Faculty Profile

Bruce W. Draper
Assistant Professor
Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Biological Sciences)
Life Science 3129
Office (530) 752-0833
Lab (530) 752-6486
bwdraper@ucdavis.edu
http://www.mcb.ucdavis.edu/faculty-labs/draper/
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Degrees:
1995 - PhD - University of Washington - Zoology
1988 - BA - University of California, San Diego - Biochemistry and Cellular Biology

Awards:
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship (1997-2000)

Department and Center Affiliations:
Molecular and Cellular Biology

Professional Societies:
Society for Developmental Biology
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cell and Developmental Biology
Genetics

Publications:
Houwing, S., Kamminga, L. M., Berezikov, E., Cronembold, D. Girard, A., van der Elst, H., Filippov, D. V., Blaser, H., Raz, E., Moens, C. B., Plasterk, R. H., Hannon, G. J., Draper, B. W., Ketting, R. F. (2007) A role for Piwi and piRNAs in germ cell maintenance and transposon silencing in zebrafish. Cell (in press).

Draper, B. W., McCallum, C. M. and Moens, C. B. (2007) nanos1 is required to maintain oocyte production in adult zebrafish. Dev. Bio. (in press).

Draper, B.W., McCallum, C.M., Stout, J.L., Slade, A.J. and Moens, C.B. (2004) A High-Throughput method for identifying ENU-induced point mutations in zebrafish. Method Cell Biol. 77, 91-112.

Draper, B.W., Stock, D. W. and Kimmel, C.B. (2003). Zebrafish fgf24 functions with fgf8 to promote posterior mesoderm development and is required for pectoral fin formation. Development 130, 4639-4654.

Research Interests:
Our lab is interested in identifying genes that regulate stem cell behavior in the contexts of an intact organism. To this end, we use a combination of forward and reverse genetics in zebrafish to study the development and maintenance of germline stem cells.

Laboratory Personnel:
Life Science 3117 - Daniela Cronembold / Julia Heidmann / Rebecca Kelbel / Jean Alupay / Haig Kassabian / Rushi Shah / Eugenel Espiritu

Teaching Interests:


Developmental Biology, Genetics, Genomics

Courses Taught:
BIS 101 Genetics
MCB 251 Molecular Mechanisms in Early Development