| 172 | Salil A. Lachke, Ph.D. | <p>Associate Chair<br></p>
<p>Professor of Biological Sciences<br></p><p>Alumni Distinguished Early Career Professor of Biology<br></p>
<p>Gerard J. Mangone Scholar</p>
<p>Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences </p> | (302) 831-3040 | (302) 831-2281 | salil@udel.edu | 236 Wolf Hall | 351 Wolf Hall | Department of Biological Sciences Wolf Hall University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 | <ul>
<li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>B.Sc.</strong> - The University of Pune, India</span>
</li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>M.Sc.</strong> - The University of Pune, India</span>
</li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Ph.D.</strong> - The University of Iowa, Iowa City</span>
</li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Postdoc</strong>Â - Harvard Medical School</span>
</li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Instructor</strong> - Harvard Medical School</span> </li></ul>
| <p>BISC401 (Honors): Molecular Biology of the Cell (Course Website available through Canvas)</p> | <p>Second only to mental illnesses, we largely fear losing our sense of sight (Horowitz et al. 1997, Cepko 2001). Loss of vision is detrimental and can result from a functional compromise of various components of the eye. However, opacification of the transparent lens – clinically termed cataract – remains the leading cause of blindness in the world. Cataract affects over millions of individuals worldwide and its incidence continues to rise with increase in human life expectancy. Surgery remains the only treatment, carrying with it the risk of secondary cataract formation – an undesirable complication, especially in the elderly. Therefore, strategies to prevent or delay the onset of this disease need to be designed, a challenge for which comprehensive understanding of the development and maintenance of this unique tissue is essential.</p><p>My laboratory uses systems-based approaches for the identification and functional elucidation of genes involved in organ development and disease. We have developed a bioinformatics-based approach termed "iSyTE" (integrated Systems Tool for Eye gene discovery,
<a href="https://research.bioinformatics.udel.edu/iSyTE/">https://research.bioinformatics.udel.edu/iSyTE/</a>, Kakrana et al. 2018 Nucleic Acids Research 46:D875-D885 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29036527">Pubmed</a>) and have successfully used it to identify novel cataract genes and predict several uncharacterized genes with potential function in lens development. Our goal is to characterize these candidate genes using biochemical, molecular, cell biological and genomics-level approaches.  As an important step towards this goal, we have used iSyTE to highlight the involvement of several new regulators, including TDRD7 (a post-transcriptional regulatory protein and RNA granule component) and CELF1, CAPRIN2, ELAVL1, RBM24 (post-transcriptional regulatory RNA-binding proteins) in lens differentiation and cataractogenesis (Lachke et al. 2011, Science 331:1571-76 View in:
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21436445">Pubmed</a>, Dash et al. 2015, Developmental Dynamics 244:1313-1327 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26177727">Pubmed</a>, Siddam et al. 2018, PLoS Genetics 14(3):e1007278 View in:
<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29565969">Pubmed</a>, Dash et al. 2020, Human Molecular Genetics 29:591-604 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31814023">Pubmed</a>, Barnum et al. 2020, Human Molecular Genetics 29:2076-2097 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32420594">Pubmed</a>). Our long-term goal is to deduce the gene regulatory networks (GRNs) that underlie organogenesis, which will need to be resolved in order to devise new regenerative therapies for diseases that affect these tissues. Besides its clinical significance, we anticipate that insights gained from this research can potentially unveil basic regulatory principles relevant to the differentiation of other cell and tissue types.</p> | <p>
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<strong>Project 1: Elucidate the function of cytoplasmic RNA-binding proteins and RNA granules in the lens. </strong>iSyTE has predicted several uncharacterized lens-enriched components of RNA granules (RGs). In this project, we seek to comprehensively define the different classes of RGs present in the developing lens. We then aim to identify RNA targets of specific RG components and RNA binding proteins (RBPs) in the lens AEL and FCs. This research is expected to make a major contribution to the field by generating binding motifs for several RBPs and by identifying their functional targets in the context of a developing tissue.</span></p><p>
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<img alt="TDRD7" src="/content-sub-site/PublishingImages/people/salil/tdrd7.png" style="width:207px;height:147px;" /></span>Â </p><p>
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<strong>Project </strong><strong>2: Define the CELF1 ELAVL1, RBM24 and TDRD7 interactome and target RNAs in the lens. </strong>In these projects, we aim to characterize the total repertoire of differentially regulated RNAs (including mRNAs and small RNAs) in
<em>Tdrd7</em>, <em>Elavl1</em>, <em>Rbm24</em> and
<em>Cefl1</em> deletion lenses by expression profiling. We also aim to define the interactome of these proteins in the lens by using well-established proteomics-based protocols to identify their protein binding partners. Identification of the critical nodes interacting with these conserved RBPs should have significant impact in providing insight into the post-transcriptional control of gene expression in lens development.</span></p><p>
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<img src="/content-sub-site/PublishingImages/people/salil/lachke-3.jpg" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /></strong></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Project 3: </strong><strong>Building a Gene Regulatory Network (GRN) for the developing lens. </strong>We aim to use chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), RNA-immunoprecipitation (RIP) coupled with expression analysis, protein binding microarrays, computational approaches and reporter analysis to define the nodes and edges functional in the lens GRN. In our efforts to build a comprehensive GRN for the developing lens we seek to determine the regulators (transcription factors (TFs) and RBPs) and their target
<em>
<u>c</u>is</em>-<u>R</u>egulatory
<u>M</u>odules (CRMs) that function to control lens expressed genes.</span></p><p>
<span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch a video summary of Dr. Lachke's research
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fWBlzbFI-Y">here</a>.</span></p><p>
<span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch Dr. Lachke's lecture on the 2012 Nobel prize winning work of Dr. John Gurdon and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1m8QGStWQc">here</a>.</span></p><p>
<span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are an ARVO member, watch Dr. Lachke's presentation in the 2015 ARVO minisymposium "<em>Integrated genomic networks in eye development and pathogenesis</em>"
<a href="http://arvoconnect.arvo.org/arvoeducation/communities/resources/viewdocument?DocumentKey=4bf3ace5-37fa-4ea3-ab8f-f78f019bec75">here</a>.</span></p><p>
