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Robert Drew

faculty

Robert Drew, PhD

Associate Professor

Biology

Contact

508-999-8950

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Violette Research 205

Education

2006Washington State UniversityPhD in Biology
1997Washington State UniversityMS in Biology
1994Purdue UniversityBS in Biology

Teaching

  • General Genetics
  • Genomics
  • Biology of Populations

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Content, organization, function, and evolution of whole genomes. The course examines familiar genetics concepts (e.g. inheritance, transcription, and translation) from the perspective of the entire genome. Students learn about recent advances in genome research, potential impacts on society, and case studies drawn from medicine, evolutionary biology, agriculture, and bioterrorism.

Content, organization, function, and evolution of whole genomes. The course examines familiar genetics concepts (e.g. inheritance, transcription, and translation) from the perspective of the entire genome. Students learn about recent advances in genome research, potential impacts on society, and case studies drawn from medicine, evolutionary biology, agriculture, and bioterrorism.

Continuation of BIO 440. An advanced research project in an advanced student's field of general interest conducted under the supervision of an appropriate staff member, in the form of independent research leading to the solution of a problem.

Content, organization, function, and evolution of whole genomes. The course examines familiar genetics concepts (e.g. inheritance, transcription, and translation) from the perspective of the entire genome. Students learn about recent advances in genome research, potential impacts on society, and case studies drawn from medicine, evolutionary biology, agriculture, and bioterrorism.

Content, organization, function, and evolution of whole genomes. The course examines familiar genetics concepts (e.g. inheritance, transcription, and translation) from the perspective of the entire genome. Students learn about recent advances in genome research, potential impacts on society, and case studies drawn from medicine, evolutionary biology, agriculture, and bioterrorism.

Terms and hours to be arranged. Graded A-F.

Introduction to study in the disciplines of the College of Arts & Sciences. This course facilitates a successful transition to college life by engaging students in a structured curriculum of academic and life skills enhancement and encouraging the development of enduring relationships between students, faculty and advisors, and classmates.

Research

Research activities

  • Genomic analysis of symbioses between clownfish and sea anemones
  • Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of growth under stress in rainbow trout
  • Investigation of plant root competition using DNA markers

Research

Research interests

  • Genomic and quantitative genetic approaches to investigate adaptations in fish
  • Fish domestication
  • Physiological and genetic changes underlying domestication

Select publications

  • Drew RE, Settles ML, Churchill EJ, Williams SM, Balli S, & Robison BD (2012).
    Brain transcriptome variation among behaviorally distinct strains of zebrafish (Danio rerio)
    BMC Genomics, 13, 323.
  • Oswald ME, Drew RE, Racine M, Murdoch GK, & Robison BD (2012).
    Is behavioral variation along the bold-shy continuum associated with variation in the stress axis in zebrafish?
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 85, 718-728.
  • Kanuga MK, Drew RE, Wilson-Leedy JG, & Ingermann RL (2012).
    Subpopulation distribution of motile sperm relative to activation medium in steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
    Theriogenology, 77, 916-925.