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

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Molecular biology and genetics

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

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

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Molecular biology and evolution

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

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

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• Molecular phylogenetics
• Macroevolutionary patterns of species diversification
• Comparative method
• Speciation

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Molecular cell biology of the nucleus.

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Mechanisms of aging, DNA repair, and genomic instability.

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Cell and molecular biology

• 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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DNA-adenine methylation in E. coli and the unicellular eukaryote, Tetrahymena thermophila

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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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Development, cell biology and genetics

• Signal transduction networks governing development, stress responses, metabolism and aging of Drosophila

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Functional genomics

• Using mouse models to understand the molecular basis of embryonic development and birth defects

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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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Cell biology and molecular genetics

• Cytoskeletal organization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Coordination of cell polarity and positioning of the mitotic spindle
• Nuclear migration

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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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Cell biology

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Evolutionary genetics

• 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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Genetics of development and behavior in C. elegans

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

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Evolutionary genetics

• Speciation genetics
• Molecular population genetics
• Genome evolution

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Evolutionary ecology

• Mechanisms of adaptation and speciation in flowering plants
• Polyploidy and chromosome evolution

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Molecular biology and genetics

• Mutagenesis and repair of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Regulation of Intracellular Transport

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Evolutionary genetics

• 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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