EDUCATION
Undergraduate
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
B.A. 1978; Biology and Environmental Sciences
Graduate
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Ph.D. 1986; Developmental Biology
Mentors: Drs. David R. McClay and Richard B. Marchase
Postgraduate
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,Houston
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow; May 1986 - April 1989
Sponsors: Drs. William H. Klein and William J. Lennarz
APPOINTMENTS
| Fresques, Tara M., Wessel, Gary M. "Nodal induces sequential restriction of germ cell factors during primordial germ cell specification." Development, vol. 145, no. 2, 2018, pp. dev155663. |
| Fresques TM, Wessel GM. "Nodal induces sequential restriction of germ cell factors during primordial germ cell specification." Development, vol. 145, no. 2, 2018. |
| Brayboy LM, Knapik LO, Long S, Westrick M, Wessel GM. "Ovarian hormones modulate multidrug resistance transporters in the ovary." Contraception and reproductive medicine, vol. 3, 2018, pp. 26. |
| Calestani C, Wessel GM. "These Colors Don't Run: Regulation of Pigment-Biosynthesis in Echinoderms." Results and problems in cell differentiation, vol. 65, 2018, pp. 515-525. |
| Wessel GM, Wong JL. "Change." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 84, no. 12, 2017, pp. 1231-1232. |
| Niikura, Keisuke, Alam, M. Shahanoor, Naruse, Masahiro, Jimbo, Mitsuru, Moriyama, Hideaki, Reich, Adrian, Wessel, Gary M., Matsumoto, Midori. "Protein kinase A activity leads to the extension of the acrosomal process in starfish sperm." Molecular Reproduction and Development, vol. 84, no. 7, 2017, pp. 614-625. |
| Niikura K, Alam MS, Naruse M, Jimbo M, Moriyama H, Reich A, Wessel GM, Matsumoto M. "Protein kinase A activity leads to the extension of the acrosomal process in starfish sperm." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 84, no. 7, 2017, pp. 614-625. |
| Bucci, Caitlin, Francoeur, Madison, McGreal, Jillon, Smolowitz, Roxanna, Zazueta-Novoa, Vanesa, Wessel, Gary M., Gomez-Chiarri, Marta. "Sea Star Wasting Disease in Asterias forbesi along the Atlantic Coast of North America." PLOS ONE, vol. 12, no. 12, 2017, pp. e0188523. |
| Bucci C, Francoeur M, McGreal J, Smolowitz R, Zazueta-Novoa V, Wessel GM, Gomez-Chiarri M. "Sea Star Wasting Disease in Asterias forbesi along the Atlantic Coast of North America." PLoS ONE, vol. 12, no. 12, 2017, pp. e0188523. |
| Shevidi S, Uchida A, Schudrowitz N, Wessel GM, Yajima M. "Single nucleotide editing without DNA cleavage using CRISPR/Cas9-deaminase in the sea urchin embryo." Developmental Dynamics, vol. 246, no. 12, 2017, pp. 1036-1046. |
| Wessel GM. "T'is a chilly season for reproduction." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 84, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1. |
| Schudrowitz N, Takagi S, Wessel GM, Yajima M. "The germline factor DDX4 functions in blood-derived cancer cell phenotypes." Cancer Science, vol. 108, no. 8, 2017, pp. 1612-1619. |
| Wessel GM. "The oohs and oompahs are in good company!." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 84, no. 10, 2017, pp. 1019. |
| Oulhen, Nathalie, Swartz, S. Zachary, Laird, Jessica, Mascaro, Alexandra, Wessel, Gary. "Transient translational quiescence in primordial germ cells." Development, 2017, pp. dev.144170. |
| Oulhen N, Swartz SZ, Laird J, Mascaro A, Wessel GM. "Transient translational quiescence in primordial germ cells." Development, vol. 144, no. 7, 2017, pp. 1201-1210. |
| Oulhen N, Wessel GM. "Albinism as a visual, in vivo guide for CRISPR/Cas9 functionality in the sea urchin embryo." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 83, no. 12, 2016, pp. 1046-1047. |
| Poon J, Wessel GM, Yajima M. "An unregulated regulator: Vasa expression in the development of somatic cells and in tumorigenesis." Developmental Biology, vol. 415, no. 1, 2016, pp. 24-32. |
| Dresselhaus, Thomas, Sprunck, Stefanie, Wessel, Gary M. "Fertilization Mechanisms in Flowering Plants." Current Biology, vol. 26, no. 3, 2016, pp. R125-R139. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "Germ Line Mechanics—And Unfinished Business." Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 2016, pp. 553-566. |
| Board T, Wessel G. "I did not see that coming! It is more than bugs in the bagina." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 83, no. 7, 2016, pp. 571. |
| Wessel GM. "Now that is a game changer: The entire reproductive cycle of an oocyte in a dish." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 83, no. 11, 2016, pp. 939. |
| Oulhen N, Heyland A, Carrier TJ, Zazueta-Novoa V, Fresques T, Laird J, Onorato TM, Janies D, Wessel G. "Regeneration in bipinnaria larvae of the bat star Patiria miniata induces rapid and broad new gene expression." Mechanisms of development, vol. 142, 2016, pp. 10-21. |
| Fresques, Tara, Swartz, Steven Zachary, Juliano, Celina, Morino, Yoshiaki, Kikuchi, Mani, Akasaka, Koji, Wada, Hiroshi, Yajima, Mamiko, Wessel, Gary M. "The diversity of nanos expression in echinoderm embryos supports different mechanisms in germ cell specification." Evolution & development, vol. 18, no. 4, 2016, pp. 267-278. |
| Brayboy LM, Wessel GM. "The double-edged sword of the mammalian oocyte--advantages, drawbacks and approaches for basic and clinical analysis at the single cell level." Molecular human reproduction, vol. 22, no. 4, 2016, pp. 311. |
| Norlin M, Wessel GM. "To the extremes and beyond… Now those are talented mammary glands!." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 83, no. 6, 2016, pp. 465. |
| Wessel GM. "Toxic embryos? Oh my…." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 83, no. 12, 2016, pp. 1041. |
| Yajima, Mamiko, Wessel, Gary. "Broad functions for the “germ-line factor” vasa." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 82, no. 6, 2015, pp. 405. |
| Wessel GM, Swartz SZ. "Earlier, but later than that, though not that early… Simplifying the many shades of gray in germ line determination." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 82, no. 4, 2015, pp. Fmi. |
| Yajima M, Wessel GM. "Essential elements for translation: the germline factor Vasa functions broadly in somatic cells." Development, vol. 142, no. 11, 2015, pp. 1960-1970. |
| Swartz, S. Zachary, Wessel, Gary M. "Germ Line Versus Soma in the Transition from Egg to Embryo." Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 2015, pp. 149-190. |
| Wessel GM. "If I had a name like that… I would probably change it." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 82, no. 1, 2015, pp. Fmi. |
| Reich, Adrian, Dunn, Casey, Akasaka, Koji, Wessel, Gary. "Phylogenomic Analyses of Echinodermata Support the Sister Groups of Asterozoa and Echinozoa." PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 3, 2015, pp. e0119627. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "Picking the right tool for the job-Phosphoproteomics of egg activation." PROTEOMICS, vol. 15, no. 23-24, 2015, pp. 3925-3927. |
| Angione, Stephanie L., Oulhen, Nathalie, Brayboy, Lynae M., Tripathi, Anubhav, Wessel, Gary M. "Simple perfusion apparatus for manipulation, tracking, and study of oocytes and embryos." Fertility and Sterility, vol. 103, no. 1, 2015, pp. 281-290.e5. |
| Brayboy, L.M., Wessel, G.M. "The double-edged sword of the mammalian oocyte u2013 advantages, drawbacks and approaches for basic and clinical analysis at the single cell level." Molecular human reproduction, vol. 22, no. 3, 2015, pp. 200-207. |
| Yajima, Mamiko, Kiyomoto, Masato, Wessel, Gary M. "The germ line begins as a single cluster of cells in the penta-radial juvenile starfish." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 82, no. 11, 2015, pp. 821-821. |
| Yajima M, Kiyomoto M, Wessel GM. "The germ line begins as a single cluster of cells in the penta-radial juvenile starfish." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 82, no. 11, 2015, pp. 821-821. |
| Wessel GM. "The strength in comparison: Franz von Leydig (May 21, 1821 - April 13, 1908)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 82, no. 6, 2015, pp. Fmi. |
| Oulhen N, Xu D, Wessel GM. "Conservation of sequence and function in fertilization of the cortical granule serine protease in echinoderms." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 450, no. 3, 2014, pp. 1135-41. |
| Swartz SZ, Reich AM, Oulhen N, Raz T, Milos PM, Campanale JP, Hamdoun A, Wessel GM. "Deadenylase depletion protects inherited mRNAs in primordial germ cells." Development, vol. 141, no. 16, 2014, pp. 3134-42. |
| Oulhen N, Onorato TM, Ramos I, Wessel GM. "Dysferlin is essential for endocytosis in the sea star oocyte." Developmental Biology, vol. 388, no. 1, 2014, pp. 94-102. |
| Oulhen N, Wessel GM. "Every which way--nanos gene regulation in echinoderms." genesis, vol. 52, no. 3, 2014, pp. 279-86. |
| Juliano C, Swartz SZ, Wessel G. "Isolating specific embryonic cells of the sea urchin by FACS." Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1128, 2014, pp. 187-96. |
| Wessel GM. "Japanese shrine captures Roman goddess!." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 81, no. 6, 2014, pp. Fmi. |
| Wessel GM. "Microscope not included. Reinier de Graaf (July 30, 1641 - August 17, 1673)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 81, no. 3, 2014, pp. Fmi. |
| Campanale JP, Gökirmak T, Espinoza JA, Oulhen N, Wessel GM, Hamdoun A. "Migration of sea urchin primordial germ cells." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, vol. 243, no. 7, 2014, pp. C1. |
| Campanale JP, Gökirmak T, Espinoza JA, Oulhen N, Wessel GM, Hamdoun A. "Migration of sea urchin primordial germ cells." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, vol. 243, no. 7, 2014, pp. 917-27. |
| Wessel GM, Fresques T, Kiyomoto M, Yajima M, Zazueta V. "Origin and development of the germ line in sea stars." genesis, vol. 52, no. 5, 2014, pp. 367-77. |
| Juliano CE, Reich A, Liu N, Götzfried J, Zhong M, Uman S, Reenan RA, Wessel GM, Steele RE, Lin H. "PIWI proteins and PIWI-interacting RNAs function in Hydra somatic stem cells." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 111, no. 1, 2014, pp. 337-42. |
