About:

The Drewell laboratory is in the Biology Department at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. We are located in Room 310 in Lasry Center for Bioscience on the Clark campus. Our lab applies experimental molecular genomic, mathematical and computational approaches to investigate the regulation of gene expression during embryonic development. Much of our work is focused on using insect model species, including the fruit fly and honey bee. This website contains descriptions of our research projects, links to our publications and an introduction to the lab members.

Contact info:

Robert Drewell

Associate Professor of Biology
Biology Department
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program
Clark University
Worcester, MA 01610-1477

Email: rdrewell@clarku.edu
Phone: (508)793-7625

Recent Publications:

The dynamic DNA methylation cycle from egg to sperm in the honey bee Apis mellifera.
R. A. Drewell, E. C. Bush, E. J. Remnant, G. T. Wong, S. M. Beeler, J. L. Stringham, J. Lim and B. P. Oldroyd.  2014.  Development 141: 2702-2711.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Deciphering the combinatorial architecture of a Drosophila homeotic gene enhancer.
R. A. Drewell, M. J. Nevarez, J. S. Kurata, L. N. Winkler, L. Li and J.                                                                                        M. Dresch.  2014.  Mechanisms                                                                                        of Development 131:                                                                                                              68-77.

Whole genome DNA methylation profile of the jewel wasp (Nasonia vitripennis).

S. M. Beeler, G. T. Wong, J. M. Zheng, E. C. Bush, E. J. Remnant, B. P. Oldroyd and R. A. Drewell.  2014.  G3: Genes, Genomes,                                                                                              Genetics 4: 383-388.

Cover image of Drosophila embryo: “Jim Langeland, Steve Paddock and Sean Carroll of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison”. Image adapted from
Paddock S.W. (2001) Channel surfing: creating different colour combinations from multi-label images. BioTechniques 30: 756 – 761.