<span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch Dr. Lachke's seminar in the Innovative Discoveries Series, at the Delaware Clinical & Translational Research ACCEL Program and the Christiana Care Value Institute
<a href="https://www.de-ctr.org/node/1565">here</a>.</span></p><p>
<span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins' comments on Dr. Lachke's research in the
<a href="https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2018/05/17/snapshots-of-life-lens-crafting/">NIH Director's Blog</a></span></p><p><img src="/content-sub-site/PublishingImages/people/salil/lens-crafting.png" alt="" style="margin:5px;width:500px;height:229px;" /><br></p><p>
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</span></p> | <p><strong>Laboratory Members:</strong></p><p>Salil Lachke (PI, Faculty Mentor)</p><p>Deepti Anand (Postdoctoral Associate)</p><p>Sandeep Aryal (Graduate Student)</p><p>Shaili Patel (Graduate Student)</p><p>Sanjaya Shrestha (Graduate Student)</p><p>Sarah Coomson (Gradaute Student)</p><p>Sabrina Luther (Undergraduate Student)</p><p>Pooja Gouru (Undergraduate Student)</p><p>Jaanvi Mehta (Undergraduate Student)</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Lachke Laboratory Alumni:</strong></p><p>Dr. Lachke's trainees have found excellent placements in academia and industry. For example, they have found various positions in academic institutions such as Baylor College of Medicine, Cambridge University, Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, University of Delaware, University of Pennsylvania, as well as non-academic instistutions such as Agilent Biotech, DuPont, Capricor, SeraCare LifeSciences, Suvoda, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and WuXi AppTech. </p><p>Priyanka Ghorpade (Graduated with M.S. 2018-2020) (Placement: Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.)</p><p>Salma Al Saai (Graduated with Ph.D. 2014-2020) (Placement: Postdoc with Dr. Amani Fawzi, MD, FARVO at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Dr. Amani is the Cyrus Tang and Lee Jampol Professor of Ophthalmology and a Fellow of ARVO)</p><p>Francisco Hernandez (Undergraduate Honors Thesis 2017-2020) (Placement: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; to pursue Doctoral degree in the Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology and Biophysics Graduate Program)</p><p>Bailey
Weatherbee (Undergraduate Honors Thesis 2016-2019) (Placement: *Gates-Cambridge Scholar to pursue Doctoral degree with Dr. Magdalena
Zernicka-Goetz at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England - *a highly
competitive and prestigious scholarship awarded to select 34 students in
2019 across the United States)</p><p>Emily Paglioni (Undergraduate Research 2018-2019) (Placement: Associate Project Manager, Suvoda) </p><p>Kimia Ahmadizadeh (Graduated with M.S. 2017-2019) (Placement: Research Associate II, SeraCare LifeSciences)</p><p>Soma Dash
(Graduated with Ph.D. 2013-2018) (Placement: Postdoc with Dr. Paul
Trainor at Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO - The
Trainor lab is a leading lab in the world for craniofacial and neural
crest cell research)</p><p>Dominic
Villalba (Undergraduate Senior Thesis 2016-2018) (Placement: Research
Technician with Dr. Raymond Penn at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University)</p><p>Archana Siddam
(Graduated with Ph.D. 2012-2017) (Placement: *FDA (U.S. Food and Drug
Administration) Commissioner's Fellowship - *a highly competitive and
prestigious fellowship awarded to select 15 in 2017 across the United
States)</p><p>Nathaniel
Borders (Undergraduate Honors Thesis 2015-2017) (Placement: Research
Assistant, Harvard Medical School, George Church Laboratory - the Church
lab is at the forefront of biomedical technologies research in the
world)</p><p>Joshua Barton
(Undergraduate Honors Thesis 2014-2016) (Placement: M.D., Ph.D. Program,
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University)</p><p>Anne Terrell (Research Associate II, 2013-2015) (Placement: Preceptor, University of Delaware)</p><p>Carrie Barnum (Graduated with M.S. 2012-2015) (Placement: Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania; accepted into the M.D., Ph.D. program at PennState)</p><p>Sheila Sichani (Undergraduate Research 2014-2015) (Placement: Intern, Agilent Biotech)</p><p>Smriti Agrawal
(Graduated with M.S. 2012-2014) (Placement: Doctoral Student, Baylor
College of Medicine; had also recieved admissions in the doctoral
programs at the University of Washington-Seattle and the University of
California-Berkeley)</p><p>Christine Dang
(Undergraduate Honors Thesis 2012-2014) (Placement: M.D. Program, Sidney
Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University)</p><p>Shaili Patel (Undergraduate Senior Thesis 2013-2014) (Placement: Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania)</p><p>Sylvie Smith (Undergraduate Student, Research 2014) (Placement: Associate Laboratory Technician, WuXi AppTec)</p><p>Stephanie Waters (Research Associate II, 2011-2013) (Placement: Associate Scientist, DuPont)</p> | <p></p><p>
<strong>2021 (1 published, 3 in review/revision, 3 in preparation)</strong></p><p><strong>Published (1)</strong></p><p>Anand D*, Al Saai S, Shrestha SK, Barnum CE, Chuma S, <strong>Lachke SA*</strong>.
Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed miRNAs and their
associated regulatory networks in lenses deficient for the congential
cataract-linked tudor domain containing protein TDRD7. <strong>Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2021</strong>: published online 16 February <a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.615761">doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.615761</a> View in: <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.615761/full">Pubmed</a> *Co-Corresponding authors</p><p>
<strong>In Review/Revision (3)</strong></p><p>Choquet H, Melles RB, Anand D, Yin J, Wang W, Cuellar-Partida G, Nair KS, Hysi PG, <strong>Lachke SA*</strong>, Jorgenson E*. A multiethnic GWAS meta-analysis of 585,243 individuals indentifies new risk loci associated with cataract and reveals sex-specific effects. <strong>Nature Communications 2021</strong>: revised submitted View in: <a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.23.20200428v1">medRxiv</a> *Co-Senior authors</p><p>Awotoye W, Comnick C, Pendleton C, Zeng E, Alade A, Mossey PA, Gowans LLJ, Nkrumah K, Eshete MA, Adeyemo WL, Naicker T, Adeleke C, Busch T, Li M, Petrin A, Olotu J, Hassan M, Pape J, Miller SE, Donkor P, Marazita ML, Adeyemo AA, Murray JC, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Anand D, Sobreira N, Albokhari D, Butali A. Genome-wide GxSex interaction studies identify new risk locus associated with non-syndromic orofacial clefts in Africans. <strong>Journal of Dental Research 2021</strong>: in review</p><p>
Li M, Olotu J,
Buxo-Martinez CJ, Mossey PA, Anand D, Busch T, Alade A, Gowans LJJ, Eshete M, Adeyemo WL, Naicker T, Awotoye W, Gupta S, Adeleke C,
Bravo V, Huang S, Adamson OO, Toraño AM, Bello CA, Soto M, Ledesma R, Marquez M, Cordero JF, Lopez-Del Valle LM, Salcedo
MI, Debs N, Petrin A, Malloy H, Elhadi K, Olutayo J, Ogunlewe MO,
Abate F, Hailu T, Mohammed I, Gravem P, Deribew M, Gesses M, Hassan
M, Pape J, Obiri-Yeboah S, Fareed KN, Alexander A, Donkor P,
Marazita ML, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Adeyemo A.A., Murray, J.C., Butali, A. Variant
analyses of candidate genes in orofacial clefts in multi-ethnic populations. <strong>Oral
Diseases 2021:</strong> in revision</p><p><strong>In Preparation (3)</strong></p><p>
Anand D, Djordjevic D, Kakrana A, Ramachandruni SD, Huang H, Ho JWK, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>.
