Hillary Andrews

Contact Information

Tel:	(713) 798-5273
Email:	ha144292@bcm.tmc.edu

Research Interests

I am currently studying the role of Drosophila Sec15, a member of the exocyst, in bristle development. In the future, I will look at mutants in other members of the exocyst to determine if they play a role PNS development.

Publications

Jafar-Nejad H, Andrews HK, Acar M, Bayat V, Wirtz-Peitz F, Mehta SQ, Knoblich JA, Bellen HJ (2005) Sec15, a component of the exocyst, promotes Notch signaling during the asymmetric division of Drosophila sensory organ precursors. Developmental Cell 9:351-363.

Zhang YQ, Matthies HJ, Mancuso J, Andrews HK, Woodruff E 3rd, Friedman D, Broadie K (2004) The Drosophila fragile X-related gene regulates axoneme differentiation during spermatogenesis. Developmental Biology 270:290-307.

Andrews HK, Zhang YQ, Trotta N, Broadie K (2002) Drosophila sec10 is required for hormone secretion but not general exocytosis or neurotransmission. Traffic 3:906-921.