| Yajima M, Gustafson EA, Song JL, Wessel GM. "Piwi regulates Vasa accumulation during embryogenesis in the sea urchin." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, vol. 243, no. 3, 2014, pp. 451-8. |
| Wessel GM. "Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907-April 14, 1964)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 81, no. 1, 2014, pp. Fmi. |
| Fresques T, Zazueta-Novoa V, Reich A, Wessel GM. "Selective accumulation of germ-line associated gene products in early development of the sea star and distinct differences from germ-line development in the sea urchin." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, vol. 243, no. 4, 2014, pp. 568-87. |
| Wessel GM. "Sperm in the reproduction flea market …. how do they move that way?." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 81, no. 4, 2014, pp. Fmi. |
| Wessel GM. "The founder of an institution: Robert E. Cooke and the NIHCD." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 81, no. 5, 2014, pp. Fmi. |
| Ramos, I., Reich, A., Wessel, G. M. "Two-pore channels function in calcium regulation in sea star oocytes and embryos." Development, vol. 141, no. 23, 2014, pp. 4598-4609. |
| Wessel GM. "A special place for a special niche: the reproductive niche." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 80, no. 4, 2013, pp. Fmi. |
| Ramos I, Wessel GM. "Calcium pathway machinery at fertilization in echinoderms." Cell calcium, vol. 53, no. 1, 2013, pp. 16-23. |
| Oulhen N, Reich A, Wong JL, Ramos I, Wessel GM. "Diversity in the fertilization envelopes of echinoderms." Evolution & development, vol. 15, no. 1, 2013, pp. 28-40. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "George Nicholas Papanicolaou: (May 13, 1883 - February 18, 1962)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 80, no. 12, 2013, pp. Fm i-Fm i. |
| Wessel GM. "Getting from point A to point B …the diverse routes for germ-line determination." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 80, no. 8, 2013, pp. i. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "Getting schooled the ol'fashioned way. August Weismann and the “germ terms”." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 80, no. 1, 2013, pp. Fm i-Fm i. |
| Seervai RN, Wessel GM. "Lessons for inductive germline determination." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 80, no. 8, 2013, pp. 590-609. |
| Yajima M, Suglia E, Gustafson EA, Wessel GM. "Meiotic gene expression initiates during larval development in the sea urchin." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, vol. 242, no. 2, 2013, pp. 155-63. |
| Brayboy LM, Oulhen N, Witmyer J, Robins J, Carson S, Wessel GM. "Multidrug-resistant transport activity protects oocytes from chemotherapeutic agents and changes during oocyte maturation." Fertility and Sterility, vol. 100, no. 5, 2013, pp. 1428-35. |
| Oulhen N, Wessel GM. "Retention of exogenous mRNAs selectively in the germ cells of the sea urchin requires only a 5'-cap and a 3'-UTR." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 80, no. 7, 2013, pp. 561-9. |
| Schumpert B, García MG, Wessel GM, Wordeman L, Hille MB. "Roles for focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in blastomere abscission and vesicle trafficking during cleavage in the sea urchin embryo." Mechanisms of development, vol. 130, no. 4-5, 2013, pp. 290-303. |
| Brayboy, L.M., Oulhen, N., Angione, S., Tripathi, A., Wessel, G. "Simple perfusion apparatus for the study of oocytes." Fertility and Sterility, vol. 100, no. 3, 2013, pp. S234. |
| Oulhen N, Yoshida T, Yajima M, Song JL, Sakuma T, Sakamoto N, Yamamoto T, Wessel GM. "The 3'UTR of nanos2 directs enrichment in the germ cell lineage of the sea urchin." Developmental Biology, vol. 377, no. 1, 2013, pp. 275-83. |
| Wessel GM. "The opinions of Ernest H. Starling." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 80, no. 11, 2013, pp. Fmi. |
| Green, L.J., Brayboy, L., Oulhen, N., Robins, J., Pagidas, K., Wessel, G. "The role of fragile X mental retardation protein in ovarian development and oogenesis." Fertility and Sterility, vol. 100, no. 3, 2013, pp. S54. |
| Brayboy, L., Poole, W., Wessel, G., Wheeler, C., Blazar, A., Robins, J. "Towards a quantitative model of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis designed to aid in fertility decision-making." Fertility and Sterility, vol. 100, no. 3, 2013, pp. S156-S157. |
| Wessel GM. "When its essential function is as a marker. Tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase and germ cell identification." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 80, no. 3, 2013, pp. Fmi. |
| Yajima M, Wessel GM. "Autonomy in specification of primordial germ cells and their passive translocation in the sea urchin." Development, vol. 139, no. 20, 2012, pp. 3786-94. |
| Wessel GM. "Clouded by terminology: Edouard-Gérard Balbiani and the mitochondrial cloud." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 9, 2012, pp. Fm i. |
| Sutherby J, Giardini JL, Nguyen J, Wessel G, Leguia M, Heyland A. "Histamine is a modulator of metamorphic competence in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)." BMC developmental biology, vol. 12, 2012, pp. 14. |
| Leguia, Mariana, Wessel, Gary M. "Histamine receptor regulation at fertilization." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 4, 2012, pp. 237-237. |
| Yajima M, Fairbrother WG, Wessel GM. "ISWI contributes to ArsI insulator function in development of the sea urchin." Development, vol. 139, no. 19, 2012, pp. 3613-22. |
| McKinnell Z, Wessel G. "Ligers and tigons and .....what? ....oh my!." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 8, 2012, pp. Fm i. |
| Brayboy, L.M., Oulhen, N., Robins, J., Witmyer, J., Wessel, G., Carson, S. "Multidrug resistant transport activity is associated with maturational stage and oocyte susceptibility to chemotherapeutic agents." Fertility and Sterility, vol. 98, no. 3, 2012, pp. S120. |
| Azadi G, Gustafson E, Wessel GM, Tripathi A. "Rapid detection and quantification of specific proteins by immunodepletion and microfluidic separation." Biotechnology journal, vol. 7, no. 8, 2012, pp. 1008-13. |
| Song JL, Stoeckius M, Maaskola J, Friedländer M, Stepicheva N, Juliano C, Lebedeva S, Thompson W, Rajewsky N, Wessel GM. "Select microRNAs are essential for early development in the sea urchin." Developmental Biology, vol. 362, no. 1, 2012, pp. 104-13. |
| Wessel GM. "The "first" maternal effect gene." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 10, 2012, pp. Fmi. |
| Wessel GM. "The anatomy of transcription: Oscar Lee Miller (April 12, 1925-January 28, 2012)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 6, 2012, pp. Fm i. |
| Wessel GM. "The baculum--the fastest source for intercourse." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 3, 2012, pp. Fmi. |
| Song JL, Wessel GM. "The forkhead transcription factor FoxY regulates Nanos." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 10, 2012, pp. 680-8. |
| Wessel GM. "The national germ plasm movement." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 12, 2012, pp. Fm i. |
| Reich A, Neretti N, Freiman RN, Wessel GM. "Transcriptome variance in single oocytes within, and between, genotypes." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 8, 2012, pp. 502-3. |
| Wessel GM. "What makes our field unique?." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 2, 2012, pp. Fmi. |
| Wessel GM. "Xs and Ys, and Barrs and Lyons." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 7, 2012, pp. i. |
| Wessel GM. "Zoologist, artist, naturalist: Libbie Henrietta Hyman (December 6, 1888-August 3, 1969)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 1, 2012, pp. Fm i. |
| Wessel GM. "Accessorizing the testis. Enrico Sertoli and the "mother cell" of the testis." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 78, no. 3, 2011, pp. Fmi. |
| Zazueta-Novoa V, Martínez-Cadena G, Wessel GM, Zazueta-Sandoval R, Castellano L, García-Soto J. "Concordance and interaction of guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor (RhoGDI) with RhoA in oogenesis and early development of the sea urchin." Development, growth & differentiation, vol. 53, no. 3, 2011, pp. 427-39. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "Creativity, simplicity, and Ray Rappaport (1922-2010)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 78, no. 4, 2011, pp. Fm i-Fm i. |
| Horgan C, Terrero G, Wessel G. "In the extremes--traumatic insemination." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 78, no. 5, 2011, pp. Fmi. |
| Wessel GM. "Life on the fringes - let's try it this way." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 78, no. 8, 2011, pp. Fm i. |
| Schmerler S, Wessel GM. "Polar bodies--more a lack of understanding than a lack of respect." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 78, no. 1, 2011, pp. 3-8. |
| Gustafson EA, Yajima M, Juliano CE, Wessel GM. "Post-translational regulation by gustavus contributes to selective Vasa protein accumulation in multipotent cells during embryogenesis." Developmental Biology, vol. 349, no. 2, 2011, pp. 440-50. |
| Yajima M, Wessel GM. "Small micromeres contribute to the germline in the sea urchin." Development, vol. 138, no. 2, 2011, pp. 237-43. |
| Yajima M, Wessel GM. "The DEAD-box RNA helicase Vasa functions in embryonic mitotic progression in the sea urchin." Development, vol. 138, no. 11, 2011, pp. 2217-22. |
| Yajima M, Wessel GM. "The multiple hats of Vasa: its functions in the germline and in cell cycle progression." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 78, no. 10-11, 2011, pp. 861-7. |
| Créton, Robbert, Wessel, Gary M. "The passing of a major wave: Lionel F. Jaffe (December 28, 1927 - April 27, 2011)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 78, no. 6, 2011, pp. Fm i-Fm i. |
| Wessel GM. "The sub-culture of cell culture." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 78, no. 2, 2011, pp. Fm i. |
