Area of research
Molecular Biology · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Fungal Infections and Studies, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.
Poldip2 promotes mtDNA elimination during Drosophila spermatogenesis to ensure maternal inheritance
Two mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms modulate cardiolipin binding and lead to synthetic lethality
REC drives recombination to repair double-strand breaks in animal mtDNA
Selfish drive can trump function when animal mitochondrial genomes compete
Selections that isolate recombinant mitochondrial genomes in animals
Transmission of mitochondrial mutations and action of purifying selection in Drosophila melanogaster
Ancient Dispersal of the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii from the Amazon Rainforest