BSc: University of
Alberta, Canada (Mathematics/Genetics)
PhD: University of Alberta, Canada (1998) Pilgrim
lab
Postdoc: UC Santa Barbara, CA Rothman
lab
Faculty Member:
UCR Biology Department (since 2003)
Cooperating Faculty Member with Nematology
Participant in Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB), Institute for Integrative Genome Biology (IIGB)
Graduate programs: CMDB, EEOB, GGB,
BMSC
Faculty
of 1000 Biology member (since 2006)
National
Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences (2006-7)
Campus service: Graduate Council (2007-present), CMDB Graduate Advisor for continuing students (2008-present)
Welcome to our web
site. I
am excited to be a member of the Department of Biology at UC
Riverside. Our lab uses C. elegans and its close relatives as model systems to study the structure and evolution of gene networks that control early
embryonic development. We also have collaborations with Shou-Wei
Ding (Plant
Pathology, UCR)
using
nematodes
as a model to study virus-host interactions, Vlad
Parpura (now at University of Alabama, Birmingham) to study glial-like
cells in the C. elegans nervous system, and also Joel
Mackay (University of Sydney, Australia)
and Andre
Pires da Silva (University of Texas at Arlington).
Our projects span the fields of genetics, neurobiology, developmental
biology,
evolution,
virology
and genomics.
We are
always interested in adding to our dynamic, interactive
research group. Enjoy our lab
website,
and contact
me if you
are interested in joining our lab.
Undergraduate Courses:
- BIOL
005A: Introduction to Cell and Molecular
Biology (04F, 05F with Dr. Bradley Hyman,
and 06F, 07F with Dr. Nelson Thompson, 09F with Dr. Richard Cardullo)
- BIOL 168: Developmental Biology (04S,
05W, 06W, 06F, 07F, 08F, 09F)
- NASC 091:
Freshman Advising Seminar (05F)
- NASC 093:
Freshman Advising Seminar (08F)
Graduate
Courses:
- CMDB 202: Developmental
Biology (with other CMDB faculty) (Spring quarter, 2004-2009)
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