Derivation of evidence-based gene regulatory networks in lens
development and their application toward prediction of cataract-linked
genes. <strong>Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2021</strong>: in preparation</p><p>
Anand D, Shi Y, Ramachandruni D, Huang H, Saadi I, Wei S, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>. SysFACE: Systems tool for craniofacial expression based gene discovery. <strong>American Journal of Human Genetics 2021</strong>: in preparation</p><p><strong>Lachke SA</strong>. RNA-binding proteins and post-transcriptional gene expression control in ocular lens development and cataract. <strong>Experimental Eye Research 2021:</strong> in preparation</p><p><strong>2020 (6)</strong></p><p>Aryal S, Veit J, Weatherbee BAT, Siddam AD, Herdandez FG, Gautier-Courteille C, Paillard L, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>.
The cataract-linked RNA-binding protein Celf1 post-transcriptionally
controls the spatiotemporal expression of the key homeodomain
transcription factors Pax6 and Prox1 in lens development. <strong>Human Genetics 2020</strong>: 139:1541-1554 View in: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32594240/">Pubmed</a></p><p>Barnum CE, Al Saai S, Patel SD, Cheng C, Anand D, Xu X, Dash S, Siddam AD,
Glazewski L, Paglione E, Polson S, Chuma S, Mason RW, Wei S, Batish M, Fowler
VM, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>. The Tudor-family protein TDRD7, mutated
in congenital cataract, regulates the heat shock protein HSPB1 and fiber
cell morphology. <strong>Human Molecular Genetics 2020</strong>: 29:2076-2097 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32420594">Pubmed</a> <strong>*Featured on the Cover, <a href="https://academic.oup.com/hmg/issue/29/12">see Cover Art here</a>, **Among the Top 5 Most Read Articles</strong>
</p><p>Viet J, Reboutier D, Hardy S, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Paillard L, Gautier-Courteille C. Modeling ocular lens disease in Xenopus. <strong>Developmental Dynamics 2020</strong>: 249:610-621 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31872467">Pubmed</a></p><p>Dash S, Brastrom LK, Patel, SD, Scott CA, Slusarski DC, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>.
The master transcription factor SOX2, mutated
in anophthalmia/microphthalmia, is post-transcriptionally regulated by
the conserved RNA-binding protein RBM24 in vertebrate eye development. <strong>Human Molecular Genetics 2020</strong>: 29:591-604 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31814023">Pubmed</a><strong> *Featured on the Cover, <a href="https://academic.oup.com/hmg/issue/29/4">see Cover Art here</a></strong></p><p>Aryal S, Anand D, Hernandez FG, Weatherbee BAT, Huang H, Reddy, AP, Wilmarth PA, David LL, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>.
MS/MS in silico subtraction-based proteomic profiling as an approach to
facilitate disease gene discovery: application to lens
development and cataract. <strong>Human Genetics 2020</strong>: 139:151-184 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31797049">Pubmed</a></p><p>Sweat YY, Sweat M, Mansaray M, Cao H, Eliason S, Adeyemo, WL, Gowans L, Eshete MA, Anand D, Chalkley C, Saadi I, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Butali A, Amendt B. Six2 regulates Pax9 expression, palatogenesis and craniofacial bone formation. <strong>Developmental Biology 2020</strong>: 458:246-256 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31765609">Pubmed</a></p><p><strong><strong>2019</strong> (7)</strong></p><p>Padula SL, Anand D, Hoang TV, Chaffee BR, Liu L, Liang C, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Robinson ML. High-throughput transcriptome analysis reveals that the loss of Pten activates a novel NKX6-1/RASGRP1 regulatory module to rescue microphthalmia caused by Fgfr2-deficient lenses. <strong>Human Genetics 2019</strong>: 138:1391-1407 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31691004">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Weatherbee BAT, Barton JR, Siddam AD, Anand D, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>. Molecular characterization of the human lens epithelial cell line SRA01/04. <strong>Experimental Eye Research 2019</strong>: 188:107787 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31479653">Pubmed</a>, <strong>**Among the Top 25 Most Downloaded Articles (October 2019-January 2020)</strong></p><p>
Gowans LJJ, Cameron-Christie S, Slayton RL, Busch TD, Romero-Bustillos
M, Eliason S, Sweat M, Sobreira N, Yu W, Kantaputra N, Wohler E,
Adeyemo WL, Campbell C, Drummond BK, Markie DM, van Vuren WJ,
Casamassimo PS, Ettinger R, Owais A, Anand D, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>,
Staden IV, Amendt BA, Adeyemo AA, Murray JC, Robertson SP, Butali A.
Missense pathogenic variants in KIF4A affect dental morphogenesis
resulting in X-linked taurodontism, microdontia and Dens-invaginatus. <strong>Frontiers in Genetics 2019</strong>: 10:800Â View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31616463">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Cox TC, Lidral A, Liu H, Cox LL, Zhu Y, Moreno Uribe LM, Anand D, Deng
M, Richter CT, Nidey NL, Standley JM, Blue EE, Chong JX, Smith JD, Kirk
EP, Venselaar H, Krahn KN, van Bokhoven H, Zhou JH, Cornell RA, Glass
IA, Bamshad MJ, Nickerson DA, Murray JC, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Buckley MF, Roscioli T. Mutations in GDF11 and its binding partner, FST, as a cause of orofacial clefting in humans. <strong>Human Mutation 2019</strong>: 40:1813-1825 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31215115">Pubmed</a> <strong>*Featured on the Cover, <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10981004/2019/40/10">see Cover Art here</a></strong></p><p>
Carlson JC, Anand D, Buxo CJ, Christensen K, Deleyiannis F, Hecht JT,
Moreno LM, Orioli LM, Padilla C, Shaffer JR, Vieira AR, Wehby GL,
Weinberg SM, Murray JC, Beaty TH, Saadi I, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>,
Marazita ML, Feingold E, Leslie EJ. Phenotypic heterogeneity in
orofacial clefts: a novel method for systematic genetic analysis and
visualization of heterogeneity. <strong>Genetic Epidemiology 2019</strong>: 43:704-716 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31172578">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Ewans LJ, Colley A, Gaston-Massuet C, Gualtieri A, Cowley MJ, McCabe MJ, Anand D, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>,
Scietti L, Forneris F, Zhu Y, Ying K, Walsh C, Lee E, Kirk EP, Field M,
Miller D, Giunta C, Sillence D, Dinger ME, Buckley M, Roscioli T.
