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Realization of interphase cytogenetics was achieved during the 1980th where T. Cremer made major contributions to the development of [[in situ hybridization]] techniques to visualize normal and aberrant chromosomes and chromosomal subregions directly in the [[cell nucleus]] and provided direct evidence for chromosome territories (CTs). During the 1990th he realized together with [http://www.dkfz.de/de/genetics/mitarbeiter/mitarbeiter_detail/p_lichter.html P. Lichter] the concept of [[comparative genomic hybridization]] to metaphase chromosomes and to a matrix with DNA spots representing specific genomic sites. During the late 1990th till now his laboratory has made major achievements in 3D multicolor FISH allowing the simultaneous visualization of all human chromosomes in human cells. In addition, he developed methods to visualize individual CTs and nuclear subcompartments to study their dynamics in living cells. T. Cremer has achieved major insight to compare nuclear phenotypes in a variety of species, ranging from primates, birds to the micro- and macronucleus of ciliates with the goal to classify universally valid, species and cell type specific normal features of nuclear architecture and distinguish them from disease correlated features. |
Realization of interphase cytogenetics was achieved during the 1980th where T. Cremer made major contributions to the development of [[in situ hybridization]] techniques to visualize normal and aberrant chromosomes and chromosomal subregions directly in the [[cell nucleus]] and provided direct evidence for chromosome territories (CTs). During the 1990th he realized together with [http://www.dkfz.de/de/genetics/mitarbeiter/mitarbeiter_detail/p_lichter.html P. Lichter] the concept of [[comparative genomic hybridization]] to metaphase chromosomes and to a matrix with DNA spots representing specific genomic sites. During the late 1990th till now his laboratory has made major achievements in 3D multicolor FISH allowing the simultaneous visualization of all human chromosomes in human cells. In addition, he developed methods to visualize individual CTs and nuclear subcompartments to study their dynamics in living cells. T. Cremer has achieved major insight to compare nuclear phenotypes in a variety of species, ranging from primates, birds to the micro- and macronucleus of ciliates with the goal to classify universally valid, species and cell type specific normal features of nuclear architecture and distinguish them from disease correlated features. |
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== External links == |
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==References== |
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* [http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/Chromosome-Territories-The-Arrangement-of-Chromosomes-in-3025] Interesting information on chromosome territories by Tom Misteli |
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* [http://humangenetik.bio.lmu.de/service/downloads/buch_tc/index.html] Book "Von der Zellenlehre zur Chromosomentheorie" written by Thomas Cremer |
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|author=Solovei I, Kreysing M, Lanctôt C, Kösem S, Peichl L, Cremer T, Guck J, Joffe B |
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|title=Nuclear architecture of rod photoreceptor cells adapts to vision in mammalian evolution |
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|journal=[[Cell]] |
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|volume=137 |
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|pages=356–68 |
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|doi=10.1016/j.cell.2009.01.052 |
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|author=Lanctôt C, Cheutin T, Cremer M, Cavalli G, Cremer T |
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|title=Dynamic genome architecture in the nuclear space: regulation of gene expression in three dimensions |
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|journal=[[Nat. Rev. Genet.]] |
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|volume=8 |
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|issue=2 |
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|pages=104–15 |
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|year=2007 |
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|pmid=17230197 |
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|doi=10.1038/nrg2041 |
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|author=Cremer T, Cremer C |
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|title=Rise, fall and resurrection of chromosome territories: a historical perspective. Part II. Fall and resurrection of chromosome territories during the 1950s to 1980s. Part III. Chromosome territories and the functional nuclear architecture: experiments and models from the 1990s to the present |
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|journal=[[Eur J Histochem]] |
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|volume=50 |
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|issue=4 |
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|pages=223–72 |
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|year=2006 |
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|author=Cremer T, Cremer M, Dietzel S, Müller S, Solovei I, Fakan S |
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|title=Chromosome territories--a functional nuclear landscape |
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|journal=[[Curr. Opin. Cell Biol.]] |
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|volume=18 |
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|issue=3 |
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|pages=307–16 |
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|year=2006 |
