Genetics
Genetics represents a unified set of tools to dissect biological mechanisms. But more importantly the discipline provides a conceptual framework for understanding biological systems and organismal variation. As a result, genetic analysis continues to have an essential role in fields as diverse as developmental biology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, and genetics research is key to advances in medicine. Our faculty collaborate on an array of problems in genetics, with many exploiting the power of genetic analysis in one of the elite model genetic systems (C. elegans, Drosophila, zebrafish, mice and others). Current research interests in the group include the regulation of gene expression, neural development, morphogenesis, complex trait genetics, and the genetics of human pathogens.
Select a faculty member below to learn more about their research in this area:
Interactions between neurons and their environment during development
The function of Ewing sarcoma proteins in mitosis.
Regulation of cell shape in nematode tubule formation.
Molecular virology and pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus.
Role of post-transcriptional gene regulation in cancer.
Regulation of bacterial transcription, Development of novel anti-bacterial agents
Mechanisms of pathogenesis for Enterococcus
Molecular Mechanisms of Chlamydia Pathogenesis
Developmental neurobiology, genetics, and genomics.
Genetics of complex traits, Genome biology, Drosophila quantitative genetics.
Role of APC tumor suppressor protein in normal colon and in cancer.
Mitosis, gamma-tubulin function, cell cycle regulation and fungal secondary metabolites.
ABC transporters and RNAi: anti-foreign genome responses and stem cell regulation.
The evolutionary consequences of conflict within and between genomes