| Reich A, Klatsky P, Carson S, Wessel G. "The transcriptome of a human polar body accurately reflects its sibling oocyte." Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 286, no. 47, 2011, pp. 40743-9. |
| Wessel GM. "The yellow body." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 78, no. 1, 2011, pp. Fmi. |
| Wessel GM. "Y does it work this way? Nettie Maria Stevens (July 7, 1861 - May 4, 1912)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 78, no. 9, 2011, pp. Fmi. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "Zoologist, artist, naturalist: Libbie Henrietta Hyman (December 6, 1888 - August 3, 1969)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 79, no. 1, 2011, pp. Fm i-Fm i. |
| Wessel GM. "Origin" of the germinal vesicle." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 4, 2010, pp. preceeding table of contents. |
| Juliano CE, Swartz SZ, Wessel GM. "A conserved germline multipotency program." Development, vol. 137, no. 24, 2010, pp. 4113-26. |
| Wessel GM. "A synthetic future in reproduction and development?." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 7, 2010, pp. i. |
| Swartz, S. Zachary, Juliano, Celina E., Raz, Tal, Lipson, Doron, Milos, Patrice, Hamdoun, Amro, Wessel, Gary M. "An ancient molecular circuit specifying multipotency." Developmental Biology, vol. 344, no. 1, 2010, pp. 514-515. |
| Klatsky, P.C., Wessel, G.M., Robins, J., Wittmyer, J., Carson, S.A. "Analysis of mRNA in human polar bodies." Fertility and Sterility, vol. 94, no. 4, 2010, pp. S30. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "Christian Heinrich Pander (1794-1865)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 9, 2010, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Gustafson EA, Wessel GM. "DEAD-box helicases: posttranslational regulation and function." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 395, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-6. |
| Klatsky PC, Wessel GM, Carson SA. "Detection and quantification of mRNA in single human polar bodies: a minimally invasive test of gene expression during oogenesis." Molecular human reproduction, vol. 16, no. 12, 2010, pp. 938-43. |
| Klatsky PC, Carson SA, Wessel GM. "Detection of oocyte mRNA in starfish polar bodies." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 5, 2010, pp. 386. |
| Juliano C, Wessel G. "Developmental biology. Versatile germline genes." Science, vol. 329, no. 5992, 2010, pp. 640-1. |
| Gustafson EA, Wessel GM. "Exogenous RNA is selectively retained in the small micromeres during sea urchin embryogenesis." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 10, 2010, pp. 836. |
| Waxman, Joshua, Martindale, Mark Q., Wessel, Gary M. "John Morrill: Scientist, Educator, Friend (Nov. 20, 1929 - Aug. 9, 2010)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 10, 2010, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Juliano CE, Yajima M, Wessel GM. "Nanos functions to maintain the fate of the small micromere lineage in the sea urchin embryo." Developmental Biology, vol. 337, no. 2, 2010, pp. 220-32. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "On the shoulders of giants: Christian Andreas Victor Hensen." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 6, 2010, pp. NA-NA. |
| Wessel, Gary. "On the shoulders of giants: Edward Grant Conklin." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 2, 2010, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Wessel GM. "On the shoulders of giants: some called her God." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 11, 2010. |
| Ruas M, Rietdorf K, Arredouani A, Davis LC, Lloyd-Evans E, Koegel H, Funnell TM, Morgan AJ, Ward JA, Watanabe K, Cheng X, Churchill GC, Zhu MX, Platt FM, Wessel GM, Parrington J, Galione A. "Purified TPC isoforms form NAADP receptors with distinct roles for Ca(2+) signaling and endolysosomal trafficking." Current Biology, vol. 20, no. 8, 2010, pp. 703-9. |
| Wessel GM. "Thanks--but I'll keep my day job(s)." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 6, 2010, pp. 1p preceeding table of contents. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "The scientific process - or - wishful thinking? Whatever happened to the word test ?." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 3, 2010, pp. NA-NA. |
| Wessel GM, Reich AM, Klatsky PC. "Use of sea stars to study basic reproductive processes." Systems biology in reproductive medicine, vol. 56, no. 3, 2010, pp. 236-45. |
| Gustafson EA, Wessel GM. "Vasa genes: emerging roles in the germ line and in multipotent cells." BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, vol. 32, no. 7, 2010, pp. 626-37. |
| Wong JL, Wessel GM. "VISIONS: the art of science." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 6, 2010, pp. 473. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "What will they think of next?." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 8, 2010, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Wessel GM. "What will they think of next? Parthenogenesis and the remarkable insight derived from biological variation." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 8, 2010, pp. i. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "A New Generation." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 76, no. 1, 2009, pp. i-i. |
| Juliano CE, Wessel GM. "An evolutionary transition of Vasa regulation in echinoderms." Evolution & development, vol. 11, no. 5, 2009, pp. 560-73. |
| Wessel GM, Wong JL. "Cell surface changes in the egg at fertilization." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 76, no. 10, 2009, pp. 942-53. |
| Wessel GM. "Editorial: Putting the yoke back in zygote." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 76, no. 12, 2009, pp. NA. |
| Klatsky, P.C., Witmyer, J., Robins, J., Wessel, G.M., Carson, S.A. "Evidence of oocyte specific gene expression from polar body analysis." Fertility and Sterility, vol. 92, no. 3, 2009, pp. S215. |
| Wong JL, Wessel GM. "Extracellular matrix modifications at fertilization: regulation of dityrosine crosslinking by transamidation." Development, vol. 136, no. 11, 2009, pp. 1835-47. |
| Kelly JR, Rubin AJ, Davis JH, Ajo-Franklin CM, Cumbers J, Czar MJ, de Mora K, Glieberman AL, Monie DD, Endy D. "Measuring the activity of BioBrick promoters using an in vivo reference standard." Journal of biological engineering, vol. 3, 2009, pp. 4. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "Mechanisms of Exocytosis . Based on a meeting held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 22–25 May 2008. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1152. Edited by Robert Zorec , Nina Vardjan , Helena H. Chowdhury , Marko Kreft , and Marjan Rupnik . Published by Blackwell Publishing, Malden (Massachusetts) on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences , New York . $130.00 (paper). xiii + 226 p.; ill.; index of contributors. 978‐1‐57331‐735‐1 . 2009 ." The Quarterly Review of Biology, vol. 84, no. 4, 2009, pp. 418-418. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "Meet the Editors." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 76, no. 2, 2009, pp. NA-NA. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "Molecular Reproduction and Development: Dedication to Ralph B.L. Gwatkin." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 76, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-1. |
| Denegre, James, Florman, Harvey, Latham, Keith E., Prather, Randall, Swanson, Willie, Williams, Carmen, Wessel, Gary. "MR&D: The conference, 2009." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 76, no. 9, 2009, pp. NA-NA. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "The apoptotic oocyte." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 77, no. 1, 2009, pp. n/a-n/a. |
| Davis LC, Morgan AJ, Ruas M, Wong JL, Graeff RM, Poustka AJ, Lee HC, Wessel GM, Parrington J, Galione A. "Ca(2+) signaling occurs via second messenger release from intraorganelle synthesis sites." Current Biology, vol. 18, no. 20, 2008, pp. 1612-8. |
| Wong JL, Wessel GM. "FRAP analysis of secretory granule lipids and proteins in the sea urchin egg." Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 440, 2008, pp. 61-76. |
| Wong JL, Wessel GM. "Free-radical crosslinking of specific proteins alters the function of the egg extracellular matrix at fertilization." Development, vol. 135, no. 3, 2008, pp. 431-40. |
| Gustafson EA, Wessel GM. "Polycomb group gene expression in the sea urchin." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, vol. 237, no. 7, 2008, pp. 1851-61. |
| Wong JL, Wessel GM. "Renovation of the egg extracellular matrix at fertilization." The International journal of developmental biology, vol. 52, no. 5-6, 2008, pp. 545-50. |
| Voronina E, Lopez M, Juliano CE, Gustafson E, Song JL, Extavour C, George S, Oliveri P, McClay D, Wessel G. "Vasa protein expression is restricted to the small micromeres of the sea urchin, but is inducible in other lineages early in development." Developmental Biology, vol. 314, no. 2, 2008, pp. 276-86. |
| Parrington J, Davis LC, Galione A, Wessel G. "Flipping the switch: how a sperm activates the egg at fertilization." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, vol. 236, no. 8, 2007, pp. 2027-38. |
| Song JL, Wessel GM. "Genes involved in the RNA interference pathway are differentially expressed during sea urchin development." Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, vol. 236, no. 11, 2007, pp. 3180-90. |
| Wong, Julian L., Koppel, Dennis E., Cowan, Ann E., Wessel, Gary M. "Membrane Hemifusion Is a Stable Intermediate of Exocytosis." Developmental Cell, vol. 12, no. 5, 2007, pp. 837-838. |
| Wong JL, Koppel DE, Cowan AE, Wessel GM. "Membrane hemifusion is a stable intermediate of exocytosis." Developmental Cell, vol. 12, no. 4, 2007, pp. 653-9. |
| Lohmueller, J., Cumbers, J., Schmidt, M., Hickey, B., Lattanzi, V., Brodsky, A.S., Morgan, J., Tam, L.-K., Urabe, H., Neretti, N., Lemon, J., Gao, A., Goldstein, P., Jaklenec, A., Kaka, A., Haberstroh, K., Palmore, T., Gagnon, J., Wessel, G. "Progress toward construction and modelling of a tri-stable toggle switch in E. coli." IET Synthetic Biology, vol. 1, no. 1, 2007, pp. 25-28. |
