Area of research
Molecular Biology · Cell Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Protist diversity and phylogeny, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Cellular transport and secretion, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.
Inferring gene-pathway associations from consolidated transcriptome datasets: an interactive gene network explorer for <i>Tetrahymena thermophila</i>
An apical membrane complex for triggering rhoptry exocytosis and invasion in Toxoplasma
An Alveolata secretory machinery adapted to parasite host cell invasion
Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology
Diversification of CORVET tethers facilitates transport complexity in <i>Tetrahymena thermophila</i>
ESCargo: a regulatable fluorescent secretory cargo for diverse model organisms
N6-methyldeoxyadenosine directs nucleosome positioning in Tetrahymena DNA
Remodeling the Specificity of an Endosomal CORVET Tether Underlies Formation of Regulated Secretory Vesicles in the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila
Extreme metal adapted, knockout and knockdown strains reveal a coordinated gene expression among different Tetrahymena thermophila metallothionein isoforms
An evolutionary balance: conservation vs innovation in ciliate membrane trafficking
Resolving the homology—function relationship through comparative genomics of membrane-trafficking machinery and parasite cell biology
Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies a Novel Factor Required for Secretory Granule Maturation in <i>Tetrahymena thermophila</i>
Evolutionary cell biology: Two origins, one objective
Functional GFP-metallothionein fusion protein from Tetrahymena thermophila: a potential whole-cell biosensor for monitoring heavy metal pollution and a cell model to study metallothionein overproduction effects
Lysosomal sorting receptors are essential for secretory granule biogenesis in <i>Tetrahymena</i>
REU site: Research in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology at The University of Chicago
Architecture of endolysosomal pathways in tetrahymena
REU Site in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology at The University of
Forward genetic analysis of lysosome-related organelle formation in Tetrahymena thermophila
REU Site in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology at The University of Chicago
CONFERENCE: 2013 FASEB Meeting on Ciliate Molecular Biology to be held July 7-12, 2013 at the Steamboat Grand in Steamboat Springs, CO
Dual Regulation of Phagosome Maturation in Tetrahymena
REU Site in the Department of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology at The University of Chicago
Characterization of a Dynamin-Related Protein Involved in Endocytosis in Tetrahymena Thermophila
FASEB Conference on Ciliate Molecular Biology in Saxtons River, Vermont, on August 7-12, 1999