University of Georgia
Regeneration of myelin in the mammalian brain, cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating adult neural stem cells, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s Disease
Adverse neurological outcomes; Host-Microbe-Chemical (3-way) interaction; C. elegans model organism.
Meiotic chromosome biology using Drosophila as a model system.
Deciphering the mechanisms that regulate the diversity of peripheral glial cells to achieve a better understanding of their role in the context of disease and injury.
Cell differentiation during plant reproduction, genomics and gene regulatory networks, single-cell RNA-sequencing, reprogramming cell fate
Transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms regulating preimplantation development, pluripotency, differentiation and cellular reprogramming in humans
Environmental and ecological influences on development, reproduction,
and aging in wildlife and humans.
We use the advanced genetic mouse models to study the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying several diseases: obesity, diabetics, muscle and heart diseases.
Effects of pathological stress on cells of the peripheral nervous system and the adrenal gland. In vitro disease modeling using human pluripotent stem cells.