Pathogenic variants in <em>PLOD3</em> result in a Stickler syndrome-like connective tissue dysplasia with vascular complications. <strong>Journal of Medical Genetics 2019</strong>: 56:629-638 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31129566">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Butali A, Mossey PA, Adeyemo WL, Eshete MA, Gowans LJJ, Busch TD, Jain
D, Yu W, Huan L, Laurie CA, Laurie CC, Nelson S, Li M, Sanchez-Lara PA,
Magee WP 3rd, Magee KS, Auslander A, Brindopke F, Kay DM, Caggana M,
Romitti PA, Mills JL, Audu R, Onwuamah C, Oseni GO, Owais A, James O,
Olaitan PB, Aregbesola BS, Braimah RO, Oginni F, Oladele AO, Bello SA,
Rhodes J, Shiang R, Donkor P, Obiri-Yeboah S, Arthur FKN, Twumasi P,
Agbenorku P, Plange-Rhule G, Oti AA, Ogunlewe OM, Oladega AA, Adekunle
AA, Erinoso AO, Adamson OO, Elufowoju AA, Ayelomi OI, Hailu T, Hailu A,
Demissie Y, Derebew M, Eliason S, Romero-Bustillous M, Lo C, Park J,
Desai S, Mohammed M, Abate F, Abdur-Rahman L, Anand D, Saadi I, Oladugba
AV, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Amendt BA, Rotimi CN, Marazita ML,
Cornell RA, Murray JC, Adeyemo AA. Â Â Genomic analyses in African
populations identify novel risk loci for cleft palate. <strong>Human Molecular Genetics 2019</strong>: 28:1038-1051 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30452639">Pubmed</a></p><p>
<strong>2018 (7)</strong></p><p>
Anand D, Kakrana A, Siddam AD, Huang H, Saadi I, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>. RNA-sequencing-based transcriptomic profiles of embryonic lens development for cataract gene discovery. <strong>Human Genetics 2018</strong>: 137:941-954 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30417254">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Cox LL, Cox TC, Moreno Uribe LM, Zhu Y, Richter CT, Nidey N, Standley
JM, Deng M, Blue E, Chong JX, Yang Y, Carstens RP, Anand D, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>,
Smith JD, Dorschner MO, Quinlan A, Kirk E, Hing AV, Venselaar H,
Valencia Ramirez LC, Bamshad MJ, Glass IA, Cooper JA, Haan E, Nickerson
DA, van Bokhoven H, Zhou H, Krahn K, Buckley MF, Murray JC, Lidral AC,
Roscioli T. Mutations in the epithelial cadherin-p120-catenin complex
cause mendelian non-syndromic cleft lip and palate. <strong><strong>American Journal of Human Genetics</strong> 2018</strong>: 102:1143-1157 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29805042">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Krall M, Htun S, Anand D, Hart D, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>*,
Slavotinek A*. A zebrafish model of foxe3 deficiency demonstrates lens
and eye defects with dysregulation of key genes involved in cataract
formation in humans. <strong>Human Genetics 2018</strong>: 137:315-328 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29713869">Pubmed</a> *Co-corresponding authors</p><p>
Siddam AD, Gautier-Courteille C, Perez-Campos L, Anand D, Kakrana A,
Dang CA, Legagneux V, Mereau A, Viet J, Gross JM, Paillard L, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>. The RNA-binding protein Celf1 post-transcriptionally regulates p27Kip1 and Dnase2b to control fiber cell nuclear degradation in lens development. <strong>PLoS Genetics 2018</strong>: 14(3):e1007278 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29565969">Pubmed</a> <strong>*Read comments on this paper by 2006 Nobel Laureate Dr. Craig Mello <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/may/biologist-salil-lachke-eye-lens-gene-discovery/">here</a></strong></p><p>
Anand D, Agrawal SA, Slavotinek A, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>. Mutation update of transcription factor genes <em>FOXE3</em>, <em>HSF4</em>, <em>MAF</em> and <em>PITX3</em> causing cataracts and other developmental ocular defects. <strong>Human Mutation 2018</strong>: 39:471-494 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29314435">Pubmed</a><strong> *Featured on the Cover, <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/humu.23414/full">see Cover Art here</a> </strong><strong>**Selected in Editor's Choice Articles, "considered particularly noteworthy by the journal's editorial board" </strong></p><p>
Budak G, Dash S, Srivastava R, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Janga SC.
Express: a database of transcriptome profiles encompassing known and
novel transcripts across multiple development stages in eye tissues. <strong>Experimental Eye Research 2018</strong>: 168:57-68 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29337142">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Kakrana A, Yang A, Anand D, Djordjevic D, Ramachandruni D, Singh A, Huang H, Ho JWK,<strong> <strong>Lachke SA</strong></strong>.<strong> </strong>iSyTE 2.0: a database for expression-based gene discovery in the eye. <strong>Nucleic Acids Research</strong> <strong>2018</strong>: 46:D875-D885 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29036527">Pubmed</a></p><p>
<strong>2017 (6)</strong></p><p>
Srivastava R, Budak G, Dash S, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Janga SC. Discovery of novel transcripts and splicing alterations during mammalian lens development. <strong>Scientific Reports 2017</strong>: 7:11572 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28912564">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Wang Y, Terrell AM, Riggio BA, Anand D, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Duncan MK. Beta1-integrin deletion from the lens activates cellular stress responses leading to fibrosis and apoptosis. <strong>Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2017</strong>: 58:3896-3922 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28763805">Pubmed</a><strong> *Featured on the Cover </strong></p><p>
Cavalheiro GR, Matos-Rodrigues GE, Zhao Y, Gomes AL, Anand D, Predes D, de Lima S, Abreu JG, Zheng D, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Cvekl A, Martins RAP. N-myc regulates growth and fiber cell differentiation in lens development. <strong>Developmental Biology 2017</strong>: 429:105-117 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28716713">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Liu H, Busch T, Eliason S, Anand D, Bullard S, Gowans L, Nidey N, Saadi I, Dunnwal M, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Zhu Y, Adeyemo A, Amendt B, Roscioli T, Cornell R, Murray J., Butali A. Exome sequencing confirms the role of <em>ARHGAP29 </em>in mendelian orofacial clefting. <strong>Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology 2017</strong>: 109:27-37 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28029220">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Patel N, Anand D, Monies D, Maddirevula S, Khan A, Algoufi T, Al-Owain
M, Faqeih E, Alshammari M, Qudair A, Alshareef H, Aljubran F, Alsaif H,
Ibrahim N, Abdulwahab F, Hashem M, Alsedairy H, Aldahmesh M, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Alkuraya FS. Novel phenotypes and loci identified through clinical genomics approaches to pediatric cataract. <strong>Human Genetics 2017</strong>: 136:205-225 View in: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27878435">Pubmed</a>, <strong>**Top
accessed article,</strong> >1000 downloads; in the <a href="https://springeropen.altmetric.com/details/14002412#score">top
10%</a> of
all research outputs <em>ever</em> tracked by Altmetric, <em>n</em>=12,215,443)
</p><p>
Anand D, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>. Systems biology of lens development: a paradigm for disease gene discovery in the eye. <strong>Experimental Eye Research</strong> <strong>2017</strong>: 156:22-33 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26992779" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Pubmed</a> *<strong>Among the top 25 most downloaded articles between March-July 2016</strong></p><p>
