Summer Research Projects with Biology Mechanisms and pathways of cholesterol transport inside cells Effect of the cholesterol environment on protein function and its relation to diseases: NPC1 and processing of Amyloid Precursor Protein Lab activities for high school biology classes Host pathogen interactions following chlamydia infection Cell biology of parachlamydia infection in fresh water amoeba Neurophysiology Using a genome-wide microarray-based approach, identify and characterize novel genes regulated by splicing coupled to mRNA decay Identify conserved cis-regulatory sequences important for changes in splicing Examine the role of kinases in gene regulation Study the effects of co-transcriptional recruitment of regulatory factors on gene control Visit the Lo lab website: no openings Summer ‘19 Effect of recreation trails on wildlife movement Remote camera traps to examine urbanization effects on personality in wild canids Determining the impacts of introduced species in coastal plant communities in the Caribbean islands Determining plant adaptations to freezing and drought stress no openings Summer ‘19 My research addresses the process of adaptive evolution, its mechanistic basis, and its ecological consequences for populations, communities and ecosystems.
Summer Research Projects with Biology Mechanisms and pathways of cholesterol transport inside cells Effect of the cholesterol environment on protein function and its relation to diseases: NPC1 and processing of Amyloid Precursor Protein Lab activities for high school biology classes Host pathogen interactions following chlamydia infection Cell biology of parachlamydia infection in fresh water amoeba Neurophysiology Using a genome-wide microarray-based approach, identify and characterize novel genes regulated by splicing coupled to mRNA decay Identify conserved cis-regulatory sequences important for changes in splicing Examine the role of kinases in gene regulation Study the effects of co-transcriptional recruitment of regulatory factors on gene control Visit the Lo lab website: no openings Summer ‘19 Effect of recreation trails on wildlife movement Remote camera traps to examine urbanization effects on personality in wild canids Determining the impacts of introduced species in coastal plant communities in the Caribbean islands Determining plant adaptations to freezing and drought stress no openings Summer ‘19 My research addresses the process of adaptive evolution, its mechanistic basis, and its ecological consequences for populations, communities and ecosystems.