Tugrul Giray Lab
Undergraduate opportunities summer 2018
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Undergraduate opportunities for Summer Fellowships. For more information visit https://www.prcen.org/
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Patricia A. Burrowes, PhD. Principal Investigator
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Amphibian Disease Ecology
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The Amphibian Disease Ecology Lab studies the mechanisms involved in host-pathogen relationships. Specifically, using the Amphibian-Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis =Bd) system. The goals of the lab expand from the organisms and their environments to the use of molecular biology techniques to detect pathogen loads and investigate the evolution of immune defense.
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José E. García-Arrarás, PhD. Principal Investigator
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Developmental Neurobiology
The Developmental Neurobiology Laboratory uses the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima, as a model system to study different aspects of organogenesis and regeneration as well as comparative neuronal anatomy and evolution. Sea cucumbers, which comprise the group Holothurians, are coelomate organisms of the phylum Echinodermata. They are closely related to chordates but, in contrast to chordates, exhibit an impressive ability to regenerate complex structures. In Holothurians the regenerative process is evidenced following evisceration in which all major viscera are discarded. In H. glaberrima, regeneration of the intestine is completed in a 4-week period. Our overall goal is to use this model system to understand the process of organogenesis and how the multiplicity of cell types are generated and assembled into a functional organ.
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Ricardo Betancur-R. PhD. Principal Investigator
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Evolutionary Biology of Fishes
Research at the Fish Phylogeny Lab is broadly concerned with the evolutionary biology of fishes and is oriented around five major aims: (1) inferring relationships and testing evolutionary hypotheses in the context of such relationships, (2) uncovering drivers of morphological and lineage diversification, (3) elucidating patterns and processes in spatial and temporal distributions of species and populations within species, (4) understanding the genetic basis of adaptive traits, and (5) documenting the diversity of fish faunas. My research approach currently implements high-throughput sequencing technologies for robust inferences of phylogeny and phylogeography, and integrative approaches that combine neontological and paleontological evidence to address macroevolutionary questions using phylogenetic comparative methods.
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José L. Agosto PhD. Principal Investigator
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Homeostasis and circadian Rhythms
José Agosto's Lab is oriented towards gathering a better understanding of sleep homeostasis and circadian rhythms using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the honey bee Apis mellifera as model organisms.
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Riccardo Papa, PhD. Principal Investigator
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Origin and evolution of natural diversity