ZFIN View Person: Whitlock, Kate

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-648

Whitlock, Kate
Whitlock Lab
Centro de Neurociencia
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Valparaiso
Avenida Gran Bretana 1111
Casilla 5030, Correo 4
Playa Ancha
Valparaiso, Chile

Phone: 56-32-250-8143	Email: kewhitlock@gmail.com
FAX: 56-32-250-8027	URL: http://www.mbg.cornell.edu/cals/mbg/faculty-staff/faculty/whitlock.cfm

Biography and Research Interests:

Publications:

Whitlock, K.E. (2008) Developing a sense of scents: plasticity in olfactory placode formation. Brain Res. Bull.. 75(2-4):340-347

Flanagan, C.A., Chen, C.C., Coetsee, M., Mamputha, S., Whitlock, K.E., Bredenkamp, N., Grosenick, L., Fernald, R.D., and Illing, N. (2007) Expression, structure, function, and evolution of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptors GnRH-R1SHS and GnRH-R2PEY in the teleost, Astatotilapia burtoni. Endocrinology.. 148(10):5060-5071

Harden, M.V., Newton, L.A., Lloyd, R.C., Whitlock, K.E. (2006) Olfactory imprinting is correlated with changes in gene expression in the olfactory epithelia of the zebrafish. J. Neurobiol.. 66(13):1452-1466

Whitlock, K.E. (2006) The Sense of Scents: Olfactory Behaviors in the Zebrafish. Zebrafish. 3(2):203-213

Whitlock, K.E., Illing, N., Brideau, N.J., Smith, K.M., and Twomey, S. (2006) Development of GnRH cells: Setting the stage for puberty. Mol. Cell Endocrinol.. 254-255:39-50

Vitebsky, A., Reyes, R., Sanderson, M.J., Michel, W.C., and Whitlock, K.E. (2005) Isolation and characterization of the laure olfactory behavioral mutant in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Dev. Dyn.. 234(1):229-242

Whitlock, K.E., Smith, K.M., Kim, H., and Harden, M.V. (2005) A role for foxd3 and sox10 in the differentiation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) cells in the zebrafish Danio rerio. Development. 132(24):5491-5502

Gopinath, A., Tseng, L.A., and Whitlock, K.E. (2004) Temporal and spatial expression of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) in the brain of developing zebrafish (Danio rerio). Gene Expr. Patterns. 4(1):65-70

Whitlock, K.E. (2004) Development of the nervus terminalis: Origin and migration. Microsc. Res. Tech.. 65(1-2):2-12

Sanders, L.H. and Whitlock, K.E. (2003) Phenotype of the zebrafish masterblind (mbl) mutant is dependent on genetic background. Dev. Dyn.. 227(2):291-300

Whitlock, K.E., Wolf, C.D., and Boyce, M.L. (2003) Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (gnrh) cells arise from cranial neural crest and adenohypophyseal regions of the neural plate in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Dev. Biol.. 257(1):140-152

Paul, T.A., Burns, J.C., Shike, H., Getchell, R., Bowser, P.R., Whitlock, K.E., and Casey, J.W. (2001) Reporter gene expression in fish following cutaneous infection with pantropic retroviral vectors. Mar. Biotechnol.. (Suppl.1) 3:S081-087

Reyes, R., Vitebsky, A., and Whitlock, K.E. (2001) Calcium Binding Proteins in the developing olfactory system of zebrafish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr..

Whitlock, K.E. and Wolf, C.D. (2001) Progenitors of GnRH cells lie outside the olfactory placode. Chem. Senses. 26(8):1113

Whitlock, K.E. and Sanders, L. (2000) Olfactory placode development in the zebrafish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.. 604:14

Whitlock, K.E. and Westerfield, M. (2000) The olfactory placodes of the zebrafish form by convergence of cellular fields at the edge of the neural plate. Development. 127(17):3645-3653

Whitlock, K.E. (1999) Convergent ideas on olfactory organ development in the zebrafish Danio rerio. Chem. Senses. 24(5):552

Whitlock, K.E. and Westerfield, M. (1998) A transient population of neurons pioneers the olfactory pathway in the zebrafish. J. Neurosci.. 18:8919-8927

Non-Zebrafish Publications:

Whitlock, K. E, and Palka, J. (1995). Development of wing sensory axons in the central nervous system of Drosophila during metamorphosis. J Neurobiol. 26(2):189-204.

Whitlock, K. E. (1993). Development of Drosophila wing sensory neurons in mutants with missing or modified cell surface molecules. Development. 117(4):1251-60.

Palka, J., Whitlock, K. E., and Murray M. A. (1992) Guidepost cells. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2(1):48-54.