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F A C UL T Y & R E S E A R C H
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The
field of Genetics is a central discipline of biological science
that is becoming increasingly relevant to many aspects of everyday
life. Breakthroughs in medicine, agriculture, forensic science,
and biotechnology are fueled by our growing knowledge of the nature
and function of genes, and the completion of the Human Genome Project
ensures that Genetics will continue to be a rapidly growing area
of research.
The
Genetics group at SU consists of several laboratories that use experimental
model systems such as yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), worms
(Caenorhabditis elegans), and fruitflies (Drosophila melanogaster),
to investigate a variety of topics, such as, how genes control specific
cellular processes, how the development of a complex organism is
orchestrated by its genome, and how mutations drive evolutionary
change.
A
bi-weekly Genetics Group Meeting provides a forum for informal research
presentations and lively discussions among the laboratory groups
about their ongoing research.
| R. Craig Albertson |
Craniofacial Development and Evolution; Quantitative Genetics; Geometric Morphometric Shape Analysis |
| John M. Belote |
Role of the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway in Drosophila development |
| Scott
E. Erdman |
Eucaryotic cellular organization and differentiation; functional
genomics in fungal systems |
| Katharine Lewis |
Specification and patterning of spinal cord interneurons; Formation of functional neuronal circuitry; Evolution of spinal cord patterning and function; Dorsal-ventral neural tube patterning; zebrafish development |
| Eleanor
M. Maine |
Genetic
regulation of development; cell-signaling; germline development;
RNA silencing |
| Melissa
Pepling |
Regulation of mouse oocyte development; Hormone signaling in oocyte differentiation. |
| Ramesh
Raina |
Molecular
mechanisms of signaling among plants and between plants and
their pathogens |
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William
T. Starmer
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Ecological
genetics of microorganisms and insects; population genetics
and evolution; molecular evolution |
| Roy
Welch |
Molecular
aspects of signaling among a homogeneous population of bacteria |
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