Ph.D. students

Yasir Ahmed

Orr

Genetics of postmating, prezygotic reproductive isolation in the Virilis group of Drosophila

David Amadu

First year student

Gurpreet Arora

Welte
Motor regulation in Drosophila embryos: mechanism of Halo function

Jorge Azpurua

Gorbunova

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 resistence in natural populations of Drosophila

Xin Yi Chan

Lambert

Early development in Ilyanassa embryos

Debamita Chatterjee

Jasper

Nirmalya Chatterjee

Bohmann

Study of role of Nrf2 pathway in Drosophila development and homeostasis

Ritika Das

First year student

Mialy DeFelice

First year student

Cijian Feng

Goldfarb

Molecular mechanism of nuclear autophagy in yeast

Anthony Geneva

First year student

Sayak Ghatak

Godfrey

Adam Green

Ramsey

Invasion biology and phylogenetics of ivy (Hedera spp., Araliaceae)

Neha Gupta

Culver

Analysis of 30S subunit assemply in-vivo

Christine Hochmuth

Jasper

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

Subir Kapuria

Jasper

Emily Landeen

Presgraves

Robert Laport

Ramsey

Genetic and cytotype structure of creosote bush (Larrea spp., Zygophyllaceae) in the warm deserts of North America

Zhihuan Li

Welte

Sfo protein and its function in Drosophila lipid droplet transportation.

Cheng-Chao Lin

Goldfarb

Regulation of nuclear transport

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

LeAnne Lovato

Garrigan
Sex-specific processes in humans

Zhiyong Mao

Gorbunova

The age related double strand break

Daniel McNabney

Orr

Genetics of prezygotic isolation in Drosophila

Nathan Napper

Culver

Characterization of novel intermediates in 30S subunit assembly

Julienne Ng

Glor

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

Jeremy Rabinowitz

Lambert

Asymmetric cell division and patterning events in the Ilyanassa embryo

Rhitoban Ray Choudhury

Werren

Effects of Wolbachia on its hosts

Joy Roy-Chaudhuri

Culver

Dissecting the functional role of ribosomal protein S5 and RimJ in 30S subunit assembly and function

Daniel Scantlebury

Glor

Phylogenetic methods, Ecology and evolution of geckos

Alexis Stein

First year student

Shanwu Tang

Presgraves

Genetics of hybrid inviability in Drosophila

Robert Unckless

Jaenike/Orr

Genetics of adaptation in ecological background; dynamics of host/parasite interaction in Drosophila, nematodes and endosymbionts

Amita Vaidya

Gorbunova

Developing a mouse model to study DNA damage repair and aging

Michael Van Meter

First year student

Jeffrey Vedanayagam

First year student

Zhili Xu

Culver

Analyzing bases and base modifications which are important to ribosome assembly

Jing Zhu

Fry

The effect of sexual selection on adaptation in Drosophila