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|month=June |
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|pmid=16687245 |
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|doi=10.1016/j.ceb.2006.04.007 |
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|author=Cremer T, Cremer C |
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|title=Chromosome territories, nuclear architecture and gene regulation in mammalian cells |
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|journal=[[Nat. Rev. Genet.]] |
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|volume=2 |
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|issue=4 |
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|pages=292–301 |
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|year=2001 |
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|pmid=11283701 |
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|doi=10.1038/35066075 |
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|author=Cremer T, Lichter P, Borden J, Ward DC, Manuelidis L |
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|title=Detection of chromosome aberrations in metaphase and interphase tumor cells by in situ hybridization using chromosome-specific library probes |
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|journal=[[Hum. Genet.]] |
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|volume=80 |
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|issue=3 |
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|pages=235–46 |
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|year=1988 |
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|month=November |
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|pmid=3192213 |
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|author=Schardin M, Cremer T, Hager HD, Lang M |
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|title=Specific staining of human chromosomes in Chinese hamster x man hybrid cell lines demonstrates interphase chromosome territories |
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|journal=[[Hum. Genet.]] |
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|volume=71 |
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|issue=4 |
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|pages=281–7 |
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|year=1985 |
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|pmid=2416668 |
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|author=Cremer T, Cremer C, Schneider T, Baumann H, Hens L, Kirsch-Volders M |
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|title=Analysis of chromosome positions in the interphase nucleus of Chinese hamster cells by laser-UV-microirradiation experiments |
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|journal=[[Hum. Genet.]] |
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|volume=62 |
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|issue=3 |
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|pages=201–9 |
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|year=1982 |
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|pmid=7169211 |
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|author=Zorn C, Cremer C, Cremer T, Zimmer J |
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|title=Unscheduled DNA synthesis after partial UV irradiation of the cell nucleus. Distribution in interphase and metaphase |
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|journal=[[Exp. Cell Res.]] |
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|volume=124 |
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|issue=1 |
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|pages=111–9 |
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|year=1979 |
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|month=November |
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|pmid=499376 |
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Revision as of 15:01, 27 July 2009
Thomas Cremer | |
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 Thomas Cremer | |
| Born | 7 July 1945 |
| Nationality | German |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | genetics |
| Institutions | Institute of Anthropology and Human Genetics LMU Munich |
Thomas Cremer (* July 7th 1945 in Miesbach, Germany ), is a German professor of human genetics and anthropology with a main research focus on molecular cytogenetics and 3D/4D analyses of nuclear structure studied by confocal microscopy and live cell imaging. Thomas Cremer is the brother of the German physicist Christoph Cremer.
Biography
Thomas Cremer was raised in Aachen. He studied medicine at the Human Medical School, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, where he graduated in 1970 and received his doctoral degree in 1973. From 1974-1978 he was leader of a research group at the Institute of Anthropology and Human Genetics, University of Freiburg followed by a fellowship as research associate at the University of California, Irvine (1978) in the group of M.W. Berns. From 1978-1996 he headed an independent research group at the Institute of Anthropology and Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg. In 1986 he received a Heisenberg scholarship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft combined with a position as visiting professor at the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut in the group of Laura Manuelidis and David C. Ward. Since 1996 he holds the position as Full Professor, Chair of Anthropology and Human Genetics in the Faculty of Biology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Since 2007 he is Member of the excellence cluster Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science CIPSm.Thomas Cremer is corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences Heidelberg (2001) and member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (2006).
