My general research area is evolutionary biology and bioinformatics. My project is working with the North American wood frog (Rana sylvatica) to study stability and adaptability in lens crystallin proteins. Instability and aggregation of lens crystallins can cause cataracts, which are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. The wood frog is a cold-adapted vertebrate that […]
B14: Investigating the Function of TC-Tiotsh in the First Thoracic Segment of the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium Castaneum
The impressive diversity of wings in insects offers an attractive opportunity to study the molecular basis underlying morphological evolution. The wings of insects play an important role in the adaptation of insects to a wide variety of environments. However, the evolutionary origin of this critical structure is still elusive. In order to investigate the origin […]