Charlene Forest
Associate Professor
Biology
Location: 203 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Phone: 718.951.5000 x2016
Fax: 718.951.4659
Email:
Charlene Forest's website may be accessed through the Biology Department website (see link above) or at http://home.mindspring.com/~charlenef/index.html.
Education:
Ph.D., Indiana University - Bloomington - 1976 (Genetics)
B.S., Cornell University - 1968 (Genetics)
Areas of Expertise:
The Forest lab studies the cell and molecular biology of fertilization in algae. To understand how gametes (sperm and egg) recognize and fuse with each other, the lab is cloning genes that prevent gamete fusion. The lab hopes its studies will lead to a better understanding of the process of fertilization in other organisms, including humans. The lab is also looking at the mechanisms that control expression of gamete-specific genes.
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant, for "Cloning and Analysis of a Gamete Fusion Gene." May 2007-April 2011. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Brogun, Dmitry Y. and Charlene L. Forest. "The Role of the Gamcp Gene in the Gamete Fusion Defective Phenotype in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii." Brooklyn College Science Day, May 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Fong, Michael, Shirlanna Alexis and Charlene Forest. "Identification of the Gene Involved in Gamete Fusion in the Chlamydomonas MS8 Insertional Mutant." Brooklyn College Science Day, May 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Gabr, Arwa, Akil Hutchinson and Charlene L. Forest. "What Causes Fusion Defects in Sexual Fusion? Using Chlamydomonas to Evaluate the Gene(s) Required." Brooklyn College Science Day, May 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Lai, Ting-Yi, Rina Shrestha, Sandra Ospina, Christina Savchik, Natasha LaMont, Ananya Das and Charlene Forest. "Molecular Characterization of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Mutants to Analyze Genes/Proteins Affecting Gamete Fusion." Brooklyn College Science Day, May 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Seminar, Dmitry Y. Brogun: Analysis of biosynthetic pathways upregulated during gametogenesis and a minus-gamete-specific gene in fusion-defective Chlamydomonas mutants. Dec. 8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2011
Aksoy, Munevver, Sandra Ospina, Arvind Badhey, Shoshana Berkovic, Louana Cheung, Michael Fong, Arwa Gabr, Ozod Isametdinov, Ting-Yi Lai, Natasha Lamont, Bertholin Pierre, Rina Shrestha and Charlene Forest. "Complementing Fusion-defective Mutants With Chlamydomonas BACs Modified Using the Red/ET System." 14th International Conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas. June 6-10. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Aksoy, Munevver, Sandra Ospina, Arvind Badhey, Shoshana Berkovic, Louana Cheung, Michael Fong, Arwa Gabr, Ozod Isametdinov, Ting-Yi Lai, Natasha Lamont, Bertholin Pierre, Rina Shrestha and Charlene Forest. "Do One of More Genes Control Sexual Fusion in Chlamydomonas?" 74th Annual Meeting of the Northeast Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists. Adelphi University. April 16-17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Alexis, Shirlanna, Melissa Aristede, Louana Cheung, Arwa Gabr, Akil Hutchinson and Charlene L. Forest. "What Causes Defects in Sexual Fusion? Using Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii to Understand Human Fertilization." Science Day. Brooklyn College. May 10. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Hutchinson, Akil, and Charlene L. Forest. "Understanding Fertilization by Studying the Biology of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii." 13th Annual LSAMP Urban University Conference Series. Brookhaven National Laboratories. Brookhaven, N.Y., April 23-24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Lai, Ting-Yi, Natasha Lamont, Rina Shrestha, Michael Fong, Christina Savchik, Ananda Das and Charlene L. Forest. "How Many Genes Control Gamete Fusion in Chlamydomonas?" Science Day. Brooklyn College. May 10. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Ospina, Sandra and Charlene Forest. "A Study of Genes Responsible for Gametogenesis of Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii." 13th Annual LSAMP Urban University Conference Series. Brookhaven National Laboratories. Brookhaven, N.Y., April 23-24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Aksoy, Munevver and Charlene L. Forest. "Cloning Gamete Fusion Genes in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii." 13th International Conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas. May 27-June 1. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Aksoy, Munevver and Charlene L. Forest. "Cloning Gamete Fusion Gene(s) in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii." NE Society of Developmental Biology Meeting. April 27-28. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Aksoy, Munevver and Charlene L. Forest. "Cloning Gamete Fusion Genes in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii." Gordon Conference on Cell-Cell Fusion. July 1-6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2007
Other Professional Activities
My Ph.D. student, Dmitry Brogun, defended his thesis and received his Ph.D. 2012
