Postdoctoral Fellow (2016 – present)
email: ryan.o’neill@nih.gov
phone: (301)435-8755
YOUTUBE VIDEO
Brain size control (June 15, 2021)
HISTORY
2003 – 2007 – B.S., University of New Brunswick (Biology)
2009 – 2016 – Ph.D., University of New Brunswick (advisor: Dr. Denise Clark)–
RESEARCH
– Understanding mechanisms controlling brain size by studying microcephaly-related genes using high-resolution live microscopy, CRISPR, and Drosophila
– Exploring cell type-specific functional diversification of gene duplications in Drosophila species
PUBLICATIONS
6. O’Neill RS, Sodeinde AK, Welsh FC, Fagerstrom CJ, Galletta BJ and Rusan NM. Spd-2 Gene Duplication Reveals Cell-Type Specific Assembly Mechanisms of Pericentriolar Material.
Current Biology. Jul 24;33(14):3031-3040.e6
5. O’Neill RS and Rusan NM. (2022) Traip Controls Mushroom Body Size By Suppressing Mitotic Defects. Development. 149(7):dev199987.
4. O’Neill RS, Schoborg TA, Rusan NM. (2018) Same but different: pleiotropy in centrosome-related microcephaly. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29(3):241-246
3. O’Neill RS, Clark DV. (2016) Partial Functional Diversification of Drosophila melanogaster Septin Genes Sep2 and Sep5. G3 (Bethesda). Jul 7;6(7):1947-57.
2. O’Neill RS, Clark DV. (2013) The Drosophila melanogaster septin gene Sep2 has a redundant function with the retrogene Sep5 in imaginal cell proliferation but is essential for oogenesis. Genome. Dec;56(12):753-8.
1. O’Neill RS, Clark DV. (2013) Evolution of three parent genes and their retrogene copies in Drosophila species. Int J Evol Biol. 2013:693085–
INVITED TALKS
2022 – Cell Bio 2022 ASCB/EMBO Meeting.
2022 – 63rd Annual Drosophila Research Conference.
2021 – CanFly XVI – Canadian Drosophila Research Conference.
2021 – Society for Developmental Biology – 1st Annual Ethyl Browne Harvey Postdoctoral Seminar Series.
2020 – Cell Bio Virtual 2020 ASCB/EMBO Meeting – Minisymposium.
2019 – 59th Annual ASCB/EMBO Meeting – Microsymposium.
2015 – CANFLY XIII – McGill University. Montreal, QC.
2011 – CANFLY XI, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON.–
POSTER PRESENTATIONS (from the Rusan lab)
2022 – 63rd Annual Drosophila Research Conference.
2021 – Cell Bio Virtual 2021 ASCB/EMBO Meeting
2021 – 62nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Online.
2020 – The Allied Genetics Conference. Online.
2019 – 59th ASCB/EMBO Meeting. Washington, DC.
2019 – Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting. Saxapahaw, NC.
2019 – 5th Centrosome Meeting. Frederick, MD.
2019 – 60th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Dallas, TX
2018 – 58th Annual American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), San Diego, CA
2018 – 59th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Philadelphia, PA
2018 – Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting. Saxapahaw, NC
2018 – 3rd Mid-Atlantic Mitosis and Meiosis Meeting. Baltimore, MD
2017 – 57th Annual American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), Philadelphia, PA
OF NOTE
2021 – The Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE)
2020 – The Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE)
2019 – NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE)
2017 – Travel Award for ASCB/EMBO Meeting
2015 – Best Oral Presentation (UNB Graduate Research Conference)
2014 – Poster Award (Northeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology)