Replication, Population Dynamics, Genetics, & Evolution of Retroviruses

Irvin Pan
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D. Yale University, 2009
M.S. Mol., Cell & Dev. Biology, Yale University, 2005
M.A. Science writing, Johns Hopkins Univ., 2000
B.A. Biology, Amherst College, 1999

Thesis Title
Functional Analysis of AGAMOUS clade genes in tomato

Current Research
The diversity of murine leukemia viruses in wild mice species and the role of APOBEC3 cytidine deaminase in host defense.  

Publications

1. De Martino, G., Pan, I., Emmanuel, E., Levy, A., Irish, V.F. 2006.  Functional analyses of two tomato APETALA3 genes demonstrate diversification in their roles in regulating floral development. Plant Cell, 18: 1833-1845.
2. Won, Y., Hallam, S.J., O’Mullan, G.D., Pan, I.L., Buck, K.R., Vrijenhoek, R.C. 2003. Environmental acquisition of thiotrophic endosymbionts by deep-sea mussels of the Genus Bathymodiolus.  App. Env. Micro. 69: 6785-6792. 
3. Travers, S.E., Temeles, E.J., Pan, I. 2003. The relationship between nectar spur curvature in jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) and pollen removal by hummingbird pollinators.  Can. J. Bot. 81:164-170.
4. Temeles, E.J., Pan, I.L. 2002. Effect of nectar robbery on phase duration, nectar volume, and pollination in a protandrous plant.  Int. J. Plant Sci. 163(5): 803-808.
5. Van Dover et al. 2001. Biogeography and ecological setting of Indian Ocean hydrothermal vents.  Science 294: 818-823. 
6. Temeles, E.J., Pan, I.L., Brennan, J.L, Horwitt, J.N. 2000. Evidence for ecological causation of sexual dimorphism from a caribbean hummingbird. Science 289: 441-443.