Only faculty affiliated with ILS are listed on this page. Learn more about Cellular Biology faculty. The Cellular Biology Graduate Coordinator is Scott Dougan (dougan@cb.uga.edu).
Nuclear and genome organization; Chromatin structure and function; Gene regulation in Drosophila development.
My research is focused on the use of metacognition to enhance student learning in biology.
Cellular and molecular biology of acidocalcisomes; the role of polyphosphate in trypanosomatids.
Molecular and cellular basis of pattern formation in vertebrates; developmental genetics of zebrafish.
Toxoplasma’s Strategies to Manipulate Host Immunity
Protist systematics, cell evolution, and flagellar development.
Molecular cell biology of the cytoskeleton; molecular genetics of ciliates.
Our research is aimed at identifying the principles of neural circuit assembly, which is key
to understanding the treatment of neurological disorders. To achieve this, we develop
imaging toolkits including fluorescent probes and advanced microscopes.
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Regulation of the cell cycle; ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis and development.
Development and regulation of immunological memory.
Basic immunology of the liver and blood stages of malaria
The discovery and development of new drugs to prevent or treat malaria and diseases
caused by brain-eating amoebae. Elucidating mechanism(s) of resistance
and discovering new drug treatment regimens, combinations, or strategies to overcome resistance.
Developmental neurobiology: molecular genetic mechanisms of vertebrate eye and forebrain development.
Cell Biology of Cilia; Cilia-related diseases, Intracellular Transport.
Metabolism and drug development against protozoan parasites.
Calcium signaling and storage in Toxoplasma gondii.
Molecular and cellular biology of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.
Biomedical imaging and large graph mining in public health applications.
Regeneration and development; understanding cellular/molecular mechanisms that underlie neural regeneration in planarians.
Tissue replenishment from stem cells, Drosophila genetics.
Molecular and Cellular Basis of Brain Functions and Development in the Drosophila Model.
Mechanisms of immunity and disease in Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas Disease); Basic and applied biology of T. cruzi.
Effects of pathological stress on cells of the peripheral nervous system and the adrenal gland. In vitro disease modeling using human pluripotent stem cells.