Ph.D. students
Yasir Ahmed
Orr
Genetics of postmating, prezygotic reproductive isolation in the Virilis group of Drosophila
Gurpreet Arora
Welte
Motor regulation in Drosophila embryos: mechanism of Halo function
Jorge Azpurua
Gorbunova
The cancer resistance of the Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber) and the comparative aging biology of rodents
Cara Brand
First year student
Deepika Calidas
Culver
Analyzing 30s ribosomal subunit assembly using directed hydroxyl radical probing
Victoria Cattani
Presgraves
The evolutionary genetics of hybrid incompatibilities
Mahul Chakraborty
Fry
Contribution of aldehyde dehydrogenase to variation in alcohol and oxidative stress resistance in natural populations of Drosophila
Xin Yi Chan
Lambert
Early development in Ilyanassa embryos
Debamita Chatterjee
Jasper
Regulation of metabolic homeostasis in Drosophila
Nirmalya Chatterjee
Bohmann
Study of role of Nrf2 pathway in Drosophila development and homeostasis
Lili Chen
First year student
Yang Cheng
First year student
Ritika Das
Samuelson
Elucidating the role of ER proteostasis and endosomal vesicular trafficking during aging in C. elegans
Mialy DeFelice
Culver
Roles of auxiliary elements in E. coli ribosome biogenesis
Anthony Geneva
Garrigan/Glor
Genomics of speciation in Hispaniolan bark anoles
Sayak Ghatak
Godfrey
GERD to Barrett's esophagus: understanding the etiology and molecular pathogenesis
Anwesha Ghosh
McMurray
Cancer systems biology
Adam Green
Ramsey
Invasion biology and phylogenetics of ivy (Hedera spp., Araliaceae)
Neha Gupta
Culver
Analysis of 30S subunit assembly in-vivo
Ying Jiang
Gan
Roles of transcription factors in the development of mouse inner ears
Adam Johnson
First year student
Subir Kapuria
Jasper
Regulation of intestinal regeneration by insulin/notch signaling interactions
Zhonghe Ke
First year student
Emily Landeen
Presgraves
The role of the X chromosome in hybrid male sterility
Robert Laport
Ramsey
Genetic and cytotype structure of creosote bush (Larrea spp., Zygophyllaceae) in the warm deserts of North America
Hongjie Li
Jasper
Regulation of Intestinal Stem Cell function by Nrf2/CncC in Drosophila
Zhihuan Li
Welte
Sfo protein and its function in Drosophila lipid droplet transportation.
Yue Liang
Zhao
Study the function of RIP4(DIK/PKK) in development and diseases
Cheng-Chao Lin
Goldfarb
Regulation of nuclear transport
Zhaoyang Liu
Hilton
Investigating the role of Notch signaling in articular cartilage and joint maintenance
Zhengshan Liu
First year student
LeAnne Lovato
Garrigan
Sex-specific processes in humans
Daniel McNabney
Orr
Genetics of prezygotic isolation in Drosophila
Prabha Nagarajan
Sia
Role of Rad27/Fen1 in mitochondrial genome maintenance and repair
Nathan Napper
Culver
Characterization of novel intermediates in 30S subunit assembly
Julienne Ng
Glor
Evolution and genetics of dewlap coloration in Anolis lizards
Daniel Scantlebury
Glor
Phylogenetic methods, Ecology and evolution of geckos
Alexis Stein
Sia
The Role of the RAD52 epistasis group in mitochondrial DNA repair and maintenance
Shanwu Tang
Presgraves
Genetics of hybrid inviability in Drosophila
Xiao Tian
Gorbunova
Comparative biology of aging in rodent species
Amita Vaidya
Gorbunova
Developing a mouse model to study DNA damage repair and aging
Michael Van Meter
Gorbunova
Mechanisms of DNA repair and their roles in cancer and aging
Jeffrey Vedanayagam
Garrigan
Evolutionary genomics of piRNA mediated transposon silencing in Drosophila
Longjun Wu
First year student
Jiangnan Yang
Gorbunova/Seluanov
Mitochondrial genome and the evolution of longevity in animal species
Jianyuan Zhang
First year student
Zhongyang Zhou
First year student
Jing Zhu
Fry
The effect of sexual selection on adaptation in Drosophila