Russell, Tony
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences Department
- Phone
- (403) 329-2696
- tony.russell@uleth.ca
Lab
- Phone
- (403) 332-4446
Biography
PhD - University of British Columbia, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Research Area: Ribosomal RNA processing in archaeal organisms.
Postdoctoral Fellow - Dalhousie University. Research Area: Small RNA structure, function and evolution in unicellular eukaryotes.
Postdoctoral Fellow - Dalhousie University. Research Area: Small RNA structure, function and evolution in unicellular eukaryotes.
Research Interests
Research Areas
1) Structure, function and evolution of small RNAs and protein-RNA complexes in protist organisms
2) Evolution of the spliceosome and spliceosomal introns
3) Bioinformatic strategies to identify non-coding RNAs in eukaryotes
Recent Publications
Russell AG, Charette JM, Spencer DF, and Gray MW. 2006. An early evolutionary origin for the minor spliceosome. Nature, 443: 863-866.
Russell AG, Schnare MN and Gray MW. 2006. A large collection of compact box C/D snoRNAs and their isoforms in Euglena gracilis: Structural, functional and evolutionary insights. Journal of Molecular Biology, 357: 1548-1565.
Russell AG, Shutt TE, Watkins RF and Gray MW. 2005. An ancient spliceosomal intron in the ribosomal protein L7a gene (Rpl7a) of Giardia lamblia. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 5: 45.
Russell AG, Watanabe Y-i, Charette JM and Gray MW. 2005. Unusual features of fibrillarin cDNA and gene structure in Euglena gracilis: evolutionary conservation of core proteins and structural predictions for methylation-guide box C/D snoRNPs throughout the domain Eucarya. Nucleic Acids Research, 33: 2781-2791.
Russell AG, Schnare MN and Gray MW. 2004. Pseudouridine-guide RNAs and other Cbf5p-associated RNAs in Euglena gracilis. RNA, 10: 1034-1046.
1) Structure, function and evolution of small RNAs and protein-RNA complexes in protist organisms
2) Evolution of the spliceosome and spliceosomal introns
3) Bioinformatic strategies to identify non-coding RNAs in eukaryotes
Recent Publications
Russell AG, Charette JM, Spencer DF, and Gray MW. 2006. An early evolutionary origin for the minor spliceosome. Nature, 443: 863-866.
Russell AG, Schnare MN and Gray MW. 2006. A large collection of compact box C/D snoRNAs and their isoforms in Euglena gracilis: Structural, functional and evolutionary insights. Journal of Molecular Biology, 357: 1548-1565.
Russell AG, Shutt TE, Watkins RF and Gray MW. 2005. An ancient spliceosomal intron in the ribosomal protein L7a gene (Rpl7a) of Giardia lamblia. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 5: 45.
Russell AG, Watanabe Y-i, Charette JM and Gray MW. 2005. Unusual features of fibrillarin cDNA and gene structure in Euglena gracilis: evolutionary conservation of core proteins and structural predictions for methylation-guide box C/D snoRNPs throughout the domain Eucarya. Nucleic Acids Research, 33: 2781-2791.
Russell AG, Schnare MN and Gray MW. 2004. Pseudouridine-guide RNAs and other Cbf5p-associated RNAs in Euglena gracilis. RNA, 10: 1034-1046.