<strong>2016 (3)</strong></p><p>Dash S, Siddam AD, Barnum CE, Janga SC, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>. RNA binding proteins in eye development and disease: implication of RNA granule components. <strong>Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA 2016</strong>: 7:527-557 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27133484">Pubmed</a><strong> *Featured on the Cover, <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wrna.1371/abstract">see Cover Art here</a></strong></p><p>
Zhang Y, Fan J, Ho JWK, Hu T, Kneeland SC, Sellarole MA, de Vries WN, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Lang RA, John SWM, Maas RL. Crim1 regulates integrin signaling in murine lens development. <strong>Development 2016</strong>: 143:356-366 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26681494">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Audette DS, Anand D, So T, Rubenstein TB, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>,
Lovicu FJ, Duncan MK. Prox1 and fibroblast growth factor receptors form a
novel regulatory loop controlling lens fiber differentiation and gene
expression. <strong>Development 2016</strong>: 143:318-328 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26657765">Pubmed</a></p><p>
<strong>2015 (4)</strong></p><p>
Dash S, Dang CA, Beebe DC, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>. Deficiency of the RNA binding protein Caprin2 causes lens defects and features of Peters anomaly. <strong>Developmental Dynamics 2015</strong>: 244:1313-1327 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26177727">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Anand D, Agrawal SA, Siddam AD, Motohashi H, Yamamoto M, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>. An integrative approach to analyze microarray datasets for prioritiztion of genes relevant to lens biology and disease. <strong>Genomics Data 2015</strong>: 5:223-227 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185746">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Agrawal SA, Anand D, Siddam AD, Kakrana A, Dash S, Scheiblin DA, Dang
CA, Terrell AM, Waters SM, Singh A, Motohashi H, Yamamoto M, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>.
Compound mouse mutants of bZIP transcription factors Mafg and Mafk
reveal a regulatory network of non-crystallin genes associated with
cataract. <strong>Human Genetics 2015</strong>: 134:717-735 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25896808">Pubmed</a>,
<strong>**Top
accessed article,</strong> >7400 downloads; in the <a href="https://springeropen.altmetric.com/details/4025701#score">top
10%</a> of
all research outputs <em>ever</em> tracked by Altmetric, <em>n</em>=12,215,443)
</p><p>
Terrell AM, Anand D, Smith SF, Dang CA, Pathania M, Waters SM, Beebe DC, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>.
Molecular characterization of mouse lens epithelial cell lines and
their suitability for studying RNA granules and cataract genes. <strong>Experimental Eye Research</strong> <strong>2015</strong>: 131:42-55 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25530357">Pubmed</a><strong> *Among the top 25 most downloaded articles between February-May 2015</strong></p><p>
<strong>2014 (3)</strong></p><p>
Anchan RM, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Gerami-Naini B, Lindsey J, Ng
N, Naber C, Nickerson M, Cavallesco R, Rowan S, Eaton JL, Xi Q, Maas RL.
Pax6- and Six3-mediated induction of lens cell fate in mouse and human
ES cells. <strong>PLoS ONE 2014</strong>: 9(12):e115106 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25517354">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Manthey AL, Terrell AM, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Polson S, Duncan
MK. Development of novel filtering criteria to analyze RNA-sequencing
data obtained from the murine ocular lens during embryogenesis. <strong>Genomics Data</strong> <strong>2014</strong>: 2:369-374 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25478318">Pubmed</a>, <strong>**Among the Top Most Cited </strong><strong><em>Genomics Data</em></strong><strong> Articles</strong> </p><p>
Manthey AL, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Fitzgerald PG, Mason R,
Scheiblin DA, Duncan MK. Loss of Sip1 leads to migration defects and
retention of ectodermal markers during lens development. <strong>Mechanisms of Development 2014</strong>: 131:86-110 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24161570">Pubmed</a></p><p>
<strong>2013 (2)</strong></p><p>
Wolf L, Harrison W, Jie H, Xie Q, Xiao N, Sun J, Kong L, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>,
Kuracha MR, Govindarajan V, Brindle PK, Ashery-Padan R, Beebe DC,
Overbeek PA, Cvekl A. Histone modifications and cell fate determination:
lens induction requires CBP and p300. <strong>Nucleic Acids Research 2013</strong>: 41:10199-10214 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24038357">Pubmed</a></p><p>
Tran P, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Stottmann R. Toward a
systems-level understanding of the hedgehog signaling pathway: defining
the complex, robust and fragile. <strong>Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology & Medicine 2013</strong>: 5:83-100 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23060005">Pubmed</a></p><p>
<strong>2012 (3)</strong></p><p>
Jumlongras D*, <strong>Lachke SA*</strong>, O'Connell DJ, Aboukhalil
A, Li X, Choe SE, Ho JWK, Turbe-Doan A, Robertson E, Olsen BR, Bulyk ML,
Amendt BA, Maas RL. An evolutionary conserved enhancer regulates <em>BMP4</em> expression in developing incisor and limb bud. <strong>PLoS ONE</strong> <strong>2012</strong>: 7(6):e38568 <strong>*Equal contribution </strong>View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22701669">Pubmed</a></p><p>
<strong>Lachke SA</strong><strong>*</strong>, Ho JWK*, Kryukov GV*, O’Connell DJ, Aboukhalil A, Bulyk ML, Park PJ, Maas RL. <em>iSyTE</em>: integrated Systems Tool for Eye gene discovery. <strong>Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science</strong> <strong>2012</strong>: 53:1617-1627. <strong>*Equal <strong>contribution</strong></strong> View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22323457">PubMed</a> Presented at ARVO 2012, Abstract #1726 was <strong>Highlighted in</strong> "<a href="http://www.littlelab.pitt.edu/assets/hot_topics.pdf">Emerging Trends and Hot Topics</a>"
by members of the Annual Meeting Program Committee as representing the
newest and most innovative research being conducted in the various
specialties; Abstract selected among the top ~5% of ~7000 abstracts and
presentations in the meeting, <a href="http://www.arvo.org/eweb/am2012/pdf/hot_topics.pdf">View here</a></p><p>
<strong>Lachke SA*</strong>, Higgins A*, Inagaki M, Saadi I, Xi Q,
Long M, Quade BJ, Talkowski ME, Gusella JF, Fujimoto A, Robinson ML,
Yang Y, Duong QT, Shapira I, Motro B, Miyoshi J, Takai Y, Morton CC,
Maas RL. The cell-adhesion gene <em>PVRL3</em> is associated with congenital cataract. <strong>Human Genetics</strong> <strong>2012</strong>: 131:235-250. <strong>*Equal <strong>contribution</strong> </strong>View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21769484">PubMed</a></p><p>
<strong>2011 (3)</strong></p><p>
Kasaikina MV, Fomenko DE, Labunsky VM, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Qiu
W, Moncaster JA, Zhang J, Wojnarowicz Jr MW, Kumar SN, Malinouskil M,
Schweizer U, Tsuji PA, Carlson BA, Maas RL, Lou MF, Goldstein LE,
Hatfield DL, Gladyshev VN. 15 kDa selenoprotein (Sep15) knockout mice
reveal roles of Sep15 in redox homeostasis and cataract development. <strong>Journal of Biological Chemistry</strong> <strong>2011</strong>: 286:33203-33212. View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21768092">PubMed</a></p><p>
