Dylan was the veteran of the lab who graduated with a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and completed his fourth year undergraduate project, summer student project and PhD in the Ellis lab. His research included studying the beta-globin HS1 element and conservation of retrovirus and lentivirus vector silencing in transgenic Drosophila.

Dylan was best known for his gift of milk-bones to James.

Funded by an MRC studentship.

Next position
Medical student, Queens University, Kingston ON

Selected Publications:
Yao S, Osborne CS, Bharadwaj R.R, Pasceri P, Sukonnik T, Pannell D, Recillas-Targa F, West A.G, Ellis J. (2003) Retrovirus silencer blocking by the cHS4 insulator is CTCF independent. Nucleic Acids Research. 31:18 5317-5323.

Pannell D, Osborne CS, Yao S, Sukonnik T, Pasceri P, Karaiskakis A, Okano M, Li E, Lipshitz HD, Ellis J. (2000) Retrovirus vector silencing is de novo methylase independent and marked by a repressive histone code. EMBO Journal. 19: 5884-5894.

Pasceri P, Pannell D, Wu X, Ellis J. (1998) Full activity from human beta-globin locus control region transgenes requires 5’HS1, Distal beta-globin promoter and 3’ beta-globin sequences. Blood. 92: 653-663.