| Lohmueller, Jason, Hickey, Brendan, Kaka, Azeem, Gao, Annie, Lemon, Jamie, Lattanzi, Victoria, Goldstein, Peter, Tam, Lick-Kong, Schmidt, Meghan, Cumbers, John, Gagnon, James, Urabe, Hayato, Jaklenec, Ana, Wessel, Gary. "Progress toward the construction of a tri-stable genetic toggle switch in E. coli." BMC systems biology, vol. 1, no. Suppl 1, 2007, pp. P39. |
| Leguia, Mariana, Wessel, Gary M. "The many faces of egg activation at fertilization." Signal Transduction, vol. 7, no. 2, 2007, pp. 118-141. |
| Roux MM, Townley IK, Raisch M, Reade A, Bradham C, Humphreys G, Gunaratne HJ, Killian CE, Moy G, Su YH, Ettensohn CA, Wilt F, Vacquier VD, Burke RD, Wessel G, Foltz KR. "A functional genomic and proteomic perspective of sea urchin calcium signaling and egg activation." Developmental Biology, vol. 300, no. 1, 2006, pp. 416-33. |
| Voronina E, Wessel GM. "Activator of G-protein signaling in asymmetric cell divisions of the sea urchin embryo." Development, growth & differentiation, vol. 48, no. 9, 2006, pp. 549-57. |
| Wong JL, Wessel GM. "Defending the zygote: search for the ancestral animal block to polyspermy." Current Topics in Developmental Biology, vol. 72, 2006, pp. 1-151. |
| Juliano CE, Voronina E, Stack C, Aldrich M, Cameron AR, Wessel GM. "Germ line determinants are not localized early in sea urchin development, but do accumulate in the small micromere lineage." Developmental Biology, vol. 300, no. 1, 2006, pp. 406-15. |
| Briggs E, Wessel GM. "In the beginning...animal fertilization and sea urchin development." Developmental Biology, vol. 300, no. 1, 2006, pp. 15-26. |
| Beane WS, Voronina E, Wessel GM, McClay DR. "Lineage-specific expansions provide genomic complexity among sea urchin GTPases." Developmental Biology, vol. 300, no. 1, 2006, pp. 165-79. |
| Song JL, Wong JL, Wessel GM. "Oogenesis: single cell development and differentiation." Developmental Biology, vol. 300, no. 1, 2006, pp. 385-405. |
| Wong JL, Wessel GM. "Rendezvin: An essential gene encoding independent, differentially secreted egg proteins that organize the fertilization envelope proteome after self-association." Molecular biology of the cell, vol. 17, no. 12, 2006, pp. 5241-52. |
| Leguia M, Conner S, Berg L, Wessel GM. "Synaptotagmin I is involved in the regulation of cortical granule exocytosis in the sea urchin." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 73, no. 7, 2006, pp. 895-905. |
| Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Consortium, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Davidson EH, Cameron RA, Gibbs RA, Angerer RC, Angerer LM, Arnone MI, Burgess DR, Burke RD, Coffman JA, Dean M, Elphick MR, Ettensohn CA, Foltz KR, Hamdoun A, Hynes RO, Klein WH, Marzluff W, McClay DR, Morris RL, Mushegian A, Rast JP, Smith LC, Thorndyke MC, Vacquier VD, Wessel GM, Wray G, Zhang L, Elsik CG, Ermolaeva O, Hlavina W, Hofmann G, Kitts P, Landrum MJ, Mackey AJ, Maglott D, Panopoulou G, Poustka AJ, Pruitt K, Sapojnikov V, Song X, Souvorov A, Solovyev V, Wei Z, Whittaker CA, Worley K, Durbin KJ, Shen Y, Fedrigo O, Garfield D, Haygood R, Primus A, Satija R, Severson T, Gonzalez-Garay ML, Jackson AR, Milosavljevic A, Tong M, Killian CE, Livingston BT, Wilt FH, Adams N, Bellé R, Carbonneau S, Cheung R, Cormier P, Cosson B, Croce J, Fernandez-Guerra A, Genevière AM, Goel M, Kelkar H, Morales J, Mulner-Lorillon O, Robertson AJ, Goldstone JV, Cole B, Epel D, Gold B, Hahn ME, Howard-Ashby M, Scally M, Stegeman JJ, Allgood EL, Cool J, Judkins KM, McCafferty SS, Musante AM, Obar RA, Rawson AP, Rossetti BJ, Gibbons IR, Hoffman MP, Leone A, Istrail S, Materna SC, Samanta MP, Stolc V, Tongprasit W, Tu Q, Bergeron KF, Brandhorst BP, Whittle J, Berney K, Bottjer DJ, Calestani C, Peterson K, Chow E, Yuan QA, Elhaik E, Graur D, Reese JT, Bosdet I, Heesun S, Marra MA, Schein J, Anderson MK, Brockton V, Buckley KM, Cohen AH, Fugmann SD, Hibino T, Loza-Coll M, Majeske AJ, Messier C, Nair SV, Pancer Z, Terwilliger DP, Agca C, Arboleda E, Chen N, Churcher AM, Hallböök F, Humphrey GW, Idris MM, Kiyama T, Liang S, Mellott D, Mu X, Murray G, Olinski RP, Raible F, Rowe M, Taylor JS, Tessmar-Raible K, Wang D, Wilson KH, Yaguchi S, Gaasterland T, Galindo BE, Gunaratne HJ, Juliano C, Kinukawa M, Moy GW, Neill AT, Nomura M, Raisch M, Reade A, Roux MM, Song JL, Su YH, Townley IK, Voronina E, Wong JL, Amore G, Branno M, Brown ER, Cavalieri V, Duboc V, Duloquin L, Flytzanis C, Gache C, Lapraz F, Lepage T, Locascio A, Martinez P, Matassi G, Matranga V, Range R, Rizzo F, Röttinger E, Beane W, Bradham C, Byrum C, Glenn T, Hussain S, Manning G, Miranda E, Thomason R, Walton K, Wikramanayke A, Wu SY, Xu R, Brown CT, Chen L, Gray RF, Lee PY, Nam J, Oliveri P, Smith J, Muzny D, Bell S, Chacko J, Cree A, Curry S, Davis C, Dinh H, Dugan-Rocha S, Fowler J, Gill R, Hamilton C, Hernandez J, Hines S, Hume J, Jackson L, Jolivet A, Kovar C, Lee S, Lewis L, Miner G, Morgan M, Nazareth LV, Okwuonu G, Parker D, Pu LL, Thorn R, Wright R. "The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus." Science, vol. 314, no. 5801, 2006, pp. 941-52. |
| Leguia M, Wessel GM. "The histamine H1 receptor activates the nitric oxide pathway at fertilization." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 73, no. 12, 2006, pp. 1550-63. |
| Wessel, G. M. "Every sperm - and germ cell protocol - is sacred." Development, vol. 132, no. 23, 2005, pp. 5127-5128. |
| Song JL, Wessel GM. "How to make an egg: transcriptional regulation in oocytes." Differentiation; research in biological diversity, vol. 73, no. 1, 2005, pp. 1-17. |
| Wong JL, Wessel GM. "Reactive oxygen species and Udx1 during early sea urchin development." Developmental Biology, vol. 288, no. 2, 2005, pp. 317-33. |
| Wessel, Gary M. "[Book Review: Essential Cell Biology. Second Edition. ]." The Quarterly Review of Biology, vol. 79, no. 4, 2004, pp. 417-418. |
| Covián-Nares F, Martínez-Cadena G, López-Godínez J, Voronina E, Wessel GM, García-Soto J. "A Rho-signaling pathway mediates cortical granule translocation in the sea urchin oocyte." Mechanisms of development, vol. 121, no. 3, 2004, pp. 225-35. |
| Voronina E, Wessel GM. "betagamma subunits of heterotrimeric G-proteins contribute to Ca2+ release at fertilization in the sea urchin." Journal of cell science, vol. 117, no. Pt 25, 2004, pp. 5995-6005. |
| Wessel GM, Vacquier VD. "Isolation of organelles and components from sea urchin eggs and embryos." Methods in cell biology, vol. 74, 2004, pp. 491-522. |
| Wong JL, Wessel GM. "Major components of a sea urchin block to polyspermy are structurally and functionally conserved." Evolution & development, vol. 6, no. 3, 2004, pp. 134-53. |
| Wessel GM, Voronina E, Brooks JM. "Obtaining and handling echinoderm oocytes." Methods in cell biology, vol. 74, 2004, pp. 87-114. |
| Haley SA, Wessel GM. "Proteolytic cleavage of the cell surface protein p160 is required for detachment of the fertilization envelope in the sea urchin." Developmental Biology, vol. 272, no. 1, 2004, pp. 191-202. |
| Haley SA, Wessel GM. "Regulated proteolysis by cortical granule serine protease 1 at fertilization." Molecular biology of the cell, vol. 15, no. 5, 2004, pp. 2084-92. |
| Voronina E, Wessel GM. "Regulatory contribution of heterotrimeric G-proteins to oocyte maturation in the sea urchin." Mechanisms of development, vol. 121, no. 3, 2004, pp. 247-59. |
| Leguia M, Wessel GM. "Selective expression of a sec1/munc18 member in sea urchin eggs and embryos." Gene expression patterns : GEP, vol. 4, no. 6, 2004, pp. 645-57. |
| Ettensohn CA, Wessel GM, Wray GA. "The invertebrate deuterostomes: an introduction to their phylogeny, reproduction, development, and genomics." Methods in cell biology, vol. 74, 2004, pp. 1-13. |
| Brooks JM, Wessel GM. "The major yolk protein of sea urchins is endocytosed by a dynamin-dependent mechanism." Biology of Reproduction, vol. 71, no. 3, 2004, pp. 705-13. |
| Wong, Julian L., Créton, Robbert, Wessel, Gary M. "The oxidative burst at fertilization is dependent upon activation of the dual oxidase Udx1." Developmental Cell, vol. 7, no. 6, 2004, pp. 801-14. |
| Szule JA, Jarvis SE, Hibbert JE, Spafford JD, Braun JE, Zamponi GW, Wessel GM, Coorssen JR. "Calcium-triggered membrane fusion proceeds independently of specific presynaptic proteins." Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 278, no. 27, 2003, pp. 24251-4. |
| Voronina E, Marzluff WF, Wessel GM. "Cyclin B synthesis is required for sea urchin oocyte maturation." Developmental Biology, vol. 256, no. 2, 2003, pp. 258-75. |
| Brooks JM, Wessel GM. "Selective transport and packaging of the major yolk protein in the sea urchin." Developmental Biology, vol. 261, no. 2, 2003, pp. 353-70. |
| Voronina E, Wessel GM. "The regulation of oocyte maturation." Current Topics in Developmental Biology, vol. 58, 2003, pp. 53-110. |
| Wessel GM, Conner SD, Berg L. "Cortical granule translocation is microfilament mediated and linked to meiotic maturation in the sea urchin oocyte." Development, vol. 129, no. 18, 2002, pp. 4315-25. |
| Moore JC, Sumerel JL, Schnackenberg BJ, Nichols JA, Wikramanayake A, Wessel GM, Marzluff WF. "Cyclin D and cdk4 are required for normal development beyond the blastula stage in sea urchin embryos." Molecular and Cellular Biology, vol. 22, no. 13, 2002, pp. 4863-75. |
| Brooks JM, Wessel GM. "The major yolk protein in sea urchins is a transferrin-like, iron binding protein." Developmental Biology, vol. 245, no. 1, 2002, pp. 1-12. |
| Voronina E, Wessel GM. "Apoptosis in sea urchin oocytes, eggs, and early embryos." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 60, no. 4, 2001, pp. 553-61. |
| Sumerel JL, Moore JC, Schnackenberg BJ, Nichols JA, Canman JC, Wessel GM, Marzluff WF. "Cyclin E and its associated cdk activity do not cycle during early embryogenesis of the sea Urchin." Developmental Biology, vol. 234, no. 2, 2001, pp. 425-40. |
