Teaching:
Biology 201 - Introductory Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems (Spring or Fall semesters, & Summer online)
Biology 321 - Ecological Genetics (Fall semesters)
Biology 367 - Molecular Diversity Laboratory (alternate Spring semesters)
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John R. True
CURRICULUM VITAE
Contact information:
Dept. of Ecology and Evolution e-mail: john.true@stonybrook.edu
Stony Brook University web page: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/truelab/
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245 phone: 631-632-8600 fax: 631-632-7626
ORCID: 0000-0001-5124-5495
Positions held:
Duke University Post-Doctoral Research Associate 1/96 – 8/96
Univ. Wisconsin / HHMI Post Doctoral Fellow 9/96 – 8/01
Stony Brook University Assistant Professor 9/01 – 8/07
Stony Brook University Associate Professor 9/07 – present
National Taiwan University Visiting Assoc. Research Fellow 7/2017 – 9/2020
National Taiwan University Visiting Adjunct Professor 4-7/2009
Education:
B.S. (Biology) 1989 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Ph.D. (Zoology) 1995 Duke University, Durham, NC
Ph.D. Dissertation Title: A genetic analysis of interspecific divergence in Drosophila.
Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Cathy C. Laurie
Honors, Awards, Fellowships, and Grants:
DeKiewiet Summer Research Fellowship (1988)
magna cum laude, University of Rochester (1989)
Degree with Distinction, University of Rochester (1989)
NIH Training Grant Fellowship, Duke University Program in Genetics (1989-1992)
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (J.R. True and C.C. Laurie) (1992)
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship (1F32HG000184-01; NHGRI) (1997-1999)
NSF Instrumentation Grant (co-PI) (2004-2006) (DBI, MUE Program, DBI-0400829, $159,113)
NIH grant # 1RO1GM07171001A2 (2006-2011) “Genetics of Coordinately Evolving Patterns and Behavior” ($1,188,670)
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DEB-0608378; R. Yukilevich and J.R. True) (2006-2008) “DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Colonization History and Genetic Structure of Incipient Sexual Isolation between USA and Caribbean Populations of Drosophila melanogaster.” ($12,000)
NIH grant # 1R01GM090094-01 (co-PI) (2010-2014) "Metabolic and dopamine pathways in energy sensing and adaptation in Drosophila" ($300,925)
Publications:
In preparation or revision
Ng, R., Eanes, W., and True, J.R. Associations between four pigmentation candidate genes and natural variation in thoracic and abdominal pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster.
Ng, R., Eanes, W., and True, J.R. Geographic variation in pigmentation traits and genes North American populations of D. melanogaster.
Prigent, S., Tsaur, S.-C., Fang, S., and True, J.R. Seasonality and Explorative Behaviour in Host Flower Choice by Drosophila elegans in Taiwan.
True, J.R. Antagonistic pleiotropy in the evolution of parental care.
Yukilevich, R., and True, J.R. Mechanisms of incipient speciation between geographically isolated body color morphs of Drosophila elegans.
Yeh, S.-D., Yukilevich, R., Hill-Burns, E., and True, J.R. Evidence for sexual selection on male-specific wing spots in Drosophila elegans and D. biarmipes.
Yeh, S.-D. and True, J.R. The evolution of courtship behavior, courtship song, and wing pigmentation in the Oriental Drosophila melanogaster species group.
Published
Yeh, S.-D. and True, J.R. 2014 The genetic basis of divergence in coordinately evolving male wing pigmentation and courtship behavior in Drosophila elegans and D. gunungcola. G3 4:2079-2093.
Lachance J, Jung L, True JR. 2013 Genetic background and GxE interactions modulate the penetrance of a naturally occurring wing mutation in Drosophila melanogaster. G3 3:1893-1901.
Lachance, J., Johnson, N.A., and True, J.R. 2011 The population genetics of X-autosome synthetic lethals and steriles. Genetics 189:1011-27.
Yukilevich, R., Turner, T.L., Aoki, F., Nuzhdin, S.V., and True J.R. 2010 Patterns and processes of genome-wide divergence between North American and African Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 2010 186:219-39.
Lachance, J. and True, J.R. 2010 X-autosome incompatibilities in Drosophila melanogaster: tests of Haldane’s rule and geographic patterns within species. Evolution 64:3035-46.
Rebeiz, M., Ramos-Womack, M., Jeong, S., Andolfatto, R., Werner, T., True, J., Stern, D.L., and Carroll, S.B. 2009 Evolution of the tan Locus Contributed to Pigment Loss in Drosophila santomea: A Response to Matute et al. Cell 139:1189-1196.
