Chris Vulpe

vulpeLeader, Project 2: Functional profiling of susceptibility genes
Leader, Core C: Toxicogenomics Laboratory

E-mail: vulpe@berkeley.edu
Tel: (510) 642-1834
Fax: (510) 642-0535

Mailing address:
Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
119 Morgan Hall #3104
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3104

Web page: http://nst.berkeley.edu/faculty/vulpe.html


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Research Interests

  • Genetic/Genomic approaches to the identification of genes involved in copper and iron metabolism and characterization of the corresponding proteins.

Recent Publications

  • Constantine CC, Gurrin LC, McLaren CE, et al. SNP selection for genes of iron metabolism in a study of genetic modifiers of hemochromatosis. BMC Med Genet 2008;9:18.\
  • Constantine CC, Gurrin LC, McLaren CE, et al. SNP selection for genes of iron metabolism in a study of genetic modifiers of hemochromatosis. BMC Med Genet 2008;9:18.
  • Allen KJ, Gurrin LC, Constantine CC, et al. Iron-overload-related disease in HFE hereditary hemochromatosis. N Engl J Med 2008;358:221-30.
  • Jo WJ, Loguinov A, Chang M, et al. Identification of Genes Involved in the Toxic Response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae against Iron and Copper Overload by Parallel Analysis of Deletion Mutants. Toxicol Sci 2008;101:140-51
  • Poynton HC, Loguinov AV, Varshavsky JR, Chan S, Perkins EJ, Vulpe CD. Gene Expression Profiling in Daphnia magna Part I: Concentration-Dependent Profiles Provide Support for the No Observed Transcriptional Effect Level. Environ Sci Technol 2008, in press