Scott Robertson, PhD

Assistant Professor
Molecular Biology
Graduate Program: Genetics and Development

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214648185300000
Office Fax: 214-648-1196

scott.robertson@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Toronto - Canada (1993)
Graduate SchoolLudwig-Maximillien University (1988)
UndergraduateMcmaster University (1979)

Research Interests

C. elegans early embryogenesis
cell fate specification

Publications

Multiple RNA-binding proteins function combinatorially to control the soma-restricted expression pattern of the E3 ligase subunit ZIF-1.

Oldenbroek, M., Robertson, S.M., Guven-Ozkan, T., Gore, S., Nishi, Y., and Lin, R. , Developmental Biology, 2012 (available online Jan 12);

Distinct and mutually inhibitory binding by two divergent ß-catenins coordinates TCF levels and activity in C. elegans.

Yang XD, Huang S, Lo MC, Mizumoto K, Sawa H, Xu W, Robertson S, Lin R, Development (Cambridge, England), 2011 Oct; 138 (19):4255-65

Functional analyses of vertebrate TCF proteins in C. elegans embryos.

Robertson SM, Lo MC, Odom R, Yang XD, Medina J, Huang S, Lin R, Developmental biology, 2011 Jul; 355 (1):115-23

Functional analyses of vertebrate TCF proteins in C. elegans embryos.

Robertson SM, Lo MC, Odom R, Yang XD, Medina J, Huang S, Lin R, Developmental biology, 2011 Jul; 355 (1):115-23

zif-1 translational repression defines a second, mutually exclusive OMA function in germline transcriptional repression.

Guven-Ozkan T, Robertson SM, Nishi Y, Lin R, Development (Cambridge, England), 2010 Oct; 137 (20):3373-82

zif-1 translational repression defines a second, mutually exclusive OMA function in germline transcriptional repression.

Guven-Ozkan T, Robertson SM, Nishi Y, Lin R, Development (Cambridge, England), 2010 Oct; 137 (20):3373-82

Global transcriptional repression in C. elegans germline precursors by regulated sequestration of TAF-4.

Guven-Ozkan T, Nishi Y, Robertson SM, Lin R, Cell, 2008 Oct; 135 (1):149-60

Polo kinases regulate C. elegans embryonic polarity via binding to DYRK2-primed MEX-5 and MEX-6.

Nishi Y, Rogers E, Robertson SM, Lin R, Development (Cambridge, England), 2008 Feb; 135 (4):687-97

Binary cell fate specification during C. elegans embryogenesis driven by reiterated reciprocal asymmetry of TCF POP-1 and its coactivator beta-catenin SYS-1.

Huang S, Shetty P, Robertson SM, Lin R, Development (Cambridge, England), 2007 Jul; 134 (14):2685-95

C. elegans TCF protein, POP-1, converts from repressor to activator as a result of Wnt-induced lowering of nuclear levels.

Shetty P, Lo MC, Robertson SM, Lin R, Developmental biology, 2005 Sep; 285 (2):584-92