2006 Avances in Veterinary Medicine Day

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Elaine A. Ostrander

Dr. Elaine Ostrander is Chief of the Cancer Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute of NIH. She also heads the Section of Comparative Genetics. Dr. Ostrander received her Ph.D. from the Oregon Health Sciences University, and did her postdoc training at Harvard. She then went to UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Labs where she began the canine genome project, initiating work on the canine meoitic linkage maps. She was then at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington for 12 years, rising to the rank of Member in the Human Biology and Clinical Research Divisions, and Head of the Genetics Program. Her work focused on the construction of canine linkage and radiation hybrid maps, and mapping of loci for several canine diseases.

Her current research interests are in the area of genetic mapping and genomics. Her lab at NIH works in both human and canine genetics and focuses on the genetics of complex diseases such as cancer, Addision's disease, and hip dysplasia. She is the winner of many awards, including the 1995 American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award, 2000 Burroughs Wellcome Innovation Award, 1999 American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation President's Award, and the 2005 Canine Health Foundation Asa Mays Award for Excellence in Canine Health Research,. She has published over 150 papers and articles, and is currently leading a team of postdocs and students on projects aimed at the mapping of several canine disease genes, finding genes regulating canine morphology, and understanding the population dynamics of modern domestic breeds.

Ostrander Recent Reviews

• Parker, H.G., and Ostrander E.A. (2005). Canine genomics and genetics: Running with the pack. PLOS Genetics. 1: 507-53.
• Ostrander, E.A., and Wayne, R.K. (2005). The canine genome. Genome Research 15: 1706-1716.

Recent Papers of Interest

• Parker, H.G., Kim, L.V., Sutter, N.B., Carlson, S., Lorentzen, T.D., Malek, T.B., Johnson, G.S., DeFrance, H.B., Ostrander, E.A., Kryglyak L. (2004). Genetic structure of the purebred domestic dog. Science 304:1160-4.
• Chase K., Carrier D.R., Adler F.R., Ostrander E.A., Lark K. G. (2005). Interaction between the X chromosome and an autosome regulates size sexual dimorphism in Portuguese Water Dogs. Genome Research 15: 1820-1824.