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Michalak, Pawel , Ph.D.

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Associate Professor

Phone: (540) 231-3489
Email:pawel@vbi.vt.edu
Fax: (540) 231-2606

Administrative Specialist: Patricia Boyle
Phone: (540) 231-7254
Email: paboyle@vbi.vt.edu
Fax:540-231-2606

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Publications:

2012

Czesny S. EJ & MP. Genetic divergence between freshwater and marine morphs of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus): A 'next-generation' sequencing analysis. PLoS One. 2012.

2011

Koroma AP, Jones R, Michalak P. A snapshot of DNA methylation changes associated with hybridization in Xenopus. Physiol Genomics. 2011. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21914783

Ma D & MP. Ephemeral association between gene CG5762 and hybrid male sterility in Drosophila sibling species. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 2011;In Press.

P. M-VMJ & M. Misexpression of testicular microRNA in sterile Xenopus hybrids points to tetrapod specific microRNAs associated with male fertility. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 2011.

2010

Ma D Smith D.P. Zheng Z. & Michalak P. Dissection of sensory components of behavioral isolation between Zimbabwe and Cosmopolitan Drosophila melanogaster. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution. 2010;In press.

Michalak P. An eruption of mobile elements in genomes of hybrid sunflowers. Heredity. 2010;104:329–330. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=20068587

2009

Michalak P. Epigenetic, transposon and small RNA determinants of hybrid dysfunctions. Heredity. 2009;102:45–50. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18545265

2008

Malone JH, Michalak P. Physiological sex predicts hybrid sterility regardless of genotype. Science. 2008;319:59. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18174434

Malone JH, Michalak P. Gene expression analysis of the ovary of hybrid females of Xenopus laevis and X. muelleri. BMC Evol Biol. 2008;8:82. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18331635

Michalak P. Coexpression, coregulation, and cofunctionality of neighboring genes in eukaryotic genomes. Genomics. 2008;91:243–248. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18082363

Michalak P, Ma D. The acylphosphatase (Acyp) alleles associate with male hybrid sterility in Drosophila. Gene. 2008;416:61–65. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18440166

Michalak P, Malone JH. Testis-derived microRNA profiles of African clawed frogs (Xenopus) and their sterile hybrids. Genomics. 2008;91:158–164. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18079091

2007

Malone JH, Chrzanowski TH, Michalak P. Sterility and gene expression in hybrid males of Xenopus laevis and X. muelleri. PLoS One. 2007;2:e781. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17712429

Michalak P, Kim YB, Gao J. Computational Challenges of Microarray Analysis. Computational genomics: current methods. 2007:87.

Michalak P, Malone JH, Lee IT, Hoshino D, Ma D. Gene expression polymorphism in Drosophila populations. Mol Ecol. 2007;16:1179–1189. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17391405

2006

Kim Y, Gao J, Michalak P. A New Maximum-Relevance Criterion for Significant Gene Selection. In: Rajapakse J, Wong L, Acharya R, eds. Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg; 2006:71–80. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2F11818564_9

Malone JH, Hawkins DL Jr., Michalak P. Sex-biased gene expression in a ZW sex determination system. J Mol Evol. 2006;63:427–436. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17024524

Michalak P. NMAF. Genetics of reproductive isolation and species differences in model systems. In: Evolutionary genetics: concepts and case studies. Oxford University Press, USA; 2006.

Michalak P. RNA world – the dark matter of evolutionary genomics. J Evol Biol. 2006;19:1768–1774. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17040373

Rashkovetsky E, Iliadi K, Michalak P, et al. Adaptive differentiation of thermotolerance in Drosophila along a microclimatic gradient. Heredity. 2006;96:353–359. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16552433

2004

Michalak P, Noor MA. Association of misexpression with sterility in hybrids of Drosophila simulansand D. mauritiana. J Mol Evol. 2004;59:277–282. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15486701

2003

Lerman DN, Michalak P, Helin AB, Bettencourt BR, Feder ME. Modification of heat-shock gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster populations via transposable elements. Mol Biol Evol. 2003;20:135–144. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12519916

Michalak P, Noor MA. Genome-wide patterns of expression in Drosophila pure species and hybrid males. Mol Biol Evol. 2003;20:1070–1076. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12777520

Noor MA, Michalak P, Donze D. Characterization of a male-predominant antisense transcript underexpressed in hybrids of Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis. Genetics. 2003;165:1823–1830. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=14704168

2002

Feder ME, Bedford TB, Albright DR, Michalak P. Evolvability of Hsp70 expression under artificial election for inducible thermotolerance in independent populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Physiol Biochem Zool. 2002;75:325–334. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=12324888

2001

Michalak P, Minkov I, Helin A, et al. Genetic evidence for adaptation-driven incipient speciation of Drosophila melanogaster along a microclimatic contrast in “Evolution Canyon,” Israel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001;98:13195–13200. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11687637

2000

Korol A, Rashkovetsky E, Iliadi K, Michalak P, Ronin Y, Nevo E. Nonrandom mating in Drosophila melanogaster laboratory populations derived from closely adjacent ecologically contrasting slopes at “Evolution Canyon”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000;97:12637–12642. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11050149

1999

Michalak P, Rafinski J. Sexual isolation between two newt species, Triturus vulgaris and T. montandoni (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 1999;67:343–352. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8312.1999.tb01938.x

Sorensen JG, Michalak P, Justesen J, Loeschcke V. Expression of the heat-shock protein HSP70 in Drosophila buzzatii lines selected for thermal resistance. Hereditas. 1999;131:155–164. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=10680297

1998

Dahlgaard J, Loeschcke V, Michalak P, Justesen J. Induced thermotolerance and associated expression of the heat-shock protein Hsp70 in adult Drosophila melanogaster. Functional Ecology. 1998;12:786–793. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2435.1998.00246.x

1997

Loeschcke V, Krebs RA, Dahlgaard J, Michalak P. High-temperature stress and the evolution of thermal resistance in Drosophila. Exs. 1997;83:175–190. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=9342849

Michalak P, Grzesik J, Rafinski J. Tests for Sexual Incompatibility Between Two Newt Species, Triturus vulgaris and Triturus montandoni: No-Choice Mating Design. Evolution. 1997;51:2045–2050. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2411027

1996

Michalak P. Some comments on simultaneous statistical inference. Wiadomosci Ekologiczne. 1996;42:229–233.

Michalak P. Repeatability of mating behaviour in Montandon. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 1996;8:19–27.

1995

Michalak P. Inter-habitat morphometric differentiation in male willow warblers (Phylloscopus trochilus). Ornis Fennica. 1995;72:138–139.