Yukilevich R, True J.R. 2008 African morphology, behavior, and pheromones underlie incipient sexual isolation between U.S. and Caribbean Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 62:2807-2828.
Yukilevich R, Lachance J, Aoki F, True J.R. 2008 Long-term evolution of epistatic genetic networks. Evolution 62:2215-2235.
Yukilevich R, True J.R. 2008 Incipient sexual isolation among cosmopolitan Drosophila melanogaster populations. Evolution 62:2112-21.
True J.R. 2008 Combing evolution. Evol Dev. 10:400-402.
Jeong, S., Rebeiz. M., Andolfatto, P., Werner, T., True, J., and Carroll, S.B. 2008 The evolution of gene regulation underlies the morphological divergence of two closely related Drosophila species. Cell 132: 783-703.
Haag, E.S. and True, J.R. 2007 Evolution and development: anchors away! Curr Biol 17: R172-R174.
Wagner, S., Heseding, C., Szlachta, K., True, J.R., Prinz, H. and Hovemann, B.T. 2007 Drosophila cysteine peptidase Tan: Expression in photoreceptor cells R1-R8 lends support to a putative histamine neurotransmitter / carcinine cycle between photoreceptor axons and lamina or medulla glia. J. Comp. Neurol. 500: 601-611.
Yukilevich, R., and True, J.R. 2006. Divergent outcomes of reinforcement speciation: the relative importance of assortative mating and migration modification. American Naturalist 167: 638-654.
Yeh, S.-D., Liou, S.-R. and True, J.R. 2006 Genetics of divergence in male wing pigmentation and courtship behavior between Drosophila elegans and D. gunungcola. Heredity 96: 383-395.
Prud'homme, B., Gompel, N., Rokas, A., Kassner, V.A., Williams, T.M., Yeh, S.-D., True, J.R., and Carroll, S.B. 2006. Repeated morphological evolution through cis-regulatory changes in a pleiotropic gene. Nature 440:1050-1053.
See also commentary by Wray, G.A. 2006 Evolution: Spot on (and off). Nature 440: 1001-1002
True, J.R., Yeh, S.-D., Hovemann, B.T., Kemme, T., Meinertzhagen, I.A., Edwards, T.N., Liou, S.-R., Han, Q. and Li, J. 2005 Drosophila tan encodes a novel hydrolase required in pigmentation and vision. Public Library of Science Genetics 1: 551-562.
True, J.R. 2005 Evolution and Development. pp. 473-499 in Evolution, by D.J. Futuyma (Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.).
True, J.R. 2003 Insect melanism: the molecules matter. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18: 640-647.
Kopp, A. and True, J.R. 2002 Phylogeny of the Oriental Drosophila melanogaster species group: a multilocus reconstruction. Systematic Biology 51:786-805.
Kopp, A.† and True, J.R.† 2002 Evolution of male sexual characters in the Oriental Drosophila melanogaster species group. Evolution and Development 4:278-291. (†authors contributed equally)
True, J.R. and Carroll, S.B. 2002 Gene co-option in physiological and morphological evolution. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 18:53-80.
Wittkopp, P.J.†, True, J.R.†, and Carroll, S.B. 2002 Reciprocal functions of the Drosophila Yellow and Ebony proteins in the development and evolution of pigment patterns. Development 129:1829-1858. (†authors contributed equally)
True, J.R. Kopp, A. and Carroll, S.B. 2001 Prophenoloxidase as a reporter for the analysis of gene expression in Drosophila. Biotechniques 30:1004-1006.
True, J.R. and Haag, E.S. 2001 Developmental system drift and flexibility in evolutionary trajectories. Evolution and Development 3:109-119.
Haag, E.S. and True, J.R. 2001 Perspective: From mutants to mechanisms? Assessing the candidate gene paradigm in evolutionary biology. Evolution 55:1077-1084
True, J.R., Edwards, K.A., Yamamoto, D., and Carroll., S.B. 1999 Drosophila wing melanin patterns form by vein-dependent elaboration of enzymatic prepatterns. Current Biology 9:1382-1391.
See also commentary by O'Grady, P.M. and DeSalle, R. 2000 How the fruit fly changed (some of) its spots. Current Biology 10: R75-77.