| Ramalho-Santos J, Moreno RD, Wessel GM, Chan EK, Schatten G. "Membrane trafficking machinery components associated with the mammalian acrosome during spermiogenesis." Experimental Cell Research, vol. 267, no. 1, 2001, pp. 45-60. |
| Conner SD, Wessel GM. "Syntaxin, VAMP, and Rab3 are selectively expressed during sea urchin embryogenesis." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 58, no. 1, 2001, pp. 22-9. |
| Wessel GM, Brooks JM, Green E, Haley S, Voronina E, Wong J, Zaydfudim V, Conner S. "The biology of cortical granules." International review of cytology, vol. 209, 2001, pp. 117-206. |
| Gross VS, Wessel G, Florman HM, Ducibella T. "A monoclonal antibody that recognizes mammalian cortical granules and a 32-kilodalton protein in mouse eggs." Biology of Reproduction, vol. 63, no. 2, 2000, pp. 575-81. |
| Conner SD, Wessel GM. "A rab3 homolog in sea urchin functions in cell division." The FASEB Journal, vol. 14, no. 11, 2000, pp. 1559-66. |
| Wessel GM, Zaydfudim V, Hsu YJ, Laidlaw M, Brooks JM. "Direct molecular interaction of a conserved yolk granule protein in sea urchins." Development, growth & differentiation, vol. 42, no. 5, 2000, pp. 507-17. |
| Ramalho-Santos J, Sutovsky P, Simerly C, Oko R, Wessel GM, Hewitson L, Schatten G. "ICSI choreography: fate of sperm structures after monospermic rhesus ICSI and first cell cycle implications." Human Reproduction, vol. 15, no. 12, 2000, pp. 2610-20. |
| Wessel GM, Conner S, Laidlaw M, Harrison J, LaFleur GJ Jr. "SFE1, a constituent of the fertilization envelope in the sea urchin is made by oocytes and contains low-density lipoprotein-receptor-like repeats." Biology of Reproduction, vol. 63, no. 6, 2000, pp. 1706-12. |
| Ramalho-Santos J, Moreno RD, Sutovsky P, Chan AW, Hewitson L, Wessel GM, Simerly CR, Schatten G. "SNAREs in mammalian sperm: possible implications for fertilization." Developmental Biology, vol. 223, no. 1, 2000, pp. 54-69. |
| Moreno RD, Ramalho-Santos J, Chan EK, Wessel GM, Schatten G. "The Golgi apparatus segregates from the lysosomal/acrosomal vesicle during rhesus spermiogenesis: structural alterations." Developmental Biology, vol. 219, no. 2, 2000, pp. 334-49. |
| Wessel GM, Wikramanayake A. "How to grow a gut: ontogeny of the endoderm in the sea urchin embryo." BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, vol. 21, no. 6, 1999, pp. 459-71. |
| Conner SD, Wessel GM. "Syntaxin is required for cell division." Molecular biology of the cell, vol. 10, no. 8, 1999, pp. 2735-43. |
| Haley SA, Wessel GM. "The cortical granule serine protease CGSP1 of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, is autocatalytic and contains a low-density lipoprotein receptor-like domain." Developmental Biology, vol. 211, no. 1, 1999, pp. 1-10. |
| Wessel GM, Berg L, Adelson DL, Cannon G, McClay DR. "A molecular analysis of hyalin--a substrate for cell adhesion in the hyaline layer of the sea urchin embryo." Developmental Biology, vol. 193, no. 2, 1998, pp. 115-26. |
| Conner S, Wessel GM. "rab3 mediates cortical granule exocytosis in the sea urchin egg." Developmental Biology, vol. 203, no. 2, 1998, pp. 334-44. |
| LaFleur GJ Jr, Horiuchi Y, Wessel GM. "Sea urchin ovoperoxidase: oocyte-specific member of a heme-dependent peroxidase superfamily that functions in the block to polyspermy." Mechanisms of development, vol. 70, no. 1-2, 1998, pp. 77-89. |
| Edelmann L, Zheng L, Wang ZF, Marzluff W, Wessel GM, Childs G. "The TATA binding protein in the sea urchin embryo is maternally derived." Developmental Biology, vol. 204, no. 1, 1998, pp. 293-304. |
| Berg LK, Wessel GM. "Cortical granules of the sea urchin translocate early in oocyte maturation." Development, vol. 124, no. 9, 1997, pp. 1845-50. |
| Conner S, Leaf D, Wessel G. "Members of the SNARE hypothesis are associated with cortical granule exocytosis in the sea urchin egg." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 48, no. 1, 1997, pp. 106-18. |
| Schulz JR, Wessel GM, Vacquier VD. "The exocytosis regulatory proteins syntaxin and VAMP are shed from sea urchin sperm during the acrosome reaction." Developmental Biology, vol. 191, no. 1, 1997, pp. 80-7. |
| Berg LK, Chen SW, Wessel GM. "An extracellular matrix molecule that is selectively expressed during development is important for gastrulation in the sea urchin embryo." Development, vol. 122, no. 2, 1996, pp. 703-13. |
| Chen SW, Wessel GM. "Endoderm differentiation in vitro identifies a transitional period for endoderm ontogeny in the sea urchin embryo." Developmental Biology, vol. 175, no. 1, 1996, pp. 57-65. |
| Wessel GM, Clark F, Berg L. "A diversity of enzymes involved in the regulation of reversible tyrosine phosphorylation in sea urchin eggs and embryos." Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology, vol. 110, no. 3, 1995, pp. 493-502. |
| Wessel GM. "A protein of the sea urchin cortical granules is targeted to the fertilization envelope and contains an LDL-receptor-like motif." Developmental Biology, vol. 167, no. 1, 1995, pp. 388-97. |
| Holy J, Wessel G, Berg L, Gregg RG, Schatten G. "Molecular characterization and expression patterns of a B-type nuclear lamin during sea urchin embryogenesis." Developmental Biology, vol. 168, no. 2, 1995, pp. 464-78. |
| Laidlaw M, Wessel GM. "Cortical granule biogenesis is active throughout oogenesis in sea urchins." Development, vol. 120, no. 5, 1994, pp. 1325-33. |
| Wessel GM, Chen SW. "Transient, localized accumulation of alpha-spectrin during sea urchin morphogenesis." Developmental Biology, vol. 155, no. 1, 1993, pp. 161-71. |
| Wessel GM, Etkin M, Benson S. "Primary mesenchyme cells of the sea urchin embryo require an autonomously produced, nonfibrillar collagen for spiculogenesis." Developmental Biology, vol. 148, no. 1, 1991, pp. 261-72. |
| Gong ZY, Cserjesi P, Wessel GM, Brandhorst BP. "Structure and expression of the polyubiquitin gene in sea urchin embryos." Mol. Reprod. Dev., vol. 28, no. 2, 1991, pp. 111-8. |
| Wessel GM, Zhang W, Klein WH. "Myosin heavy chain accumulates in dissimilar cell types of the macromere lineage in the sea urchin embryo." Developmental Biology, vol. 140, no. 2, 1990, pp. 447-54. |
| Gan L, Wessel GM, Klein WH. "Regulatory elements from the related spec genes of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus yield different spatial patterns with a lacZ reporter gene." Developmental Biology, vol. 142, no. 2, 1990, pp. 346-59. |
| Wessel GM. "Cortical granule-specific components are present within oocytes and accessory cells during sea urchin oogenesis." The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society, vol. 37, no. 9, 1989, pp. 1409-20. |
| Wessel GM, Goldberg L, Lennarz WJ, Klein WH. "Gastrulation in the sea urchin is accompanied by the accumulation of an endoderm-specific mRNA." Developmental Biology, vol. 136, no. 2, 1989, pp. 526-36. |
| Wessel GM, Zhang W, Tomlinson CR, Lennarz WJ, Klein WH. "Transcription of the Spec 1-like gene of Lytechinus is selectively inhibited in response to disruption of the extracellular matrix." Development, vol. 106, no. 2, 1989, pp. 355-65. |
| Decker GL, Valdizan MC, Wessel GM, Lennarz WJ. "Developmental distribution of a cell surface glycoprotein in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus." Developmental Biology, vol. 129, no. 2, 1988, pp. 339-49. |
| Xiang MQ, Bédard PA, Wessel G, Filion M, Brandhorst BP, Klein WH. "Tandem duplication and divergence of a sea urchin protein belonging to the troponin C superfamily." Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 263, no. 32, 1988, pp. 17173-80. |
| Wessel GM, Truschel MR, Chambers SA, McClay DR. "A cortical granule-specific enzyme, B-1,3-glucanase, in sea urchin eggs." Gamete research, vol. 18, no. 4, 1987, pp. 339-48. |
| Wessel GM, McClay DR. "Gastrulation in the sea urchin embryo requires the deposition of crosslinked collagen within the extracellular matrix." Developmental Biology, vol. 121, no. 1, 1987, pp. 149-65. |
| Wessel GM, McClay DR. "Two embryonic, tissue-specific molecules identified by a double-label immunofluorescence technique for monoclonal antibodies." The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society, vol. 34, no. 6, 1986, pp. 703-6. |
| Wessel GM, McClay DR. "Sequential expression of germ-layer specific molecules in the sea urchin embryo." Developmental Biology, vol. 111, no. 2, 1985, pp. 451-63. |
| Wessel GM, Marchase RB, McClay DR. "Ontogeny of the basal lamina in the sea urchin embryo." Developmental Biology, vol. 103, no. 1, 1984, pp. 235-45. |
| McClay DR, Wessel GM, Marchase RB. "Intercellular recognition: quantitation of initial binding events." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 78, no. 8, 1981, pp. 4975-9. |
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80. Klatsky, P., Carson, S., and Wessel, G.M. (2010). Detection of Oocyte mRNA in Starfish Polar Bodies. Molecular Reproduction and Development 77: 386. PMCID: PMC287607
81. Ruas M, Rietdorf K, Arredouani A, Davis LC, Lloyd-Evans E, Koegel H, Funnell TM, Morgan AJ, Ward JA, Watanabe K, Cheng X, Churchill GC, Zhu MX, Platt FM, Wessel GM, Parrington J, Galione A. (2010). Purified TPC Isoforms Form NAADP Receptors with Distinct Roles for Ca(2+) Signaling and Endolysosomal Trafficking. Current Biology 20, 703–709. PMCID: PMC2861162
82. Klatsky, P., Wessel, G.M. and Carson, S. (2010). Detection and Quantification of mRNA in Single Human Polar Bodies: a Minimally Invasive Test of Gene Expression During Oogenesis. Molecular Human Reproduction 16(12):938-43. PMID: 20837506
83. Gustafson, EA, Wessel, GM (2010). Exogenous RNA is selectively retained in the small micromeres during sea urchin embryogenesis. Molecular Reproduction and Development 77:836. PMCID: PMC3087629
84. Yajima, M. and Wessel, GM (2011). Small micromeres contribute to the germ line in the sea urchin. Development 138:237-243. PMCID: PMC3005600
85. Gustafson, EA, Yajima, M, Juliano, C, and Wessel, GM. (2011). Post-translational regulation by gustavus contributes to selective Vasa protein accumulation in multipotent cells during embryogenesis. Developmental Biology 349: 440-450. PMCID: PMC3053044.