<strong>Lachke SA</strong>, and Maas RL RNA granules and cataract. <strong>Expert Reviews of Ophthalmology</strong> <strong>2011</strong>: 6:497-500 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23847690">PubMed</a></p><p>
<strong>Lachke SA*</strong>, Alkuraya FS*, Kneeland SC*, Ohn T,
Aboukhalil A, Howell GR, Saadi I, Cavallesco R, Yue Y, Tsai AC, Nair KS,
Cosma MI, Smith RS, Hodges E, Alfadhli SM, Al-Hajeri A, Shamseldin HE,
Behbehani A, Hannon GJ, Bulyk ML, Drack AV, Anderson PJ, John SW, Maas
RL. Mutations in the RNA granule component TDRD7 cause cataract and
glaucoma. <strong>Science</strong> <strong>2011</strong>: 331:1571-1576 (<a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6024/1571.full">Research Article</a>) <strong>*Equal <strong>contribution</strong> </strong>View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21436445">PubMed</a>
</p><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><p><p>​​Perspective in <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6024/1523.full"><strong>Science</strong></a>, 2011: 331: 1523-1524</p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><p><p>Highlighted in Leading Edge in <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867411004314"><strong>Cell</strong></a>, 2011: 145, 331</p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><p><p>Higlighted in <a href="http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/ng.829?utm_campaign=readcube_access&utm_source=nature.com&utm_medium=purchase_option&utm_content=thumb_version&show_checkout=1&tracking_action=preview_click"><strong>Nature Genetics</strong></a>, 2011 Vol.43, No.5, 403</p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><p><p>Highlighted in <a href="http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v12/n5/full/nrg2994.html"><strong>Nature Reviews Genetics</strong></a>, Vol.12, May 2011</p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><p><p>Highlighted in <a href="http://www.nature.com/nmiddleeast/2011/110325/full/nmiddleeast.2011.39.html"><strong>Nature Middle East</strong></a>, March 25, 2011</p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><p><p>Recommended New Finding by <a href="http://f1000.com/"><strong>Faculty of 1000</strong></a>, April 26, 2011</p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><p><p>Highlighted in <a href="http://www.canadianjournalofophthalmology.ca/article/S0008-4182%2811%2900061-5/fulltext#article-outline"><strong>Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology</strong></a>, 2011: 46, 303</p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><p><p>Highlighted in <strong><a href="http://www.revophth.com/content/d/review_news/c/28040/">Review of Ophthalmology</a></strong>,<strong> </strong>May, 2011</p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><p><p>Press Release by <strong><a href="http://www.jax.org/news/archives/2011/cataracts.html">The Jackson Laboratory</a></strong>,<strong> </strong>March 24, 2011</p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><p><p>Highlighted in <strong><a href="http://www.nih.gov/researchmatters/april2011/04042011eye.htm">NIH Research Matters</a></strong>,<strong> </strong>April 4, 2011​<br></p></p></blockquote><p>
<strong>2010 (3)</strong></p><p>
<strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Zhang X, Maas RL. Photoreceptor cell development regulation. <strong>Encyclopedia of Life Sciences</strong> [John Wiley and Sons, Ltd: Chichester] <strong>2010</strong>: Published June 19, DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0000833.pub2 View in: <a href="http://www.els.net/WileyCDA/ElsArticle/refId-a0000833.html">http://www.els.net/WileyCDA/ElsArticle/refId-a0000833.html</a></p><p>
Rowan S*, Siggers T*, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Yue Y, Bulyk ML, Maas RL. Precise temporal control of the eye regulatory gene <em>Pax6</em> through enhancer binding site affinity. <strong>Genes & Development</strong> <strong>2010</strong>: 24:380-385 View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20413611">PubMed </a><strong>Featured on Cover *<strong>Equal contribution</strong></strong></p><p>
<strong>Lachke SA*</strong>, Maas RL. Building the developmental oculome: systems biology in vertebrate eye development and disease. <strong>Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology & Medicine</strong>Â <strong>2010</strong>: 2:305-323 Published online October 2, 2009 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.59 *(Corresponding Author) View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20836031">PubMed</a></p><p>
<strong>1999-2009 (10)</strong></p><p>
Burdon KP, Hattersley K, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Laurie KJ, Maas
RL, Mackey DA, Craig JE. Investigation of eight candidate genes on
chromosome 1p36 for total congenital cataract. <strong>Molecular Vision</strong> <strong>2008</strong>: 14:1799-1804 View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18843385">PubMed</a></p><p>
Donner AL, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Maas RL. Lens induction in vertebrates: variations on a conserved theme of signaling events. <strong>Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 2006</strong>: 17:676-685 View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17164096">PubMed</a></p><p>
Brockert PJ*, <strong>Lachke SA*</strong>, Srikantha T, Pujol C, Galask R, Soll DR. Phenotypic switching and mating-type switching of <em>Candida glabrata</em> at sites of colonization. <strong>Infection & Immunity</strong> <strong>2003</strong>: 71:7109-7118Â <strong>*Equal <strong>contribution</strong> </strong>View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14638801">PubMed</a></p><p>
<strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Lockhart SR, Daniels KJ, Soll DR. Skin facilitates <em>Candida albicans</em> mating. <strong>Infection & Immunity</strong> <strong>2003</strong>: 71(9):4970-4976 View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12933839">PubMed</a>Â Recommended by <strong>Faculty of 1000</strong> as an Exceptional new finding</p><p>
<strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Srikantha T, Soll DR. The regulation of <em>EFG1</em> in white-opaque switching in <em>Candida albicans</em> involves overlapping promoters. <strong>Molecular Microbiology</strong> <strong>2003</strong>: 48:523-536 View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12675809">PubMed</a></p><p>
Srikantha T, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Soll DR. Three mating type-like loci in <em>Candida glabrata</em>. <strong>Eukaryotic Cell 2003</strong>: 2:328-340 View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12684382">PubMed</a>Â Recommended by <strong>Faculty of 1000</strong> as a new finding</p><p>
<strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Joly S, Daniels K, Soll DR. Phenotypic switching and filamentation in <em>Candida glabrata</em>. <strong>Microbiology</strong> <strong>2002</strong>: 148:2661-2674 View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12213913">PubMed</a>Â <strong>Featured on Cover</strong></p><p>
Ghormade VS, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Deshpande MV. Dimorphism in <em>Benjaminiella poitrasii</em>: involvement of intracellular endochitinase and N-acetylglucosaminidase activities in the yeast-mycelium transition. <strong>Folia Microbiologica</strong> <strong>2000</strong>: 45:231-238 View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11271806">PubMed</a></p><p>
<strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Srikantha T, Tsai LK, Daniels K, Soll DR. Phenotypic switching in <em>Candida glabrata</em> involves phase-specific regulation of the metallothionein gene <em>MT-II</em> and the newly discovered hemolysin gene <em>HLP</em>.<a name="OLE_LINK1"> </a><strong>Infection & Immunity</strong> <strong>2000</strong>: 68:884-895 View in:Â <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10639459">PubMed</a></p><p>
