Contact Information:

Email: rcullum@bccrc.ca

Tel: 604-675-8000 ext. 7724

Research Interests:

Understanding transcriptional networks at a genomic level - the factors and the epigenetic changes involved and how they contribute to the development of the heart and liver.

  Degrees:

Bachelor of Science, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC, 2004

Diploma of Co-operative Education, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC, 2004

  Hobbies:  

Running and almost any other form of exercise, cooking and baking tasty creations (and then enjoying them!)

Publications:

Wederell ED, Bilenky M, Cullum R, Thiessen N, Dagpinar M, Delaney A, Varhol R, Zhao Y, Zeng T, Bernier B, Ingham M, Hirst M, Robertson G, Marra MA, Jones S, Hoodless PA. Global Analysis of in vivo FoxA2 Binding Sites in Mouse Adult Liver Using Massively Parallel Sequencing. Nucleic Acids Research. In Revision

Houde C, Dickinson RJ, Houtzager VM, Cullum R, Montpetit R, Metzler M, Simpson EM, Roy S, Hayden MR, Hoodless PA, Nicholson DW.  Hippi is essential for node cilia assembly and Sonic hedgehog signaling. Dev Biol. 2006 Dec 15;300(2):523-33.

Siddiqui AS, Khattra J, Delaney AD, Zhao Y, Astell C, Asano J, Babakaiff R, Barber S, Beland J, Bohacec S, Brown-John M, Chand S, Charest D, Charters AM, Cullum R, Dhalla N, Featherstone R, Gerhard DS, Hoffman B, Holt RA, Hou J, Kuo BY, Lee LL, Lee S, Leung D, Ma K, Matsuo C, Mayo M, McDonald H, Prabhu AL, Pandoh P, Riggins GJ, de Algara TR, Rupert JL, Smailus D, Stott J, Tsai M, Varhol R, Vrljicak P, Wong D, Wu MK, Xie YY, Yang G, Zhang I, Hirst M, Jones SJ, Helgason CD, Simpson EM, Hoodless PA, & Marra MA. A mouse atlas of gene expression: large-scale digital gene-expression profiles from precisely defined developing C57BL/6J mouse tissues and cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102 (51): 18485-90, 2005.