during meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 2011 Oct; 189(2):411-21.
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  6. Nottke AC, Beese-Sims SE, Pantalena LF, Reinke V, Shi Y, Colaiácovo MP. SPR-5 is a histone H3K4 demethylase with a role in meiotic double-strand break repair. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Aug 2; 108(31):12805-10.
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  7. Compton D, Colaiácovo MP. Advances in imaging reveal novel insights into the mechanisms promoting accurate chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis. Mol Biol Cell. 2011 Mar 15; 22(6):720.
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  8. Saito TT, Colaiácovo MP. Break to make a connection. PLoS Genet. 2011 Feb; 7(2):e1002006.
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  9. Allard P, Colaiácovo MP. Mechanistic insights into the action of Bisphenol A on the germline using C. elegans. Cell Cycle. 2011 Jan 15; 10(2):183-4.
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  10. Allard P, Colaiácovo MP. Bisphenol A impairs the double-strand break repair machinery in the germline and causes chromosome abnormalities. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Nov 23; 107(47):20405-10.
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  11. Chou DM, Adamson B, Dephoure NE, Tan X, Nottke AC, Hurov KE, Gygi SP, Colaiácovo MP, Elledge SJ. A chromatin localization screen reveals poly (ADP ribose)-regulated recruitment of the repressive polycomb and NuRD complexes to sites of DNA damage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Oct 26; 107(43):18475-80.
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  12. Smogorzewska A, Desetty R, Saito TT, Schlabach M, Lach FP, Sowa ME, Clark AB, Kunkel TA, Harper JW, Colaiácovo MP, Elledge SJ. A genetic screen identifies FAN1, a Fanconi anemia-associated nuclease necessary for DNA interstrand crosslink repair. Mol Cell. 2010 Jul 9; 39(1):36-47.
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  13. Saito TT, Youds JL, Boulton SJ, Colaiácovo MP. Caenorhabditis elegans HIM-18/SLX-4 interacts with SLX-1 and XPF-1 and maintains genomic integrity in the germline by processing recombination intermediates. PLoS Genet. 2009 Nov; 5(11):e1000735.
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  14. Tzur YB, Colaiácovo MP. Genetics: Crossover control in two steps. Nature. 2009 Nov 5; 462(7269):46-7.
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  15. Smolikov S, Schild-Prüfert K, Colaiácovo MP. A yeast two-hybrid screen for SYP-3 interactors identifies SYP-4, a component required for synaptonemal complex assembly and chiasma formation in Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis. PLoS Genet. 2009 Oct; 5(10):e1000669.
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  16. Martinez-Perez E, Colaiácovo MP. Distribution of meiotic recombination events: talking to your neighbors. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2009 Apr; 19(2):105-12.
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  17. Nottke A, Colaiácovo MP, Shi Y. Developmental roles of the histone lysine demethylases. Development. 2009 Mar; 136(6):879-89.
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  18. de Carvalho CE, Zaaijer S, Smolikov S, Gu Y, Schumacher JM, Colaiácovo MP. LAB-1 antagonizes the Aurora B kinase in C. elegans. Genes Dev. 2008 Oct 15; 22(20):2869-85.
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  19. Smolikov S, Schild-Prüfert K, Colaiácovo MP. CRA-1 uncovers a double-strand break-dependent pathway promoting the assembly of central region proteins on chromosome axes during C. elegans meiosis. PLoS Genet. 2008 Jun; 4(6):e1000088.
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  20. Smolikov S, Eizinger A, Hurlburt A, Rogers E, Villeneuve AM, Colaiácovo MP. Synapsis-defective mutants reveal a correlation between chromosome conformation and the mode of double-strand break repair during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis. Genetics. 2007 Aug; 176(4):2027-33.
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  21. Smolikov S, Eizinger A, Schild-Prufert K, Hurlburt A, McDonald K, Engebrecht J, Villeneuve AM, Colaiácovo MP. SYP-3 restricts synaptonemal complex assembly to bridge paired chromosome axes during meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 2007 Aug; 176(4):2015-25.
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  22. de Carvalho CE, Colaiácovo MP. SUMO-mediated regulation of synaptonemal complex formation during meiosis. Genes Dev. 2006 Aug 1; 20(15):1986-92.
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  23. Whetstine JR, Nottke A, Lan F, Huarte M, Smolikov S, Chen Z, Spooner E, Li E, Zhang G, Colaiacovo M, Shi Y. Reversal of histone lysine trimethylation by the JMJD2 family of histone demethylases. Cell. 2006 May 5; 125(3):467-81.
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  24. Colaiácovo MP. The many facets of SC function during C. elegans meiosis. Chromosoma. 2006 Jun; 115(3):195-211.
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  25. Nabeshima K, Villeneuve AM, Colaiácovo MP. Crossing over is coupled to late meiotic prophase bivalent differentiation through asymmetric disassembly of the SC. J Cell Biol. 2005 Feb 28; 168(5):683-9.
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  26. Colaiácovo MP, MacQueen AJ, Martinez-Perez E, McDonald K, Adamo A, La Volpe A, Villeneuve AM. Synaptonemal complex assembly in C. elegans is dispensable for loading strand-exchange proteins but critical for proper completion of recombination. Dev Cell. 2003 Sep; 5(3):463-74.
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  27. MacQueen AJ, Colaiácovo MP, McDonald K, Villeneuve AM. Synapsis-dependent and -independent mechanisms stabilize homolog pairing during meiotic prophase in C. elegans. Genes Dev. 2002 Sep 15; 16(18):2428-42.
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  28. Colaiácovo MP, Stanfield GM, Reddy KC, Reinke V, Kim SK, Villeneuve AM. A targeted RNAi screen for genes involved in chromosome morphogenesis and nuclear organization in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline. Genetics. 2002 Sep; 162(1):113-28.
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  29. Dernburg AF, Zalevsky J, Colaiácovo MP, Villeneuve AM. Transgene-mediated cosuppression in the C. elegans germ line. Genes Dev. 2000 Jul 1; 14(13):1578-83.
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  30. Colaiácovo MP, Pâques F, Haber JE. Removal of one nonhomologous DNA end during gene conversion by a RAD1- and MSH2-independent pathway. Genetics. 1999 Apr; 151(4):1409-23.
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  31. Sugawara N, Pâques F, Colaiácovo M, Haber JE. Role of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Msh2 and Msh3 repair proteins in double-strand break-induced recombination. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Aug 19; 94(17):9214-9.
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