French, Rachael

Publications & Presentations

Publications:

McClure, KD, French, RL, and Heberlein, U. 2011. Drosophila model for fetal alcohol syndrome disorders: Role for the insulin pathway. Disease Models and Mechanisms, February 8, 2011, doi: 10.1242/dmm.006411

French, RL and Heberlein, U.  2009. Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3/Shaggy mediates ethanol-induced excitotoxic cell death of Drosophila olfactory neurons. PNAS 106(49):20924-9

Boyle, MJ, French, RL, Cosand, KA, Kiehart, DP, and Berg, CA.  2010. Division of Labor: subsets of dorsal-appendage-forming cells control the shape of the entire tube. Developmental Biology, doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.07.018

Levin ED, Aschner M, Heberlein U, Ruden D, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Bartlett S, Berger K, Chen L, Corl AB, Eddins D, French R, Hayden KM, Helmcke K, Hirsch HV, Linney E, Lnenicka G, Page GP, Possidente D, Possidente B, and Kirshner A.  2009. Genetic aspects of behavioral neurotoxicology. Neurotoxicology 30(5):741-53

French, RL, Cosand, KA, and Berg, CA. 2003. The Drosophilafemale sterile mutation twin peaksis a novel allele of tramtrack and reveals a requirement for Ttk69 in epithelial morphogenesis.  Developmental Biology, 253(1):18-35.

Ward, EJ, Thaipisuttikul, I, Terayama, M, French, RL, Jackson, SM, Cosand, KA, Tobler, KJ, Dorman, JB and Berg, CA.  2002.  GAL4 Enhancer Trap Patterns During DrosophilaDevelopment.  Genesis 34:46-50.

Sekelsky, JJ McKim, KS, Messina, L, French, RL, Hurley, WD, Arbel, T, Chin, GM, Deneen, B,  Force, SJ, Hari, KL, Jang, JK, Laurencon, AC, Madden, LD, Matthies, HJ, Milliken, DB, Page, SL, Ring, AD, Wayson, SM, Zimmerman, CC and Hawley, RS. 1999.  Identification of novel Drosophila meiotic genes recovered in a P-element screen.  Genetics 152:529-42.

Koehler, KE, Boulton, CL, Collins, HE, French, RL, Herman, KC, Lacefield, SM, Madden, LD, Schuetz CD, and Hawley, RS. 1996.  Spontaneous X chromosome MI and MII nondisjunction events in Drosophila melanogaster oocytes have different recombinational histories.  Nature Genetics 14:406-14.

Whyte, WL, Irick, H, Arbel, T, Yasuda, G, French, RF, Falk DR, and Hawley RS. 1993.  The genetic analysis of achiasmate segregation in Drosophila melanogaster.  III. The wild-type product of the Axs gene is required for the meiotic segregation of achiasmate homologs.  Genetics 134:825-35.

Recent Presentations:

Department of Biological Sciences Graduate Seminar Series, September 8, 2010. Title: A Drosophila Model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome