Tracy L. Pritchett
Boston University
5th Year Graduate Student in
Cell and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Kim McCall
Current Research
We are using the model system Drosophila melanogaster to study the process of cell death. During oogenesis development programmed cell death is essential to the development of a mature oocyte thus this system is an appropriate model for studying cell death.
Key Words: Drosophila Developmental Biology, Oogenesis, Apoptosis, Autophagy
Publications
Pritchett T, Tanner E, McCall K. 2009. Cracking open cell death in the Drosophila ovary. Apoptosis. 14(8):969-79.
McCall K, Pritchett T, Peterson J. 2008 Detection of Cell Death in Drosophila, Vol: 283: Apoptosis Methods and Protocols (Brady, H., ed.) Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. 559:343-56.
Shan Z, Parker-Pritchett T, Wiest JS. 2004. Identifying novel homozygous deletions by microsatellite analysis and characterization of tumor suppressor candidate 1 gene, TUSC1, on chromosome 9p in human lung cancer. Oncogene 26;23(39):6612-20.
Fellowships
2005-2006 Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and Professional Fellowship
2002-2004 Cancer Research Trainee, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD Department of Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion
2001 Summer Internship, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology
2000 Summer Internship, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA Department of Animal and Poultry
Affiliations
Boston University Cell and Molecular Biology (CM)
The McCall Lab (ML)
Alliance for Graduate Education and Professional (AGEP)
Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society Theta Chapter (BKX)
Other Websites
Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics (LCBG)
Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA)