Websites:
The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Chromosome 7 Project
Database of Genomic Variants
McLaughlin Centre
Steve Scherer's Wiki

News:
Press Releases and Articles
Lay Reviews/Opinions/Editorials
Media/Scientific News Articles
Interviews
Video presentation and interview
Integrative research at TCAG [Video]

Contact Info:
Stephen W. Scherer
The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Hospital for Sick Children
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
686 Bay Street, Room 13.9800
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada
(416) 813-7613 (office)
(416) 813-8319 (fax)

Elaine Chang
Dr. Scherer's Assistant
Phone: (416) 813-7654 x301574
Fax: (416) 813-8319

1. Marshall C.R., Noor A, Vincent J.B., Lionel A.C., Feuk L., Skaug J., Shago M., Moessner R., Pinto D., Ren Y., Thiruvahindrapduram B., Fiebig A., Schreiber S., Friedman J., Ketelaars C.E., Vos Y.J., Ficicioglu C., Kirkpatrick S., Nicolson R., Sloman L., Summers A., Gibbons C.A., Teebi A., Chitayat D., Weksberg R., Thompson A., Vardy C., Crosbie V., Luscombe S., Baatjes R., Zwaigenbaum L., Roberts W., Fernandez B., Szatmari P., Scherer S.W. 2008. Structural variation of chromosomes in autism spectrum disorder. American Journal of Human Genetics Feb;82(2):477-88. Epub Jan 17. [PMID: 18252227] (ISI: 89; GS: 238)
2. Nakamine A., Ouchanov L., Jiménez P., Manghi E.R., Esquivel M., Monge S., Fallas M., Burton B.K., Szomju B., Elsea S.H., Marshall C.R., Scherer S.W., McInnes L.A. 2008. Duplication of 17(p11.2p11.2) in a male child with autism and severe language delay. American Journal of Medical Genetics A. Mar 1;146(5):636-43. [PMID: 17334992] (ISI: N/A; GS: 11)
3. Estivill X., Cox N.J., Chanock S.J., Kwok P.Y., Scherer S.W., Brookes A.J. 2008. SNPs meet CNVs in genome-wide association studies: HGV2007 meeting report. PLoS Genetics Apr 25;4(4):e1000068. [PMID: 18437244] (ISI: N/A; GS: 1)
4. Claudio J.O., Zhan F., Zhuang L., Khaja R., Zhu Y.X., Sivananthan K., Trudel S., Masih-Khan E., Fonseca R., Bergsagel P.L., Scherer S.W., Shaughnessy J., Stewart A.K. 2008. Expression and mutation status of candidate kinases in multiple myeloma. Leukemia. Apr;22(4):889-90. [PMID: 18414494] (ISI: 2; GS: 1)
5. Vincent J.B., Choufani S., Horike S., Stachowiak B., Li M., Dill F.J., Marshall C., Hrynchak M., Pewsey E., Ukadike K.C., Friedman J.M., Srivastava A.K., Scherer S.W. 2008. A translocation t(6;7)(p11-p12;q22) associated with autism and mental retardation: localization and identification of candidate genes at the breakpoints. Psychiatric Genetics. Jun;18(3):101-9. [PMID: 18496206] (ISI:0; GS: 0)
6. Marshall C.R, Young E.J, Pani A..M, Freckmann M.L., Lacassie Y., Howald C., Fitzgerald K.K., Peippo M., Morris C.A., Shane K., Priolo M., Morimoto M., Kondo I., Manguoglu E., Berker-Karauzum S., Edery P., Hobart H.H., Mervis C.B., Zuffardi O., Reymond A., Kaplan P., Tassabehji M., Gregg R.G., Scherer S.W., Osborne L.R. 2008. Infantile spasms is associated with deletion of the MAGI2 gene on chromosome 7q11.23-q21.11. American Journal of Human Genetics. Jul;83(1):106-11. Epub Jun 19. [PMID: 18565486] (ISI: 3; GS: 12)
