University of Georgia
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.
The regulation of fruit shape and size of tomato and other Solanaceous crops