86. Zazueta-Novoa, Vanesa; Martínez-Cadena, Guadalupe; Wessel, Gary; Zazueta-Sandoval, Roberto; Castellano, Laura; García-Soto, Jesús (2011). Concordance and interaction of guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor (RhoGDI) with RhoA in oogenesis and early development of the sea urchin. Development, Growth and Differentiation. 53(3):427-39.
87. Yajima, M. and Wessel, GM (2011). The DEAD-box RNA helicase Vasa functions in embryonic mitotic progression in the sea urchin. Development 138 2217-2222. PMCID: PMC3091493
88. Reich, A., Klatsky, P., Carson, S., and Wessel, G.M. (2011). The Transcriptome of a Human Polar Body Accurately Reflects its Sibling Oocyte. J. Biological Chemistry 286: 40743-9. PMCID: PMC3220517
89. Song, J., Stoeckius, M., Maaskola, J., Friedländer, M., Stepicheva, N., Juliano, C., Lebedeva, S., Thompson, W., Rajewsky, N., Wessel, GM (2012). Select microRNAs are essential for early development in the sea urchin. Developmental Biology 362: 104-113. PMCID: PMC3254792
90. Sutherby, J., Giardini, J-L., Nguyen, J., Wessel, G., Leguia, M. and Heyland, A. (2012). Histamine is a modulator of metamorphic competence in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). BMC Developmental Biology 2012, 12:14-26.
91. Azadi, G., Wessel, GM., Tripathi, A. (2012) Rapid detection and quantification of specific proteins by immunodepletion and microfluidic separation. Biotechnology Journal. 7(8):1008-13
92. Reich, A., Neretti, N., Freiman, R., and Wessel, G.M. (2012). Transcriptome variance in single oocytes within, and between, genotypes. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 79(8):502-3.
93. Song, J. and Wessel, GM. (2012). The forkhead transcription factor FoxY regulates Nanos. Molecular Reproduction and Development 79:680–688.
94. Yajima, M. Fairbrother, W. and Wessel, GM (2012). ISWI contributes to ArsI insulator function in development of the sea urchin. Development 139:3613-22.
95. Yajima, M. and Wessel, GM (2012). Autonomy in Specification of Primordial Germ Cells and their Passive Translocation in the Sea Urchin. Development, 139(20):3786-94. PMCID: PMC3445309
96. Oulhen, N., Reich, A., Wong, J., and Wessel GM. (2013). Diversity in the fertilization envelope of echinoderms. Evolution and Development 15:1, 28–40 (2013) DOI: 10.1111/ede.12012 PMCID: PMC3888873
97. Yajima, M. Suglia, E., Gustafson EA., and Wessel, GM (2013). Meiotic gene expression initiates during larval development in the sea urchin. Developmental Dynamics 242(2):155-63. DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23904. PMCID:PMC3553291
98. Shumpert, B., Guadalupe García, M., Wessel, GM., Wordeman, L., and Hille, M. (2013). Roles for focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in blastomere abscission and vesicle trafficking during cleavage in the sea urchin embryo Mechanisms of Development 130: 290-303. DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2012.12.003.
99. Oulhen, N., Yoshida, T., Yajima, M., Song, J., Sakuma, T., Sakamoto, N., Yamamoto, T., Wessel, GM. (2013). The 3'UTR of Nanos2 directs enrichment in the germ cell lineage of the sea urchin. Developmental Biology 377: 275-283. PMCID: PMC3641670 DOI 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.01.019.
100. Oulhen, N., and Wessel, GM (2013). Retention of exogenous mRNAs selectively in the germ cell precursors of the sea urchin requires only a 5’-cap and a 3’UTR. Molecular Reproduction and Development 80:561–569.
101. Brayboy LM, Oulhen N, Witmyer J, Robins J, Carson S, Wessel GM, (2013). Multidrug Resistant Transport Activity Protects Oocytes From Chemotherapeutic Agents And Changes During Oocyte Maturation. Fertility and Sterility 100(5):1428-35. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.002. Epub 2013 Aug 13. PMCID: PMC3818338.
102. Fresques T, Zazueta-Novoa V, Reich A, Wessel, GM (2013). Selective accumulation of germ-line associated gene products in early development of the sea star and distinct differences from germ-line development in the sea urchin. Developmental Dynamics 243: 568-587. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.24038.
103. Juliano CE, Reich A, Liu N, Götzfried J, Zhon M, Uman S, Reenan, R, Wessel GM, Steele RE, Lin H (2014). PIWI-piRNA pathway function in Hydra somatic stem cells Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, no. 1 (2014): 337–342. doi:10.1073/pnas.1320965111
104. Yajima M, Gustafson EA, Song JL, Wessel GM (2014). Piwi regulates Vasa accumulation during embryogenesis in the sea urchin. Developmental Dynamics 243:451–458.
105. Oulhen N, Onorato T, Ramos I, Wessel GM (2014). Dysferlin is essential for endocytosis in the sea star oocyte. Developmental Biology 388: 94-102. DOI information: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.12.018. PMCID: PMC3982204
106. Campanela J, Oulhen N, Wessel G, Hamdoun A (2014). Migration of sea urchin primordial germ cells. Developmental Dynamics 243: 917-27. PMCID: PMC4164171
107. Oulhen N, Xu D, Wessel GM (2014). Conservation of sequence and function in fertilization of the cortical granule serine protease in echinoderms. BBRC 450: 1135-1141. PMCID:PMC4133295
108. Yewhalaw D, Kelel M, Getu E, Temam S, Wessel G. (2014). Blood meal sources and sporozoite rates of Anophelines in Gilgel-Gibe dam area, Southwestern Ethiopia. African Journal of Vector Biology September 2014
109. Zazueta V, Wessel GM (2014). Protein degradation machinery is present broadly during early development in the sea urchin. Gene Expression Patterns 15(2):135-41. doi: 10.1016/j.gep.2014.06.002. PMCID: PMC4125525
110. Swartz SZ, Reich AM, Oulhen N, Raz T, Milos PM, Campanale JP, Hamdoun A, Wessel GM. (2014). Deadenylase depletion protects inherited mRNAs in primordial germ cells. Development 141(16):3134-42. doi: 10.1242/dev.110395. PMCID:PMC4197533
111. Kelel M, Abera G Yisma A, Molla B, Gebre N, Adugna T, Wessel G (2014). Isolation of phosphate solubilizing bacteria from Acacia tree rhizosphere soil. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Research 4(5):9-13.
112. Ramos I, Wessel G. (2014). Two-pore Channels (TPCs) function in calcium regulation in sea star oocytes and embryos. Development 141(23):4598-609. doi: 10.1242/dev.113563. PMCID: PMC4302940
113. Angione S, Oulhen N, Brayboy L, Tripathi A, Wessel GM (2014). Simple Perfusion Apparatus (SPA) for Manipulation, Tracking, and Study of Oocytes and Embryos. Fertility and Sterility 103(1):281-290.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.09.039. PMCID:PMC4768872
114. Kelel, M, Temam S, Mandefro A, Asfaw F, Wessel GM (2014). Bovine Tuberculosis Prevalence in Slaughtered Cattle at Gondar Elfora Abattoir, Based on Meat Inspection and Microscopic Methods. American-Eurasian Journal of Scientific Research 9 (5): 114-119.
