• Regulation of gene expression during development of Drosophila
• Transcription, chromatin structure, and mechanisms of developmental chromatin structure remodeling

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• epigenetic regulation of eukaryotic gene expression
• structural and functional domains of the genome
• chromatin boundary elements
• gene silencing

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• Evolution of morphology
• Molecular basis of phenotypic plasticity
• Evolution and development in the pea aphid
• The role of epigenetics in polyphenism

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• Macromolecular assembly
• RNA-protein recognition
• Dynamics of RNA folding

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• integration of retrotransposable elements
• origin and evolution of mobile elements
• regulation of rRNA genes

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• mechanisms of protein synthesis
• single–molecule microscopy
• mechanics of molecular motors

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• Genetics of ecological adaptation in Drosophila
• Evolutionary effects of deleterious mutations
• Quantitative-genetic theory and methodology

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• DNA repair mechanisms
• Genotoxic stress response pathways
• Programmed cell death

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• Population genetics and genomics
• Computational Biology
• Human origins and evolution

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• Protein folding and degradation
• Neurodegenerative diseases and aging
• Prion biology
• Proteomics

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• Mechanisms of aging
• Comparative biology of aging
• Long-lived rodents
• DNA repair and genomic instability
• Anticancer therapy

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• nuclear differentiation in Tetrahymena
• chromatin structure and composition
• organization, expression, and evolution of histone genes and tubulin genes
• molecular and genetic analysis of cilia biogenesis
• role of RNAi in chromatin function

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• Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions
• Sex chromosome meiotic drive
• Wolbachia as male killers and causes of reproductive isolation in Drosophila
• Ecology of mycophagous Drosophila

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• The evolution of developmental mechanisms
• Early patterning in molluscs and related groups
• Cytoskeletal basis of asymmetric cell divisions
• Evolution of novel phenotypes

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• Evolutionary genetics and genomics
• Intragenomic conflict and the evolution of selfish DNA
• Evolutionary and functional genomics of satellite DNA
• Sex chromosome and dot chromosome evolution in Drosophila

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• Ecology and evolution of host breadth in bees
• Community structure of desert bees
• Conservation biology of pollinators

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• Genetics of speciation in Drosophila
• Genetics and theory of adaptation
• Population genetics

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• Molecular mechanisms of gene expression
• Protein-nucleic acid interactions
• Transcription termination and mRNA 3' end formation in Escherichia coli and yeast

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• Neural cell fate specification
• Sex differences in neural circuit function
• Sexual dimorphism in developmental patterning

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• Speciation genetics
• Molecular population genetics
• Selfish gene complexes

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• Tumor suppressor mechanisms in log-lived rodents the Naked Mole-Rat and Eastern Grey Squirrel
• Mammalian Sirt proteins in regulation of stress response during aging
• Anti-cancer mechanisms in whales

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• Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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• Regulation of microtubule motors
• Transport and positioning of organelles and nuclei
• Biology of lipid droplets
• Protein sequestration

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• Microbial-host interactions with emphasis on Wolbachia in arthropods, genetics of speciation and evolution of development
• Genetics, genomics and evolution of Nasonia
• The role of "selfish" or "parasitic" DNA in evolution

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