Kvaal C, <strong>Lachke SA</strong>, Srikantha T, Daniels K, McCoy J, Soll DR. Misexpression of the opaque-phase-specific gene <em>PEP1 (SAP1)</em> in the white phase of <em>Candida albicans</em> confers increased virulence in a mouse model of cutaneous infection. <strong>Infection & Immunity</strong> <strong>1999</strong>:<strong> </strong>67:6652-6662 View in: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10569787">PubMed</a></p><p></p> | <p><strong>AWARDS AND HONORS</strong></p><p>2020  Cataract Research Award, National Foundation for Eye Research (NFER)</p><p>
<em>Awarded
to 1 scientist worldwide for excellence in cataract research</em>
</p><p>2020   Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p><em>Awarded to three UD Faculty annually for demonstrating excellence in the following regarding teaching: Intellectually demanding and rigorous, Deeply committed to teaching and students, Communication with students and relaying of course content, Has positive and lasting impact on stuents</em></p><p><a href="https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2020/september/faculty-senate-meeting-september-2020/">https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2020/september/faculty-senate-meeting-september-2020/</a></p><p>2019    Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising and Mentoring Award,</p><p>            University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p>            <em>Awarded to two UD Faculty annually for demonstrating excellence in the following regarding Undergraduate Academic Advising and Mentoring: Knowledge of programs and opportunities for students, Active involvement with students, Excellent interpersonal skills and sensitivity, A positive and lasting impact on students</em></p><p><em>           </em><em> </em><a href="https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/may/faculty-awards-excellence-in-teaching-advising-mentoring/">https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/may/faculty-awards-excellence-in-teaching-advising-mentoring/</a></p><p>2019    Nominated, Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p>2019    Nominated, Mid-Career Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE USA</p><p>2019    Nominated, Cataract Research Award, National Foundation for Eye Research (NFER), Washington, D.C., USA</p><p>2018    Nominated, Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p>2018    Nominated, Outstanding Doctoral Graduate Advising & Mentoring Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p>2017    Nominated, Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p>2017    Nominated, Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising and Mentoring Award,</p><p>            University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p>2017    Elected to Phi Kappa Phi as Faculty Member, University of Delaware Chapter</p><p>            <em>Each year the UD Chapter invites select faculty to membership in recognition of</em></p><p><em>           </em><em> </em><em>their scholarship, teaching, and service to the University Community</em></p><p>2016    Nominated, Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p>2016    Gerard J. Mangone Young Scholar Award (Alison Young Professor), </p><p>            The Francis Alison Society, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p>            <em>Awarded to 1 UD Faculty annually for excellence in scholarship and instruction</em></p><p><em>           </em><em> </em><a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/october/mangone-young-scholars-award/">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/october/mangone-young-scholars-award/</a></p><p>2015    Frederick Bettelheim Award, National Foundation for Eye Research, Washington, D.C., USA</p><p><em>Awarded to 1 U.S. Lens Scientist biennially to attend the International Conference on</em></p><p><em>the Lens</em></p><p>2015    University of Delaware Research Foundation, Inc. Strategic Initiatives Award</p><p><em>Awarded to 4 UD Faculty</em></p><p><a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/mar/udrf-strategic-initiative-grants-030916.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/mar/udrf-strategic-initiative-grants-030916.html</a></p><p>2015    Nominated by University of Delaware Provost for the 2016 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, The New York Academy of Sciences, NY, USA</p><p><em>The Provost nominates 1 Scientist from the entire UD Life Sciences faculty for this competitive national award every year</em><em> </em></p><p>2014    Senior Thesis Mentor Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p><em>Awarded to 1 Faculty at Univ. of Delaware Each Year for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Senior Thesis Research</em></p><p><a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2014/may/senior-thesis-mentor-050714.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2014/may/senior-thesis-mentor-050714.html</a></p><p>2014    Nominated, Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising and Mentoring Award,</p><p>            University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA</p><p>2014    Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. Pediatric Ophthalmology Career Starter Grant Award Competitive Renewal</p><p><em>Awarded to 9 Young Investigators in Vision Research Nationwide</em></p><p>2013   Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, The Kavli Foundation, Oxnard, CA, USA</p><p><em>Fellows are selected by a committee of US National Academy of Sciences members from among young researchers who have already made recognized contributions to science, including recipients of major national fellowships and awards and who have been identified as future leaders in science.</em></p><p><a href="http://www.nasonline.org/programs/kavli-frontiers-of-science/frontiers-alumni/alumni-directory/salil-lachke.html">http://www.nasonline.org/programs/kavli-frontiers-of-science/frontiers-alumni/alumni-directory/salil-lachke.html</a></p><p>2013    Alcon Research Institute Young Researcher Grant Award</p><p>            <em>Awarded to 8 Young Investigators in Vision Research Worldwide</em></p><p>            <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/apr/alcon-ophthalmology-040213.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/apr/alcon-ophthalmology-040213.html</a></p><p>2013    Selected as Junior Member of the Alcon Research Institute, Forth Worth, TX, USA</p><p>2013    Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. Pediatric Ophthalmology Career Starter Grant Award</p><p><em>Awarded to 19 Young Investigators in Vision Research Nationwide</em></p><p><a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/jun/infants-cataracts-061313.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/jun/infants-cataracts-061313.html</a></p><p>2012    Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, The Pew Charitable Trusts</p><p>               <em>Awarded to "22 of America's Most Promising Scientists"</em></p><p><em>        </em><em> </em><a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jun/lachke-pew-scholar-061412.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jun/lachke-pew-scholar-061412.html</a></p><p>2012    Fight for Sight Grant-in-Aid Award, Fight for Sight, New York, NY, USA</p><p><em>              </em><em> </em><em>Awarded to 5 Young Investigators in Vision Research Nationwide</em></p><p>               <a href="http://www.fightforsight.org/portals/0/docs/2012_grantwinners.pdf">http://www.fightforsight.org/portals/0/docs/2012_grantwinners.pdf</a></p><p>2012   University of Delaware Research Foundation, Inc. Award</p><p>               <em>Awarded to 11 UD Faculty</em></p><p><em>              </em><em> </em><a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jun/research-foundation-awards-061212.