115. Reich A, Dunn C, Akasaka K, Wessel GM. (2015). Phylogenetic Analyses of Echinodermata Support the Sister Groups of Asterozoa and Echinozoa. PLoS One Mar 20; 10(3);e0119627. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119627. PMCID:PMC4368666
116. Yajima M, Wessel GM (2015). Essential elements for translation: the germ line factor, Vasa, functions broadly in somatic cells. Development 142(11):1960-70. doi: 10.1242/dev.118448. PMCID:PMC4460737
117. Zazueta-Novoa, V, Onorato T, Luis Reyes Chavez G, Oulhen N, Wessel GM (2016) The complexity of yolk proteins and their dynamics in the sea star, Patiria miniata. Biological Bulletin Jun;230 (3):209-19. PMCID: PMC5103698 DOI: 10.1086/BBLv230n3p209
118. Fresques T, Swartz Z, Juliano C, Morino Y, Kikuchi M, Akasaka K, Wada H, Yajima M, Wessel GM (2016). The Diversity of Nanos Expression in Echinoderm Embryos Supports Different Mechanisms in Germ Cell Specification. Evolution & Development Jul;18(4):267-78. DOI:10.1111/ede.12197 PMCID: PMC4943673
119. Oulhen N, Wessel GM (2016). Differential Nanos 2 protein stability results in selective germ cell accumulation in the sea urchin. Developmental Biology 418: 146-156 doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.07.007 PMCID: PMC5031544
120. Oulhen N, Heyland A, Carrier T, Zazueta-Novoa V, Fresques T, Laird J, Onorato T, Janies D, Wessel GM (2016). Regeneration in bipinnaria larvae of the bat star Patiria miniata induces rapid and broad new gene expression. Mechanisms of Development 142: 10-21. doi: 10.1016/j.mod.2016.08.003. PMCID:PMC5154901
121. Notarte KIR, Abesamis NP, Wessel GM, Vande Vusse FJ (2016). Effects of the green alga, Bornetella oligospora (Solms-Laubach), metabolite fractions on the cleavage and fee-swimming hatching stages of sea urchin embryos. Acta Manilana 1:61-68.
122. Oulhen N, Wessel GM (2016). Albinism as a visual, in vivo guide for CRISPR/Cas9 functionality in the sea urchin embryo. Molecular Reproduction and Development Dec;83(12):1046-1047. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22757.
123. Oulhen N, Swartz Z, Laird J, Mascaro A, Wessel GM (2017). Transient Translational Quiescence in Primordial Germ Cells. Development Development. 2017 Apr 1;144(7):1201-1210. doi: 10.1242/dev.144170. Epub 2017 Feb 24. PMCID:PMC5399625
124. Brayboy LM, Oulhen N, Long S, Voigt N, Raker C, Wessel GM (2017). Multidrug Resistance Transporter-1 and Breast Cancer Resistance Protein protect against ovarian toxicity, and are essential in ovarian physiology. Reproductive Toxicology Apr;69:121-131. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2017.02.002. Epub 2017 Feb 12.
125. Niikura K, Alam S, Naruse M, Jimbo M, Moriyama H, Reich A, Wessel GM, Matsumoto M (2017). Protein Kinase A Activity Leads to the Extension of the Acrosomal Process in Starfish Sperm Molecular Reproduction and Development Jul;84(7):614-625. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22824. Epub 2017 Jun 19.
126. Schudrowitz N, Takagi S, Wessel G, Yajima M. (2017). The germline factor DDX4 functions in blood-derived cancer cell phenotypes. Cancer Science Aug;108(8):1612-1619. doi: 10.1111/cas.13299. Epub 2017 Jul 11.
127. Shevidi S, Uchida A, Schudrowitz N, Wessel GM, Yajima M (2017). Single nucleotide editing without DNA cleavage using CRISPR/Cas9-deaminase in the sea urchin embryo. Developmental Dynamics in press
PEER-REVIEWED BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, INVITED REVIEWS
1. McClay, D.R., Cannon, G.W., Wessel, G.M., Fink, R.D., and Marchase, R.B. (1983). Patterns of Antigenic Expression in Early Sea Urchin Development. In: Time, Space, and Pattern in Embryonic Development, (W.R. Jeffery and R.A. Raff, eds.), A.R. Liss, New York, pp. 157-169.
2. McClay, D.R. and Wessel, G.M. (1984). Spatial and Temporal Appearance and Redistribution of Cell Surface Antigens during Sea Urchin Development. In: Molecular Biology of Development, (E.H. Davidson and R.A. Firtel, eds.), A.R. Liss, New York, pp. 165-184.
3. McClay, D.R. and Wessel, G.M. (1985). The Surface of the Sea Urchin Embryo at Gastrulation: A Molecular Mosaic. Trends in Genetics, 1:12-16.
4. McClay, R.R., Matranga, V., and Wessel, G.M. (1985). Expression and Appearance of Germ-Layer Specific Antigens on the Surface of Embryonic Sea Urchin Cells. In: The Cellular and Molecular Biology of Invertebrate Development, E.E.Just Symposium, (R.H. Sawyer and R.M. Showman, eds.), USC Press. Columbia, Vol. 12, 171-186.
6. McClay, D.R., Coffman, J.A., and Wessel, G.M. (1987). Cell Recognition during Sea Urchin Gastrulation. Expression of Molecules Associated with Morphogenesis. In: Molecular Approaches to Developmental Biology, (R.A. Firtel and E.H. Davidson, eds.), A.R. Liss, New York, pp. 231-241.
7. Klein, W.H., Tomlinson, C.R., Zhang, W., Xiang, M., Kozlowski, M., Gan, L., Nguyen, T., and Wessel, G.M. (1989). Ectoderm Differentiation and the Spec Gene family of Sea Urchins. Developmental Biology, UCLA Symposium on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Vol. 125. (Davidson, E., Ruderman, J., and Posakony, J., eds.), Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, pp.134-145.
8. Klein, W.H., Xiang, M., and Wessel, G.M. (1990). Spec Proteins: Calcium-Binding Proteins in the Embryonic Ectoderm of Sea Urchins. In: Novel Calcium-Binding Proteins, (C.Heizmann, ed.), Springer-Verlag Press, Heidelberg, pp 465-479.
9. Wessel, G.M. (1993). Differentiation of the Endodermal Epithelium during Gastrulation in the Sea Urchin Embryo. In: Molecular Basis of Morphogenesis. Bernfield, M. (ed.), 51st Annual Symposium of The Society for Developmental Biology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, pp.255-266.
10. Wessel, G.M. (1997). Biogenesis and function of cortical granules in sea urchin eggs. In Progress in Developmental Biology. (Ed. J. Collier) John Wiley and Sons. pgs 267-304.
11. Wessel, G.M.and Wikramanayake, A. (1999). How to grow a gut: Mechanisms of gastrulation in the sea urchin embryo. BioEssays 21:459-471.
12. Wessel. G.M. (1999). Extracellular matrix molecules of the sea urchin. In Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix and Adhesion Proteins. (Ed. T. Kreis and R. Vale) Oxford University Press. pg 436-455.
13. Wessel, G. M., Brooks, J.M., Green, E., Haley, S., Voronina, E., Wong, J., Zaydfudim, V., and Conner, S. (2001). The Biology of Cortical Granules. In International Review of Cytology. (Ed. K.W. Jeon) Academic Press, San Diego, CA., Volume 209, pgs 117 – 206.
14. Brooks, J.M. and Wessel, G.M. (2003). A diversity of yolk protein dynamics and function. Recent Devel. Cell Res., 1:1-30.
15. Voronina, E. and Wessel, G.M. (2003). The regulation of oocyte maturation. In Current Topics in Developmental Biology (G. Schatten, ed) Academic Press, Vol 58: 53-110.
16. Ettensohn, C.A., Wessel, G.M. and Wray, G. editors (2004). Development of Sea Urchins, Ascidians and Other Non-Vertebrate Deuterostomes: An Experimental Analysis. Academic Press.
17. Ettensohn, C.A., G.M. Wessel, and Wray, G. (2004). The invertebrate deuterostomes: An introduction to their phylogeny, reproduction, development, and genomics. In Development of Sea Urchins, Ascidians and Other Non-Vertebrate Deuterostomes: An Experimental Analysis. Academic Press. pgs. 1-13
18. Wessel, G.M. Voronina, E., and Brooks, J.M. (2004). Obtaining and Handling Echinoderm Oocytes In Development of Sea Urchins, Ascidians and Other Non-Vertebrate Deuterostomes: An Experimental Analysis (Eds. Ettensohn, Wessel, Wray) Academic Press. pgs 87-114.
19. Wessel, G. M. and Vacquier, V. (2004). Isolation of Organelles and Components From Sea Urchin Eggs and Embryos. In Development of Sea Urchins, Ascidians and Other Non-Vertebrate Deuterostomes: An Experimental Analysis (Eds. Ettensohn, Wessel, Wray) Academic Press. pgs. 491-544.
20. Wessel, G.M. and Katow, H. (2004). Regulation of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in sea urchin embryos. In Rise and Fall of Epithelial Phenotype Ed. by Pierre Savagner, Landes Bioscience
21. Wessel, G.M. (2004). Essential Cell Biology, 2nd edition. Invited Book Review. Quarterly Review of Biology. 74: 417-418.
22. Song, J.L. and Wessel, G.M. (2005). How to make an egg: transcriptional regulation in oocytes. Differentiation 73:1-17.
23. Wessel, G. M. and Freiman, R. (2005). Every Sperm - Oocyte, and Primordial Germ Cell Protocol - is Sacred. Invited book review “Germ Cell Protocols” Ed. Heidi Schatten. Development 132: 5127-5128.
24. Wong, J. and Wessel, G.M. (2006). Defending the zygote: Search for the ancestral animal block to polyspermy. In Current Topics in Developmental Biology (G. Schatten, ed) Academic Press, vol 72: 1-151.
25. Leguia, M.L. and Wessel, G. M. (2007). The many faces of egg activation at fertilization. Signal Transduction. 7: 118-141.
26. Wong, J. and Wessel, G.M. (2007). FRAP analysis of secretory granule lipids and proteins in the sea urchin egg. In Methods in Molecular Biology, Andrei Ivanov, Ed. Vol 440, pages 60-75.
