Leslie Pick
Leslie Pick
Teaching
BISI712: Rcr For Biologists
ENTM701: Tchng & Prof Dvlp Biol
ENTM788C: Colloquium
HLSC322: Genetics & Genomics
Graduate Program Affiliations
Biological Sciences (BISI): Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (BEES)
Biological Sciences (BISI): Molecular and Cell Biology (MOCB)
Entomology
Research
The Pick lab studies the function and evolution of regulatory genes that control embryonic development. The lab is currently focused on ‘evo-devo’ studies that compare gene expression and function in the model insect Drosophila melanogaster to other insect species, revealing unexpected levels of genetic variation across insect phyla. The development of molecular methods in diverse insects, including mosquitoes, beetles and milkweed bugs, has led the lab to begin exploring mechanisms underlying RNAi susceptibility in insects.
Education
Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, 1986
B.S., Wesleyan University, 1977
Latest Papers
Segmentation gene expression and function in Vanessa cardui, an emerging model for Lepidoptera
Author(s): Ximena Gutierrez Ramos, Katie Reding, Leslie Pick
UMD Author(s): Leslie Pick
Compensatory action of different types of cis-regulatory elements buffers the striped expression of Drosophila pair-rule genes
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Development
Author(s): Matthew D. Fischer, Kristen Au, Minh Lê, et. al
UMD Author(s): Leslie Pick
Arthropod Pax Gene Evolution: A Role for Vanessa Cardui Twin of Eyeless in Eye Development
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Molecular Biology and Evolution
Author(s): Ximena Gutiérrez Ramos, Leslie Pick, Patricia Wittkopp
UMD Author(s): Leslie Pick
Recent approaches lead to a deeper understanding of diverse segmentation mechanisms in insects, with a focus on the pair-rule genes
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Current Opinion in Insect Science
Author(s): Katie Reding, Leslie Pick
UMD Author(s): Leslie Pick
A conserved sequence that sparked the field of evo-devo
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Developmental Biology
Author(s): Leslie Pick, Kristen Au
UMD Author(s): Leslie Pick
Same rule, different genes:
Blimp1
is a pair-rule gene in the milkweed bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus
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Science advances
UMD Author(s): Leslie Pick
Same rule, different genes: Blimp1 is a pair-rule gene in the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus
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Science advances
Author(s): Katie Reding, Matthew Chung, Abigail Heath, et. al
UMD Author(s): Leslie Pick
Same rule, different genes: Blimp1 is a pair-rule gene in the milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus
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Science advances
Author(s): Katie Reding, Matthew Chung, Abigail Heath, et. al
UMD Author(s): Leslie Pick
The ftz upstream element drives late ftz stripes but is not required for regulation of Ftz target genes
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Developmental Biology
Author(s): Matthew D. Fischer, Patricia Graham, Leslie Pick
UMD Author(s): Leslie Pick
Segmental expression of two ecdysone pathway genes during embryogenesis of hemimetabolous insects
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Developmental Biology
Author(s): Judith Wexler, Leslie Pick, Ariel Chipman
UMD Author(s): Leslie Pick
