Ph.D. students
Karin Tetzlaff Averbeck
Eickbush
Evolution of the rDNA locus in D. melanogaster: characterizing divergence in X and Y chromosome loci, mapping a locus via cloning, evaluating variation in natural populations and mechanisms of concerted evolution
Deepika Calidas
Culver
Analyzing 30s ribosomal subunit assembly using directed hydroxyl radical probing
Victoria Cattani
Presgraves
The evolutionary genetics of hybrid incompatibilities
Mahul Chakraborty
First year student
Xin Yi Chan
Early development in Ilyanassa embryos
Nirmalya Chatterjee
First year student
Jianquan Chen
Jiang
Gene-teratogen interactions in cleft lip pathogenesis
Factors involved in rRNA processing and 30S ribosomal subunit assembly
Sonia D'Silva
Miller
The role of the Kar9p-Bik1p interaction in spindle positioning in budding yeast
Cijian Feng
First year student
Adam Green
Ramsey
Invasion biology and phylogenetics of ivy (Hedera spp., Araliaceae)
Neha Gupta
First year student
Jeremy Herren
Interspecific Wolbachia density and localization patterns variation in mycophagous Drosophila
Christine Hochmuth
Regulation of stem cell maintenance in Drosophila
Ying Jiang
Gan
Roles of transcription factors in the development of mouse inner ears
Lidza Kalifa
Sia
Genes involved in recovery from UV-induced mitochondrial DNA damage
Robert Laport
Genetic and cytotype structure of creosote bush (Larrea spp., Zygophyllaceae) in the warm deserts of North America
Zhihuan Li
First year student
Cheng-Chao Lin
Goldfarb
Regulation of nuclear transport
Han Liu
Jiang
Using the Twirler mutant mouse as a model to investigate the molecular mechanisms of craniofacial development
Li-Ka Liu
Goldfarb
The molecular mechanism of nuclear pore complex function
David Loehlin
Werren
Genetics and evolution of size and shape in Nasonia species
Zhiyong Mao
Gorbunova
The age related double strand break
Daniel McNabney
Orr
Genetics of prezygotic isolation in Drosophila
Nida Meednu
Miller
Mechanisms of Kar9p function in positioning the mitotic spindle in yeast
Jonathan Millen
Goldfarb
Relationships between oxidative stress resistance, mating type, and lifespan in yeast
Nathan Napper
Culver
Characterization of novel intermediates in 30S subunit assembly
Julienne Ng
Evolution and genetics of dewlap coloration in Anolis lizards
Leah Pogorzala
Sia
Understanding the function of Mgm101p
Identification and analysis of physical and genetic partners of the mitochondrial DNA polymerase
Nitin Phadnis
Fry/Orr
Meiotic drive and hybrid sterility in Drosophila pseudoobscura; the causes of genetic dominance
Jeremy Rabinowitz
Lambert
Asymmetric cell division and patterning events in the Ilyanassa embryo
Joy Roy-Chaudhuri
Culver
Dissecting the functional role of ribosomal protein S5 and RimJ in 30S subunit assembly and function
Rhitoban Ray Choudhury
Werren
Effects of Wolbachia on its hosts
Daniel Scantlebury
First year student
Wen Shen
First year student
Deb Stage
Eickbush
Exploring sequence polymorphisms found in rDNA and the rDNA-specific transposable elements R1 and R2, in various species, in an effort to understand the significance of concerted evolution
Shanwu Tang
Presgraves
Genetics of hybrid inviability in Drosophila
Robert Unckless
Genetics of adaptation in ecological background; dynamics of host/parasite interaction in Drosophila, nematodes and endosymbionts
Amita Vaidya
First year student
Zhili Xu
Culver
Analyzing bases and base modifications which are important to ribosome assembly
Qun Yu
Bi
Molecular mechanisms of the function of chromatin boundary elements in yeast
Xian Zhang
Eickbush
Dynamics and regulation of R2 elements in Drosophila simulans
Jun Zhou
Eickbush
R2 retroelement activity in D. melanogaster and control mechanisms
Jing Zhu
First year student
Yanfei Zou
Bi
Mechanistic studies of silencers that initiate the formaton of transcriptionally silent chromatin