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jun/research-foundation-awards-061212.html</a></p><p>2010    Bettelheim Travel Fellowship, National Foundation for Eye Research, Omaha, NE, USA</p><p><em>Awarded to 1 young cataract researcher to participate in the XIX International Society</em></p><p><em>for Eye Research Biennial Meeting</em></p><p>2009    Elected to Sigma Xi, Full Member Harvard Chapter</p><p>2009<strong><em> </em></strong><strong><em>  </em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong>BRI Research Excellence Award, Biomedical Research Institute and Brigham &</p><p>            Women's Hospital <em>in recognition of "Innovative Research"</em>     <a href="http://www.brighamandwomens.org/about_bwh/publicaffairs/news/publications/DisplayBulletin.aspx?articleid=4538">http://www.brighamandwomens.org/about_bwh/publicaffairs/news/publications/DisplayBulletin.aspx?articleid=4538</a></p><p>2008    Charles Epstein Trainee Research Award, American Society of Human Genetics for <em>Excellence in "Post-doctoral Clinical Research"</em></p><p><em>Awarded to top ~1% from 100+ of national and international applicants</em></p><p><a href="http://www.ashg.org/pages/awards_pastrecipients.shtml">http://www.ashg.org/pages/awards_pastrecipients.shtml</a></p><p>2005    D.C. Spriestersbach Prize, The University of Iowa in recognition of <em>"Excellence in Doctoral Research"</em></p><p><em>Best Doctoral Dissertation in Life Sciences in the university between the years 2003-2005 awarded to one doctoral student in the entire Life Science community at Univ. of Iowa every two years</em></p><p><a href="http://www.grad.uiowa.edu/awards/past-spriesterbach-winners">http://www.grad.uiowa.edu/awards/past-spriesterbach-winners</a></p><p><strong>Articles in the University of Delaware community regarding research in the Lachke laboratory:</strong></p><p>  1.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jun/lachke-pew-scholar-061412.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jun/lachke-pew-scholar-061412.html</a></p><p>  2.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jun/research-foundation-awards-061212.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/jun/research-foundation-awards-061212.html</a></p><p>  3.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udmessenger/vol20no3/stories/research-awards.html">http://www.udel.edu/udmessenger/vol20no3/stories/research-awards.html</a></p><p>  4.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udmessenger/vol21no4/stories/otg-honors-and-achievements.html">http://www.udel.edu/udmessenger/vol21no4/stories/otg-honors-and-achievements.html</a></p><p>  5.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/oct/undergraduate-science-102612.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/oct/undergraduate-science-102612.html</a></p><p>  6.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/nov/nobel-lectures-110512.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/nov/nobel-lectures-110512.html</a></p><p>  7.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/apr/alcon-ophthalmology-040213.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/apr/alcon-ophthalmology-040213.html</a></p><p>  8.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/jun/infants-cataracts-061313.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/jun/infants-cataracts-061313.html</a></p><p>  9.    http://www1.udel.edu/udaily/2013/may/grad-student-forum-052013.html</p><p>10.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2014/oct/research-recognition-103113.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2014/oct/research-recognition-103113.html</a></p><p>11.   <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2014/may/senior-thesis-mentor-050714.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2014/may/senior-thesis-mentor-050714.html</a></p><p>12.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2014/jun/vision-research-061014.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2014/jun/vision-research-061014.html</a></p><p>13.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2015/jun/genetics-cataracts-061715.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2015/jun/genetics-cataracts-061715.html</a></p><p>14.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2015/aug/eye-research-081314.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2015/aug/eye-research-081314.html</a></p><p>15.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udmessenger/vol23no2/stories/faculty-lachke.html">http://www.udel.edu/udmessenger/vol23no2/stories/faculty-lachke.html</a></p><p>16.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/oct/undergraduateresearch100615.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/oct/undergraduateresearch100615.html</a></p><p>17.    http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/nov/cleft-related-genes-112315.html</p><p>18.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/mar/udrf-strategic-initiative-grants-030916.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/mar/udrf-strategic-initiative-grants-030916.html</a></p><p>19.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/apr/national-biology-awards-041516.html">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/apr/national-biology-awards-041516.html</a></p><p>20.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/june/cellular-processes-eye-lenses/">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/june/cellular-processes-eye-lenses/</a></p><p>21.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/july/fight-for-sight-fellowships/">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/july/fight-for-sight-fellowships/</a></p><p>22.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/october/mangone-young-scholars-award/">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/october/mangone-young-scholars-award/</a></p><p>23.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2017/december/eye-genome-database/">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2017/december/eye-genome-database/</a></p><p>24.    http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/may/biologist-salil-lachke-eye-lens-gene-discovery/</p><p>25.    <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/may/national-institutes-health-director-francis-collins-lens-crafting-blog/">http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/may/national-institutes-health-director-francis-collins-lens-crafting-blog/</a></p><p>26.    <a href="https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/november/nobel-prize-symposium-2018/">https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/november/nobel-prize-symposium-2018/</a></p><p>27.    <a href="https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/march/gates-cambridge-scholarship-bailey-weatherbee-distinguished-scholar-biology/">https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/march/gates-cambridge-scholarship-bailey-weatherbee-distinguished-scholar-biology/</a></p><p>28.    <a href="https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/april/eye-genetics-ophthalmology-NIH-salil-lachke/">https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/april/eye-genetics-ophthalmology-NIH-salil-lachke/</a></p><p>29.    <a href="https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/may/faculty-awards-excellence-in-teaching-advising-mentoring/">https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/may/faculty-awards-excellence-in-teaching-advising-mentoring/</a></p><p>30.    <a href="https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/august/pediatric-cataracts-research-grant/">https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/august/pediatric-cataracts-research-grant/</a></p><p>31.  Â
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