Bio

Joseph Kramer is an assistant professor at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He received his Bachelor's in Biology from Franklin and Marshall College, and received his PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from Stony Brook University. He completed his postgraduate training at Stony Brook in Biochemistry and also at the University of California-Davis in Genetics.

His research interests include genetics and biochemistry. His current research pursuits include processing in drosophila development.

Publications

  1. Wang, F, Tran, H., Kramer, JJ, Steward, R. Tet Protein function in Development. (PLOS ONE 13(1):2018).
     
  2. Canabal-Alvear, JJ, Cheng, YS, Kramer, SG, Kramer, J. Dynamic basal Robo localization in the ectoderm drives forward cardiac cell migration during heart tube assembly. (in preparation.)
     
  3. Swope D., Kramer, J., King, T.R., Cheng, Y.S., and Kramer S.G. Cdc42 is required in a genetically distinct subset of cardiac cells during Drosophila dorsal vessel closure. Dev Biol 392(2) 2014.
     
  4. MacBenta F.D., Jensen, A.G., Cheng Y.S., Kramer, J., and Kramer, S.G. Frazzled/DCC facilitates cardiac cell outgrowth and attachment during Drosophila dorsal vessel formation. Dev Biol 380(2) 2013.
     
  5. Kramer, J., Granier, CJ, Davis, S, Piso, K, Hand, J, Rabson, AB, Sabaawy, HE. PDCD2 Controls Hematopoietic Stem Cell Differentiation during development. Stem Cells Dev (2012).
     
  6. Harris, D., Orme, C., Kramer, J., Namba, L., Champion, M., Natzle, J., and Hawley, R.S. A Deficiency Screen of the Major Autosomes Identifies a Single Gene (CG18543) That Is HaploInsufficient for Achiasmate Segregation in Drosophila Oocytes. Genetics (2003) 165(2):637-649.
     
  7. Kramer, J. and Hawley, R.S.(2003). The spindle-associated transmembrane protein Axs identifies a new family of eukaryotic membrane proteins. Cell Cycle. (2003) 2:174-176.
     
  8. Kramer, J. and Hawley, R.S. The spindle-associated transmembrane protein, Axs, identifies a novel structure ensheathing the meiotic spindle. Nat Cell Biol (2003) 5:261-272.
     
  9. Stevenson, V.E.*, Kramer, J.*, Kuhn, J., and Theurkauf, W.E. Centrosomes and the Scrambled protein coordinate microtubule-independent actin reorganization. Nat Cell Biol. (2001) 3(1):68 75.
     
  10. Kramer, J., Zachar Z., and Bingham, P.M. Nuclear pre-mRNA metabolism: channels and tracks. Trends in Cell Biol (1994) 4:35-38.
     
  11. Zachar, Z., Kramer, J., Chou, T. B., Mims, I. P. and Bingham, P. M. Analysis of autoregulation at the level of pre-mRNA splicing of the suppressor-of-white-apricot gene in Drosophila. Genetics (1994) 137:139-150.
     
  12. Zachar, Z., Kramer, J., and Bingham, P. M. Looking at mRNA splicing and transport in situ. Methods Cell Biol (1994) 44:599-611.
     
  13. Zachar, Z., Kramer, J., Mims, I. P. and Bingham, P. M. Evidence for channeled diffusion of premRNAs during nuclear RNA transport in metazoans. J Cell Biol (1993) 121:729-742.