As a graduate student and postdoc, my research interests focused on understanding the genetic and molecular mechanisms required for development of the oocyte and egg. Prior to joining the Extavour lab, I studied follicle cell patterning in Drosophila and establishment of oocyte polarity in zebrafish. Recently, I have become interested in understanding the mechanisms by which the germline is specified, in particular within an evolutionary biology context. My current project focuses on germline development in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis.

Publications

Microtubule Actin Crosslinking Factor 1 Regulates Balbiani Body Function and Animal-Vegetal Polarity of the Zebrafish Oocyte. Gupta, T., Marlow, F., Ferriola, D., Mackiewicz, K., Dapprich, J., Monos, D., and Mullins, M.C. PLoS Genetics 6(8): pii: e1001073 (2009).

Dissection of Organs from the Adult Zebrafish. Gupta, T. and Mullins, M.C. Journal of Visualized Experiments 37, doi: 10.3791/1717 (2010).

Bucky ball Organizes Germ Plasm Assembly in Zebrafish. Bontems, F., Stein, A., Marlow, F., Lyautey, J., Gupta, T., Mullins, M.C., Dosch R. Current Biology 19(5): 414-22 (2009).

Tbx2b is Required for Ultraviolet Photoreceptor Cell Specification During Zebrafish Retinal Development. Alvarez-Delfin, K., Morris, A.C., Snelson, C.D., Gamse, J.T., Gupta, T., Marlow, F.L., Mullins, M.C., Burgess, H.A., Granato, M., Fadool, J.M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(6): 2023-8 (2009).

Cct1, a Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Enzyme, is Required for Drosophila Oogenesis and Ovarian Morphogenesis. Gupta, T. and Schüpbach, T. Development, 130(24): 6075­–6087 (2003).

Two Signals are Better Than One. Gupta, T. and Schüpbach, T. Developmental Cell, 1(4): 443–445 (2001).