Scientific Contributions
Thomas Cremer was an early supporter of the idea that higher order chromatin arrangement and the architecture of the nucleus are essential for cardinal nuclear functions. Spatial organization of chromatin, now considered as the highest level of epigenetic gene regulation, has been the focus of his research since the early 70th. Together with his brother Christoph Cremer he pioneered laser-UV-microirradiation experiments that indirectly implied a territorial organization of chromosomes in the interphase nucleus. This finding led Thomas Cremer to his concept of a new field of cytogenetic research, called by him as interphase cytogenetics. Realization of interphase cytogenetics was achieved during the 1980th where T. Cremer made major contributions to the development of in situ hybridization techniques to visualize normal and aberrant chromosomes and chromosomal subregions directly in the cell nucleus and provided direct evidence for chromosome territories (CTs). During the 1990th he realized together with P. Lichter the concept of comparative genomic hybridization to metaphase chromosomes and to a matrix with DNA spots representing specific genomic sites. During the late 1990th till now his laboratory has made major achievements in 3D multicolor FISH allowing the simultaneous visualization of all human chromosomes in human cells. In addition, he developed methods to visualize individual CTs and nuclear subcompartments to study their dynamics in living cells. T. Cremer has achieved major insight to compare nuclear phenotypes in a variety of species, ranging from primates, birds to the micro- and macronucleus of ciliates with the goal to classify universally valid, species and cell type specific normal features of nuclear architecture and distinguish them from disease correlated features.
External links
- [1] Interesting information on chromosome territories by Tom Misteli
- [2] Book "Von der Zellenlehre zur Chromosomentheorie" written by Thomas Cremer
Literature
Solovei I, Kreysing M, Lanctôt C, Kösem S, Peichl L, Cremer T, Guck J, Joffe B (2009). "Nuclear architecture of rod photoreceptor cells adapts to vision in mammalian evolution". Cell. 137 (2): 356–68. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.01.052. PMID 19379699. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Lanctôt C, Cheutin T, Cremer M, Cavalli G, Cremer T (2007). "Dynamic genome architecture in the nuclear space: regulation of gene expression in three dimensions". Nat. Rev. Genet. 8 (2): 104–15. doi:10.1038/nrg2041. PMID 17230197. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Cremer T, Cremer C (2006). "Rise, fall and resurrection of chromosome territories: a historical perspective. Part II. Fall and resurrection of chromosome territories during the 1950s to 1980s. Part III. Chromosome territories and the functional nuclear architecture: experiments and models from the 1990s to the present". Eur J Histochem. 50 (4): 223–72. PMID 17213034.
Cremer T, Cremer M, Dietzel S, Müller S, Solovei I, Fakan S (2006). "Chromosome territories--a functional nuclear landscape". Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 18 (3): 307–16. doi:10.1016/j.ceb.2006.04.007. PMID 16687245. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Cremer T, Cremer C (2001). "Chromosome territories, nuclear architecture and gene regulation in mammalian cells". Nat. Rev. Genet. 2 (4): 292–301. doi:10.1038/35066075. PMID 11283701. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
Cremer T, Lichter P, Borden J, Ward DC, Manuelidis L (1988). "Detection of chromosome aberrations in metaphase and interphase tumor cells by in situ hybridization using chromosome-specific library probes". Hum. Genet. 80 (3): 235–46. PMID 3192213. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Schardin M, Cremer T, Hager HD, Lang M (1985). "Specific staining of human chromosomes in Chinese hamster x man hybrid cell lines demonstrates interphase chromosome territories". Hum. Genet. 71 (4): 281–7. PMID 2416668.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Cremer T, Cremer C, Schneider T, Baumann H, Hens L, Kirsch-Volders M (1982). "Analysis of chromosome positions in the interphase nucleus of Chinese hamster cells by laser-UV-microirradiation experiments". Hum. Genet. 62 (3): 201–9. PMID 7169211.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Zorn C, Cremer C, Cremer T, Zimmer J (1979). "Unscheduled DNA synthesis after partial UV irradiation of the cell nucleus. Distribution in interphase and metaphase". Exp. Cell Res. 124 (1): 111–9. PMID 499376. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)