oratoryCURRICULUM VITAE
Ronen Schweitzer
Assistant Investigator, Research Center
Shriners Hospitals for Children -- Portland
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Oregon Health & Science University
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE STUDY
Tel-Aviv University, Israel, Life Sciences, B.S., 1989
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Developmental Biology, M.S., 1991
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Developmental Biology, Ph.D., 1996
HONORS
Weizmann Institute of Science Kennedy Award for Excellence, 1996
March of Dimes, Basil O'Conner Starter Scholar Research Award, 2003-2005
RESEARCH AND/OR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001-Present Assistant Investigator, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Portland, OR.
2001-Present Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, OHSU, Portland, OR.
1996-2001 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
PUBLICATIONS - Original Articles
1. Schweitzer, R., Shaharabany, M., Seger, R. and B-Z Shilo. Secreted Spitz triggers the DER signaling pathway and is a limiting component in embryonic ventral ectoderm determination. Genes & Development, 9:1518-1529, 1995.
2. Schweitzer, R., Howes, R., Smith, R., Shilo, B-Z., and Freeman, M. Inhibition of Drosophila EGF receptor activation by the secreted protein Argos. Nature 376: 699-702. 1995.
3. Golembo, M., Schweitzer, R., Freeman, M., and Shilo, B-Z. Argos transcription is induced by the Drosophila EGF receptor pathway to form an inhibitory feedback loop. Development 122: 223-230. 1996.
4. Schweitzer, R., Shilo, B-Z. A thousand and one roles for the Drosophila EGF receptor. Trends Genet. 13(5): 191-196. 1997.
5. Sapir, A., Schweitzer, R., Shilo, B-Z. Sequential activation of the EGF receptor pathway during Drosophila oogenesis establishes the dorsocentral axis. Development 125(2): 191-200. 1998.
6. Schnepp, B., Donaldson, T., Grumbling, G., Ostrowski, S., Schweitzer, R., Shilo, B-Z., Simcox, A. EGF domain swap converts a drosophila EGF receptor activator into an inhibitor. Genes Dev 12(7): 908-913. 1998.
7. Yang, A., Schweitzer, R., Sun, D., Kaghad, M., Walker, N., Bronson, RT., Tabin, C., Sharpe, A., Caput, D., Crum, C., McKeon, F. p63 is essential for regenerative proliferation in limb, craniofacial and epithelial development. Nature 398: 714-718. 1999.
8. Schweitzer, R., Tabin, CJ. The dynamic ogranizer. Nat. Cell. Biol. 1(7): E179-181. 1999.
9. Schweitzer, R., Vogan, KJ., Tabin, CJ., Similar expression and regulation of Gli2 and Gli3 in the chick limb bud. Mech Dev. 98(1-2): 171-174. 2000.
10. Smith, DM., Collins-Racie, LA., Marigo, VA., Roberts, DJ., Davis, NM., Hartmann, C., Schweitzer, R., LaVallie, ER., Gamer, L., McCoy, J., Tabin, CJ. Cloning and expression of a novel cysteine-rich secreted protein family member expressed in thyroid and pancreatic mesoderm within the chicken embryo. Mech Dev. 102(1-2): 223-6. 2001.
11. Schweitzer, R., Chyung, JH., Murtaugh, LC., Rosen, V., Olson, EN., Lassar, A., and Tabin, CJ. Analysis of the Tendon Cell Fate using Scleraxis, a Specific Maker for Tendons and Ligaments. Development 128(19): 3855-3866. 2001.
12. Brent, AE., Schweitzer, R., and Tabin, CJ. A somitic compartment of tendon progenitors. Cell 113(2): 235-48. 2003.
13. DeLaurier, A., Schweitzer, R., Logan, M. Pitx1 determines the morphology of muscle, tendon, and bones of the hindlimb. Dev Biol. 2006 Nov 1;299(1):22-34.
14. Nicholas D. Murchison, David A. Conner, Douglas R. Keene, Eric N. Olson, Clifford J. Tabin, Ronen Schwetizer. Regulation of tendon differentiation by Scleraxis distinguishes force-transmitting tendons from muscle-anchoring tendons. Development. 2007 Jul;134(14):2697-708. Epub 2007 Jun 13.
15. Brian A. Pryce, Eva E. Brent, Nicholas D. Murchison, Clifford J. Tabin, Ronen Schweitzer, Generation of transgenic tendon reporters, ScxGFP and ScxAP, utilizing regulatory elements of the Scleraxis gene. Dev Dyn. 2007. June;236(6):1677-82.
16.Muir T, Wilson-Rawls J, Stevens JD, Rawls A, Schweitzer R, Kang C, Skinner MK. Integration of CREB and bHLH transcriptional signaling pathways through direct heterodimerization of the proteins: Role in muscle and testis development. Mol Reprod Dev. 2008 Mar 24. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18361414 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE].
17.Boot MJ, Westerberg CH, Sanz-Ezquerro J, Cotterell J, Schweitzer R, Torres M, Sharpe J., In vitro whole-organ imaging: 4D quantification of growing mouse limb buds. Nat Methods. 2008 May 30. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18516047 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]