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WSLH Research Support Center
Experts in WSLH Research
Gordana Raca, M.D., Ph.D., FACMG
Contact Information
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Education
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M.D. University of Novi Sad School of Medicine, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia: 1992
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ECFMG Certification: 2004
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Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois--Chicago, Chicago, IL: 2001
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M.S. in Cytogenetics, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Belgrade,Yugoslavia: 1995
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ABMG Certification in Clinical Molecular Genetics: August 2005
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ABMG Certification in Clinical Cytogenetics: August 2007
Fields of Interests
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Molecular (DNA) diagnostics
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Cytogenetics
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Molecular Cytogenetics (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and array based comparative genomic hybridization)
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Genetic causes of stillbirth
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Genetic causes of eye anomalies
Selected Awards, Honors and Societies
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American College of Medical Genetics, 2004-present
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American Society of Human Genetics, 1998-present
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American Cytogenetics Conference, 2006-present
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American Association for the Advancement Science, 1998-present
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Award at the National Student Research Forum in Galveston, Texas, April 2000
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Award at the UIC Student Medical Research Forum, January 2000
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UIC Dean’s Scholar Award, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001
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UIC Cancer Center Travel Award for Students and Fellows, 1998
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Dorothea H. Fleming Fellowship, UIC, 1997-1998
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University of Illinois at Chicago Fellowship, UIC, 1997-1998
Publications
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Raca G., Schimmenti L., Lese Martin C. 2008. Intrachromosomal Duplications of 22q11 are not a Common Cause of Isolated Coloboma and Coloboma with Other Limited Phenotypic Features of Cat Eye Syndrome. Am J Med Genet., 146A: 401-404.
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Hauge X, Raca G, Cooper S, May K, Spiro R, Adam M, Martin CL. 2008. Detailed characterization of, and clinical correlations in, 10 patients with distal deletions of chromosome 9p. Genetics in Medicine 10:599-611.
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Nowaczyk MJ, Carter MT, Xu J, Huggins M, Raca G, Das S, Martin CL, Schwartz S, Rosenfield R, Waggoner DJ. 2008. Paternal deletion 6q24.3: a new congenital anomaly syndrome associated with intrauterine growth failure, early developmental delay and characteristic facial appearance Am J Med Genet., 146A: 354-60.
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Laffin JJS, Blumer RJ, Morrison-Delap SJ, Rauch EA, Johnson EB, Diamond CA, Thompson KJ, Raca G, Montgomery KD, Kurtycz DF . Translocation t(7;9)(q34;q32) found in pediatric T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. September 2007 .
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Laffin JJS, Morrison-Delap SJ, Bottner WA, Johnson EB, Howard-Peebles P, Thompson KJ, Raca G, Montgomery KD, Kurtycz DF . inv(8)(p11.2q13) found in a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia that progressed to acute myeloid leukemia. Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. February 2007 .
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Waggoner D., Raca G., Welch K., Dempsey M., Anderes E., Ostrovnaya I., Alkatheeb A., Kamimura J., Matsumoto N., Shaefer GB., Martin CL., Das S. 2005. NSD1 analysis for Sotos syndrome: insights and perspectives from the clinical laboratory. Genet Med., 7, 524-533.
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Raca G., Buiting K., Das S. 2004. Deletion analysis of the imprinting center region in patients with Angelman Syndrome and Prader-Willi Syndrome by real-time quantitative PCR. Genetic Testing, 8, 387-394.
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Klepper J., Schaper J., Raca G., Coryell J., Das S., Hayflick SJ., Voit T. 2003. Progressive dystonia in a 12-year-old boy. Eur J Paediatr Neurol.,7, 85-8.
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Raca G., Sianova EY., McMurrey CT., Mirkin SM. 2000. Expansion of the (CTG)n repeat at a reporter gene's 5'-UTR impedes translation. Nucleic Acid Research.,28, 3943-3949.
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Samadashwily GM, Raca G., Mirkin SM. 1997. Trinucleotide repeats affect DNA replication in vivo. Nature Genetics 17, 298-304.
Contact Information
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
UW Cytogenetic Services Laboratory
465 Henry mall
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-890-1113
Fax: 608-265-7818
E-mail: racago@mail.slh.wisc.edu
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