Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Molecular genetics of protozoan parasites - virulence and their viruses

Key words
parasites, viruses, microbial pathogenesis, macrophage, virulence, glycobiology, vaccination

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Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Interdisciplinary questions surrounding bacterial small molecule production

Key words
Streptomyces, biosynthesis, genome mining, antibiotics, regulation & genetics

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Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Human and Statistical Genetics

Research summary
How genetic variation and environmental experience contribute to individual differences in brain function, behavior, and psychopathology

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Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Microbial metabolisms and their influence on biogeochemical cycling

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Computational and Systems Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Computational genomics, human genetics, systems biology, transcriptional regulatory networks

Key words
computational biology, systems biology, regulatory circuits, computational genomics, multi-omics integration, human genetics

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Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Developing algorithms and architectures for large-scale biosequence comparison, genome annotation, and metagenomics

Key words
annotation, bioinformatics, computational biology, genome analysis, metagenomics

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Molecular Biology of DNA replication and damage response in yeast and human

Key words
Cell cycle, DNA damage response, DNA replication, Checkpoints, Mutagenesis, DNA repair, yeast

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Genetics and virulence of the pathogenetic streptococci

Key words
bacteriology, gene expression, inflammation, microbial pathogenesis, toxin

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Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Understanding the role of endogenous opioids in affective neuroscience and metabolic homeostasis

Key words
reward, valence, opioid, motivation, metabolism, diabetes

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Genetic and epigenetic regulation of developmentally programmed DNA rearrangements of Tetrahymena

Key words
chromatin structure, development, DNA, genome rearrangements, RNA interference, transcription