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. Kumar R.A., Marshall C.R., Badner J.A., Babatz T.D., Mukamel Z., Aldinger K.A., Sudi J., Brune C.W., Goh G., Karamohamed S., Sutcliffe J.S., Cook E.H., Geschwind D.H., Dobyns W.B., Scherer S.W., Christian S.L. 2009. Association and mutation analyses of 16p11.2 autism candidate genes. PLoS ONE ;4(2):e4582. [PMID: 19242545] (ISI: N/A; GS: 0)
2. Northcott P.A., Nakahara Y., Wu X., Feuk L., Ellison D.W., Croul S., Mack S., Kongkham P.N., Peacock J., Dubuc A., Ra Y.S., Zilberberg K., McLeod J., Scherer S.W., Sunil Rao J., Eberhart C.G., Grajkowska W., Gillespie Y., Lach B., Grundy R., Pollack I.F., Hamilton R.L., Van Meter T., Carlotti C.G., Boop F., Bigner D., Gilbertson R.J., Rutka J.T., Taylor M.D. 2009. Multiple recurrent genetic events converge on control of histone lysine methylation in medulloblastoma. Nature Genetics. Apr;41(4):465-72. Epub 2009 Mar 8.PMID: 19270706 [PubMed - in process]
3. Noor A., Gianakopoulos P.J., Fernandez B., Marshall C.R., Szatmari P., Roberts W., Scherer S.W., Vincent J.B. 2009. Copy number variation analysis and sequencing of the X-linked mental retardation gene TSPAN7/TM4SF2 in patients with autism spectrum disorder. Psychiatric Genetics. Jun;19(3):154-5. PMID: 19339915 [PubMed - in process]
4. Buchanan J.A., Carson A.R., Chitayat D., Malkin D., Meyn M.S., Ray P.N., Shuman C., Weksberg R., Scherer S.W. 2009. The cycle of genome-directed medicine. Genome Medicine. Feb 2;1(2):16. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19341487 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
5. Caulfield T., Fullerton S.M., Ali-Khan S.E., Arbour L., Burchard E.G., Cooper R.S., Hardy B.J., Harry S., Hyde-Lay R., Kahn J., Kittles R., Koenig B.A., Lee S.S., Malinowski M., Ravitsky V., Sankar P., Scherer S.W., Sé#guin B., Shickle D., Suarez-Kurtz G., Daar A.S. 2009. Race and ancestry in biomedical research: exploring the challenges. Genome Medicine. Jan 21;1(1):8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19348695 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
6. Brookes A.J., Chanock S.J., Hudson T.J., Peltonen L., Abecasis G., Kwok P.Y., Scherer S.W. 2009. Genomic variation in a global village: Report of the 10th annual Human Genome Variation Meeting. Human Mutation. 2009 Mar 3. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19384970 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
7. Ali-Khan S.E., Daar A.S., Shuman C., Ray P.N., Scherer S.W. 2009. Whole genome scanning: resolving clinical diagnosis and management amidst complex data. Pediatric Research. Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19531980 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
8. Carson A.R., Scherer S.W. 2009. Identifying concerted evolution and gene conversion in mammalian gene pairs lasting over 100 million years. BMC Evolutionary Biology. Jul 7;9(1):156. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19583854 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
9. Toronto International Data Release Workshop Authors, Birney E., Hudson T.J., Green E.D., Gunter C., Eddy S., Rogers J., Harris J.R., Ehrlich S.D., Apweiler R., Austin C.P., Berglund L., Bobrow M., Bountra C., Brookes A.J., Cambon-Thomsen A., Carter N.P., Chisholm R.L., Contreras J.L., Cooke R.M., Crosby W.L., Dewar K., Durbin R., Dyke S.O., Ecker JR., El Emam K., Feuk L., Gabriel S.B., Gallacher J., Gelbart W.M., Granell A., Guarner F., Hubbard T., Jackson S.A., Jennings J.L., Joly Y., Jones S.M., Kaye J., Kennedy K.L., Knoppers B.M., Kyrpides N.C., Lowrance W.W., Luo J., MacKay J.J., Martín-Rivera L., McCombie W.R., McPherson J.D., Miller L., Miller W., Moerman D., Mooser V., Morton C.C., Ostell J.M., Ouellette B.F., Parkhill J., Raina P.S., Rawlings C., Scherer S.E., Scherer S.W., Schofield P.N., Sensen C.W., Stodden V.C., Sussman M.R., Tanaka T., Thornton J., Tsunoda T., Valle D., Vuorio E.I., Walker N.M., Wallace S., Weinstock G., Whitman W.B., Worley K.C., Wu C., Wu J., Yu J. Prepublication data sharing. Nature. 2009 Sep 10;461(7261):168-70.PMID: 19741685]
10. Conrad D.F., Pinto D., Redon R., Feuk L., Gokcumen O., Zhang Y., Aerts J., Andrews T.D., Barnes C., Campbell P., Fitzgerald T., Hu M., Ihm C.H., Kristiansson K., Macarthur D.G., Macdonald J.R., Onyiah I., Pang A.W., Robson S., Stirrups K., Valsesia A., Walter K., Wei J., The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Tyler-Smith C., Carter N.P., Lee C., Scherer S.W., Hurles M.E. 2009. Origins and functional impact of copy number variation in the human genome. Nature Oct 7, [PMID: 19812545]
11. Fernandez B.A., Roberts W., Chung B., Weksberg R., Meyn S., Szatmari P., Joseph-George A.M., Mackay S., Whitten K., Noble B., Vardy C., Crosbie V., Luscombe S., Tucker E., Turner L., Marshall C.R., Scherer S.W. Phenotypic spectrum associated with De Novo and inherited deletions and duplications at 16p11.2 in individuals ascertained for diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Medical Genetics. 2009 Sep 24. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19755429 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
12. Weiss L.A. Arking D.E. Gene Discovery Project of Johns Hopkins & the Autism Consortium, Daly M.J, Chakravarti A. A genome-wide linkage and association scan reveals novel loci for autism. Nature. 2009 Oct 8;461(7265):802-8.PMID: 19812673 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
13. Horike S., Ferreira J.C., Meguro-Horike M., Choufani S., Smith A.C., Shuman C., Meschino W., Chitayat D., Zackai E., Scherer S.W., Weksberg R. Screening of DNA methylation at the H19 promoter or the distal region of its ICR1 ensures efficient detection of chromosome 11p15 epimutations in Russell-Silver syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics A. 2009 Nov;149A(11):2415-23.PMID: 19876907 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
14. Willemsen M.H., Fernandez B.A., Bacino C.A., Gerkes E., de Brouwer A.P., Pfundt R., Sikkema-Raddatz B., Scherer S.W., Marshall C.R., Potocki L., van Bokhoven H., Kleefstra T. Identification of ANKRD11 and ZNF778 as candidate genes for autism and variable cognitive impairment in the novel 16q24.3 microdeletion syndrome. European Journal of Human Genetics. 2009 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19920853 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
15. Li M., Lee K.F., Lu Y., Clarke I., Shih D., Eberhart C., Collins V.P., Van Meter T., Picard D., Zhou L., Boutros P.C., Modena P., Liang M.L., Scherer S.W., Bouffet E., Rutka J.T., Pomeroy S.L., Lau C.C., Taylor M.D., Gajjar A., Dirks P.B., Hawkins C.E., Huang A. Frequent amplification of a chr19q13.41 microRNA polycistron in aggressive primitive neuroectodermal brain tumors. Cancer Cell. 2009 Dec 8;16(6):533-46.PMID: 19962671 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]