University of California, Berkeley
Dept. of Integrative Biology
3060 VLSB #3140
Berkeley, CA 94720-3140
Lab phone: 510/643-6227
Fax: 510/643-5022
Email: hsrollins@berkeley.edu
I am interested in the the process of segmentation in Parhyale. I am characterizing transgenic animals capable of over- and under-expressing segmentation genes in the hopes of understanding what role these genes have during germband elongation in Parhyale. I have been focusing on an ortholog of even-skipped that has been found to be expressed in the posterior germband and may have a role in regulating germband divisions. I also study the evolution of wing patterning in the butterfly species Junonia coenia. I am currently analyzing the expression of orthologs of Drosophila wing patterning genes in imaginal wing discs to understand the evolution of vein specification and patterning.
Education
University of California, Berkeley
B.S., Molecular Environmental Biology (prospective)
February 2008-Present (Expected Graduation: May 2010)
NIPAM H. PATEL