Research description and Students Currently Working in the Lab
Research summary
The lab works describing and explaining DNA features of many genomes, most from arthropods. Of particular interest are transposable element, that make a up a significant percentage of most eukaryotic genomes (nearly 50% in humans). We run various software programs, some designed by us in the lab, to identify such sequences in the genome and try to explain the influence of these sequences on the host genome.
Students currently working in the lab
Matthew Capistrano is an undergraduate student who joined in Fall 2023. He is working on finding transposable elements in the orb web weaver spider genome
Mankirat Pandher is an undergraduates student who joined in Fall 2023. She is looking for transposable element sequences in the black widow spider genome
Tzupu Chen is an undergraduates student who will join the lab in Spring 2024. He is working on annontating the transposable element sequences of the long jawed orb-weaver spider.