Laurie, C.C., True, J.R. Liu, J., and Mercer. J.M. 1997 An introgression analysis of quantitative trait loci that contribute to a morphological difference between Drosophila simulans and D. mauritiana. Genetics 145:339-348
True, J.R. Liu, J. Stam, L.F., Zeng, Z.B., and Laurie, C.C. 1997 Quantitative genetic analysis of divergence in male secondary sexual traits between Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana. Evolution 51:816-832.
True, J.R., Weir, B.S. and Laurie, C.C. 1996 A genome-wide survey of hybrid incompatibility factors by the introgression of marked segments of Drosophila mauritiana chromosomes into Drosophila simulans. Genetics 142:819-837.
True, J.R., Mercer, J.M. and Laurie, C.C. 1996 Differences in crossover frequency and distribution among three sibling species of Drosophila. Genetics 142:507-523.
Wu, C. -I., True, J.R., and Johnson, N. 1989 Fitness reduction associated with the deletion of a satellite DNA array. Nature 341:248-251.
Teaching experience:
Undergraduate:
Stony Brook Univ., BIO 367, Molecular Diversity Laboratory, 2004 – 2010
Stony Brook Univ., BIO 201, Organisms to Ecosystems, 2002 – present
Stony Brook Univ., BIO 201 Summer Online Course, 2013 – present
SUNY Korea BIO 201 Online Course, 2015 – present
Stony Brook Univ., SSO 102, Freshman Seminar: Biology of Healthy Foods (2006 – 2008)
Stony Brook Univ., SSO 102, Freshman Seminar: Genomic Medicine (2012 – 2013)
Graduate:
Stony Brook Univ., BEE 551, Principles of Evolution (2002 – 2006)
Stony Brook Univ., BEE 561, Macroevolution (2002)
Stony Brook Univ., BEE 567, Molecular Diversity Laboratory (2004 – present)
Stony Brook Univ., BGE 510, Graduate Genetics (2002 – present)
National Taiwan Univ., B41 U1630 Current Topics in Genetics (Spring 2009)
Stony Brook Univ. GRD 500, Responsible Conduct of Research (2009-2013)
Service
Department
Graduate Curriculum Task Force, Chair (2002 – 2004)
Entering Student Advisory Committee (2002 – 2004)
Ph.D. Program Admissions Committee (2001-2003, 2004 – 2005, 2013)
E&E Newsletter (EEL) Coordinator (2003 – present)
MEAD (Molecular Evolution of Adaptation and Diversity) Lab Director (2004 – 2013)
Department Retreat Coordinator (2006)
Graduate Program Director (2009 – 2012)
Departmental Chair Search Committee (2012)
GAANN Training Grant Proposal Committee (2012, 2015)
Ecology and Evolution Darwin Day Committee (2013)
Committee to Reorganize the Ecology and Evolution Specialization (2014 – present)
Summer Courses Departmental Coordinator (2016)
University
Affirmative Action/ Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, SBU CAS (2006 – 2008)
Simons Summer Research Fellowship Committee (Spring 2007)
Genetics Graduate Program Executive Committee (2003 – 2009)
Ecology and Evolution Ph.D. Program Executive Committee (2013 – present)
LIGASE/CESAME Biotechnology Summer Camp, Guest Lecturer (2010 – present)
Biological Approaches to Social Behavior Cluster Proposal Committee (2012)
Human Evolutionary Biology Cluster Proposal Committee (2012)
SBU College of Arts and Sciences Pre-College Institute, Lecturer (2015, 2016)
CESAME Biotechnology Teaching Laboratory Asst. Dir. Search Committee (2015)
Professional
Associate Editor, Evolution, 2007-2009 (fixed term)
Associate Editor, Molec Biol Evol, 2010 – present
Faculty of 1000, Evolutionary Developmental Biology section (2002 – present)
NSF Workshop on Developmental Physiology, Arlington, VA, November 15-16, 2004
Book Review Consultant, Quarterly Review of Biology, (2004 – present)
Review work:
American Naturalist
BMC Genomics
Ecological Entomology
European Journal of Entomology
Evolution
Evolution and Development
FEBS Journal
Functional Ecology
Genetics
Integrative and Comparative Biology\
Journal of Insect Physiology
NSF (Population and Evolutionary Processes and Behavioral Systems Clusters)
Prentice-Hall, Inc. (textbook chapters)
PLoS Biology
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
Quarterly Review of Biology (book reviews)
Roberts & Company Publishers
Sinauer Associates, Inc. (textbook chapters)
Trends in Genetics
Zoological Studies