7. Monk D., Wagschal A., Arnaud P., Muller P., Parker-Katiraee L., Bourchis D., Scherer S.W., Feil R., Stanier P., Moore G.E. 2008. Comparative analysis of human chromosome 7q21 and mouse proximal chromosome 6 reveals a placental-specific imprinted gene, TFPI2/Tfpi2, which requires G9a and Eed for allelic-silencing. Genome Research. July 10. Epub ahead of print. [PMID: 18480470] (ISI: 3; GS: 9)
8. Tam E., Young E.J., Morris C.A., Marshall C.R., Loo W., Scherer S.W., Mervis C.B., Osborne L.R. 2008. The common inversion of the Williams-Beuren syndrome region at 7q11.23 does not cause clinical symptoms. American Journal of Medical Genetics A. Jul 15;146A(14):1797-806. [PMID: 18553513] (ISI: 1; GS: 0)
9. Fidler L.M., Wilson G.J., Liu F., Cui X., Scherer S.W., Taylor G.P., Hamilton R.M. 2008. Abnormal connexin43 in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy caused by plakophilin-2 mutations. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Jul 26. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 18662195] (ISI: N/A; GS: 13)
10. Parker-Katiraee L., Bousiaki E., Monk D., Moore G.E., Nakabayashi K., Scherer S.W. 2008. Dynamic variation in allele-specific gene expression of Paraoxonase-1 in murine and human tissues. Human Molecular Genetics. Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 18678600] (ISI: 0; GS: 2)
11. Shlien, A., Tabori, U., Marshall, C.R., Pienkowska, M., Feuk, L., Novokmet, A., Nanda, S., Druker, H., Scherer, S.W., Malkin, D. 2008. Excessive germline DNA copy number variation in the Li-Fraumeni cancer predisposition syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. Aug 12;105(32):11264-9. Epub Aug 6. [PMID: 18685109] (ISI: 2; GS: 3)
12. Basset A.S., Marshall C.R., Lionel A.C., Chow F.W., Scherer S.W. Copy number variations and risk for schizophrenia in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. 2008. Human Molecular Genetics. Sep20. [Epub ahead of print] [PMID: 18806272] (ISI: 4; GS:10)
13. Cook E.H. Jr., Scherer S.W. Copy number variations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions. 2008. Nature. Oct 16;455(7215);919-23. [PMID: 18923514] [PubMed – in process] (ISI: 6; GS: 60)
14. Buchanan J.A., Scherer S.W. Contemplating effects of genomic structural variation. 2008. Genetics in Medicine. Sep;10(9);639-47. [PMID: 18978673] (ISI: 2; GS: 15)
15. Okamura, K., and Scherer S.W. 2008. Characterization of the differentially methylated region of the Impact gene that exhibits Glires-specific imprinting. Genome Biology 9(11):R160. Epub Nov 13 [PMID: 19014519] (ISI: 0; GS: 0)
16. Vincent J.B., Noor A, Windpassinger C., Gianakopoulos P.J., Schwarzbraun T., Alfred S.E., Stachowiak B., Scherer S.W., Roberts W., Wagner K., Kroisel P.M., Petek E. Characterization of a de novo translocation t(5;18)(q33.1;q12.1) in an autistic boy identifies a breakpoint close to SH3TC2, ADRB2, and HTR4 on 5q, and within the desmocollin gene cluster on 18q. 2008. American Journal of Medical Genetics B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. Dec 11. [PMID: 19086034] (ISI: N/A; GS: 0)
17. Goobie S, Knijnenburg J, Fitzpatrick D, Sharkey FH, Lionel AC, Marshall CR, Azam T, Shago M, Chong K, Mendoza-Londono R, den Hollander NS, Ruivenkamp C, Maher E, Tanke HJ, Szuhai K, Wintle RF, Scherer S.W. 2008. Molecular and clinical characterization of de novo and familial cases with microduplication 3q29: guidelines for copy number variation case reporting. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 123, 65-78.