27. Parrington, J., Davis, L., Galione, A., Wessel, G.M. (2007). Flipping the switch – how a sperm activates the egg at fertilization. Dev. Dynamics. 236:2027–2038.
28. Wong, J. and Wessel, G.M. (2008). Renovation of the egg extracellular matrix at fertilization. Int. J. Dev. Biol 52:545-550.
29. Wessel, GM and Wong J. (2009) Cell surface changes in the egg at fertilization. Mol. Reprod. Devel. 76: 942-953. PMCID: PMC2842880
30. Wessel, G.M. (2009). Mechanisms of Exocytosis. [Invited book review] Quarterly Review of Biology. 84: 418.
31. Wong, J. and Wessel, G.M. (2009). Fertilization and the Evolution of Animal Gamete Proteins. In “The Universal Process of Oogenesis”; (ed M-H.Verlhac) Wiley-Blackwell
32. Wessel, G.M., Juliano, C.E., Wong, J., Gustafson, E., Song, J.L. (2010). Molecular Markers of Oocyte and Primordial Germ Cell Development in the Sea Urchin. In “Echinoderms Durham.” (ed. L.G. Harris, S.A. Boettger, C.W. Walker, and M.P. Lesser) CRC Press pg 517-528.
33. Wessel, GM, Reich, A., Klatsky, PC (2010). Use of sea stars to study reproductive processes. Systems in Reproductive Biology 56:236-45. PMID: PMC3983664
34. Gustafson, E, Wessel, GM (2010). Vasa genes: Emerging roles in the germ line and in multipotent cells. BioEssays 32:626-37. PMCID: PMC3090673
35. Gustafson, E, Wessel, GM (2010). DEAD-box Helicases: Posttranslational Regulation and Function. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 395: 1-6. PMCID: PMC2863303
36. Juliano, CE and Wessel, GM (2010). Versatile Germline Genes. Science 329: 640-641. PMCID: PMC287601
37. Juliano, CE SZ Swartz, and Wessel, GM (2010). A conserved germline multipotency program. Development 137:4113-26. PMCID: PMC2990204
38. Schmerler, S. and Wessel GM (2010). Polar Bodies – more a lack of understanding than a lack of respect. Molecular Reproduction and Development 78(1):3-8. PMCID: PMC3164815
39. Yajima, M. and Wessel, GM (2011). The multiple hats of Vasa function and its regulation of cell cycle progression. Molecular Reproduction and Development 78: 861-867. PMCID: PMC3196769
40. Ramos, I., and Wessel, GM. (2013). Calcium pathway machinery at fertilization in echinoderms. Cell Calcium 53(1):16-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ceca.2012.11.011.
41. Seervai, R. and Wessel, GM (2013). Lessons for Inductive Germ-Line Determination. Molecular Reproduction and Development 80: 590-609. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22151.
42. Wessel GM, Brayboy L, Fresques T, Gustafson EA, Oulhen N, Ramos I, Reich A, Swartz SZ, Yajima M, Zazueta V. (2013). The biology of the germ line in echinoderms. Molecular Reproduction and Development, in press
43. Oulhen N, and Wessel, GM (2014). Every which way – nanos gene regulation in echinoderms. genesis in press.
44. Juliano, CE SZ Swartz, and Wessel, GM (2014). Isolating specific embryonic cells of the sea urchin by FACS. In “Methods in Molecular Biology: Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin and other Marine Invertebrate Model Systems. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1128: 187-196. DOI 10.1007/978-1-62703-974-1_12. Humana Press.
45. Wessel GM, Fresques T, Kiyomoto M, Yajima M, Zazueta V. (2014) Origin and development of the germ line in sea stars. genesis 52(5):367-77. doi: 10.1002/dvg.22772. PMCID:PMC4116737
46. Swartz SZ, Wessel GM. (2015). Germ Line Versus Soma in the Transition from Egg to Embryo. In “The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition” (Ed. H. Lipshitz) Current Topics in Developmental Biology V. 113. Elsevier Press, Amsterdam. Chapter 32. PMCID: PMC5094369 DOI:10.1016/bs.ctdb.2015.06.003
47. Wessel GM (2015). Picking the right tool for the job—Phosphorproteomics of egg activation. Proteomics 15(23-24):3925-7 DOI 10.1002/pmic.201500426 PMCID: PMC5093332
48. Brayboy LM, Wessel GM (2016). The double-edged sword of the mammalian oocyte – advantages, drawbacks, and approaches for basic and clinical single cell analysis. Molecular Human Reproduction 22(4):311-318. doi:10.1093/molehr/gaw020 PMCID:PMC4767051
49. Dresselhaus T, Sprunck S, Wessel GM (2016). Fertilization mechanisms in flowering plants. Current Biology 26(3):R125-39. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.032. PMCID:PMC4934421.
50. Wessel GM (2016). Germ line mechanics – and unfinished business. In “Essays of Developmental Biology” (Ed. P. Wassarman) Current Topics in Developmental Biology Volume 117:553-66. doi: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2015.11.030. Epub 2016 Jan 7. Elsevier Press, Amsterdam PMCID: PMC5089805
51. Poon J, Wessel GM, Yajima M (2016). An unregulated regulator: Vasa expression in the development of somatic cells and in tumorigenesis. Developmental Biology 415: 24-32. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.05.012. PMCID:PMC4902722.
SPONSORED PUBLICATIONS
1. Jason R Kelly, Adam J Rubin, Joseph H Davis, Caroline M Ajo-Franklin, John Cumbers, Michael J Czar, Kim de Mora, Aaron L Glieberman, Dileep D Monie and Drew Endy (2009). Measuring the activity of BioBrick promoters using an in vivo reference standard. Journal of Biological Engineering 3:4 [doi:10.1186/1754-1611-3-4] iGEM publication (members underlined)
2. Jourjine, Nicholas (2010). Reproduction of the plasmodial slime molds. Mol.Reproduction and Development 77:999. Results from a project in the class BI1930, Evolution of multicellularity and the germ line.
PUBLICATIONS: EDITORIALS, ESSAYS, COMMENTARIES, PHOTO DOCUMENTATION
Wessel, G.M. (2014). Sperm in the reproduction flea marker …. How do they move that way? Molecular Reproduction and Development Apr;81(4):Fmi. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22325. PMID:24729274
Wessel, G.M. (2014). The founder of an institution. Robert E. Cooke and the NICHD. Molecular Reproduction and Development May;81(5):Fmi. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22335.PMID: 24838389
Wessel, G.M. (2014). Japanese shrine captures Roman goddess! Molecular Reproduction and Development Jun;81(6). doi: 10.1002/mrd.22347. PMID:24925828
Wessel, G.M. (2014). When traveling – or making a germ line – packing in advance provides more options! Molecular Reproduction and Development Jul;81(7):Fmi. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22246. PMID:25043169
Wessel, G.M. (2014). Of camels, silkworms, and contraception. Molecular Reproduction and Development Sep;81(9):Fmi. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22416. PMID:25209327
Wessel, G.M. (2014). Extreme eggs! Molecular Reproduction and Development Oct;81(10):fmi. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22431. PMID:25312881
Wessel, G.M. (2015). Having one's mate for dinner. Volume 82, Issue 5. May 2015. DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22497
Wessel, G.M. (2015). The strength in comparison: Franz von Leydig (May 21, 1821 - April 13, 1908). Volume 82, Issue 6. June 2015. DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22510
Wessel, G.M. (2015). How to retire with style. Volume 82, Issue 9. September 2015. DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22583
Wessel, GM (2015). How to smell really bad, look really good, and last forever! : The season of Ginkgo biloba (page fmii) 14 DEC 2015 | DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22601
Wessel GM. (2016). The milk line - where mammary gland meets mathematics. Molecular Reproduction and Development Jan;83(1):1. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22610.
Wessel GM.(2016) Reproduction in the extremes: That is one tough nut …errhh…drupe to crack! Molecular Reproduction and Development Feb;83(2):89. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22623.
Wessel GM.(2016). The morphogenesis of words … it happens in science too! Molecular Reproduction and Development Mar;83(3):183. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22629.
Wessel GM. (2016). When one is (more than) enough! The singular ovary in birds…. Molecular Reproduction and Development Apr;83(4):271. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22645.
Laird J, Wessel GM.(2016) Well, at least it is better than death…. Molecular Reproduction and Development May;83(5):371. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22658.
Norlin M, Wessel GM (2016) To the extremes and beyond… Now those are talented mammary glands! Molecular Reproduction and Development Jun;83(6):465. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22665.
Board T, Wessel GM. (2016). I did not see that coming! It is more than bugs in the bagina. Molecular Reproduction and Development Jul;83(7):571. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22679
Wessel GM (2016) Now that is a game changer: The entire reproductive cycle of an oocyte in a dish. Molecular Reproduction and Development Nov;83(11):939. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22754.
Wessel GM (2016) Toxic embryos? Oh my…. Molecular Reproduction and Development Dec;83(12):1041. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22764.
Wessel GM (2017) T'is a chilly season for reproduction. Molecular Reproduction and Development Jan;84(1):1. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22777.
COVER ILLUSTRATIONS
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | PhD | Duke University |
| 1978 | BA | University of Virginia |
Synthetic biology is a maturing scientific discipline that combines science and engineering in order to design and build novel biological functions. This approach includes the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems (e.g., drug producing yeast), as well as the re-design of existing, natural biological systems (e.g., optimize mechanisms to produce biofuels; synthetic cells)
Systems biology is the study of the interaction and interrelationship of the individual pieces needed to create a whole and the diverse techniques needed to understand these connections.
BIOL 1210, Synthetic Biological Systems is a multidisciplinary course that merges biology with engineering, synthetic biology, biotechnology, mathematical modeling, chemistry, and physics along with society and ethics to provide students an integrated approach to the life sciences. The course is formatted to include lectures, discussions, student presentations, and innovative projects in order to build an understanding of the thought processes and tools necessary for cross-disciplinary work in the life sciences.
Course website: https://canvas.brown.edu/courses/586429
| BIOL 1330 - Biology of Reproduction |
| BIOL 2030 - Foundations for Advanced Study in the Life Sciences |
