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