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Research Interests

Abrudan, Jenica

Bader, Jason R.

 jbader@nd.edu

Regulation of the molecular motor dynein and its receptor dynactin during mitosis

Invasive species, aquatic ecology, aquatic conservation, predator-prey interactions

Aquatic ecology, invasion biology, malacology

Rhodopsin Trafficking

Bobeldyk, Angela

 bobeldyk.1@nd.edu

Stream ecology, aquatic invasive species

Aquatic biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, invasion biology, nitrogen cycling, large river ecology

Carr, Aprell L.

Elucidating the overwintering strategy of cucujus clavipes via proteomics

Population and functional genomics of Anopheles gambiae

Clancy, James

Invasive species, ecotoxicology

Invasive species, particularly Nile Tilapia introduced for development purposes into African Freshwaters

Aquatic, production, and restoration ecology focusing on invertebrates and foodweb dynamics

Epstein, Sarah

 sepstein@nd.edu

Immunology

Cell signaling and genetics as they relate to cancer

Forbes, Andrew A.

 aforbes@nd.edu

Evolutionary biology, ecological speciation, host-associated differentiation (HAD), tropic cascades, plant-insect interactions

Geister, Rebecca

Quantitative genetics of the regulation of gene expression and the underlying genetic polymorphisms in the malaria parasite

Mechanisms controlling development

CD93 and its role in inflammation

Griffiths, Natalie

 ngriffi1@nd.edu

Carbon cycling in Midwestern agricultural streams

Halpin, Elizabeth

Ocular lens development using the zebrafish model system

Factors regulating ovarian follicle selection and development

Heckmann, Anna

Hormone-dependent cancers, transcriptional regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition, drug discovery

Hoban, Sean

Population genetics, speciation, forest conservation

Community ecology, top-down vs. bottom-up effects, biodiversity-ecosystem function, food web dynamics, niche vs. neutral community assembly

Hoellein, Timothy

 hoellein.1@nd.edu

Stream ecology and restoration

Metastatic process of breast cancer

Hornick, Jessica

 jhornick@nd.edu

Spindle Assembly in Mammalian systems and the role of the centrosome

Cellular mechanism of Niemann Pick Disease Type C

Fisheries, stream ecology

Effects of Anti-androgens on Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer

Stream biogeochemistry

Regulation of Dynein cargo binding during mitosis

Immunology of Leishmania species infections, specifically on phagosome maturation and host cell signaling

Krivda, Joseph

 jkrivda@nd.edu

Kroeger, Paul

The role of defense collagens in mycobacterial pathogenesis

Aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology, Green Chemistry

Neuro-endocrine control of behavior as it relates to mate choice in gray tree frogs

Parasite-host interactions, evolutionary biology, landscape epidemiology, wildlife disease ecology

Lawrence, Chuck

 lawrence.44@nd.edu

Mycobacteria and pattern recognition receptors

Aquatic ecology, biogeochemistry

Using Drosophila as a model organism to understand the inherited retinal diseases that afflict human populations

Landscape genetics and behavior of Balinese long-tailed macaques

Molecular biology

Marsico, Travis D.

 marsico.1@nd.edu

Global change biology, species range limitations and shifts, plant dispersal, population genetics, conservation

Cancer cell biology, natural products

Michel, Matt

 mmichel1@nd.edu

Phenotypic plasticity, trait-mediated indirect interactions, predator-prey interactions, spatial heterogeneity

Forest ecology and human land-use, biodiversity management and climate change, cultural perceptions of conservation initiatives

Monteleon, Christine

Epithelial architecture, cell morphology

Effect of the Vitamin D receptor (VDR) in prostate tumor progression in LPB-Tag transgenic mice

The effects of restoration activities and land-use change on soil composition and function

Factors that induce transcription of specific antifreeze proteins in Dendroides canadensis

Population ecology, global change, conservation

Patrick, Christopher J.

Biodiversity patterns, biotic homogenization, human-impacted systems, invasive species, restoration/ecosystem engineering

Molecular biology

Ecology, evolutionary biology, climate change, plant-insect interactions, biogeography

Pellon, Oscar

Ecological Speciation, population genetics, coevolution, history of life

Prather, Chelse

Effects of species and functional groups on ecosystem processes, tropical ecology, forest ecology

Global change biology, species range expansions, plant-insect interactions, insect conservation

Raycroft, Francis

Regulation of dynactin microtubule-binding and how this relates to dynein function

Neurosteroids

Reidenbach, Kyanne

Stream ecology, nutrient cycling in streams, invasive species, aquatic conservation

Rothlisberger, John D.

Aquatic ecology, invasive species, human-mediated organismal dispersal

Stream ecology, salmon research in Alaska

Genetic variability of sandflies

Cancer biology

Aquatic ecosystems, endangered species, and the interrelationship between science and policy for the management of natural resources

Mycobacteria

Disease processes, pathogens, cell and molecular biology

Plant invasive species biology, forest community ecology, global climate change, nutrient cycling, plant physiological ecology

Mosquitoes and infectious disease

Sweet, Lindsay

Modulation of host innate immune system by Mycobacterium avium

Plasmodium genomics, genome evolution

Comparative genomics, transposable elements, bioinformatics

Sand flies, molecular biology

Circadian rhythms

The role of vitamin D receptor in immunity to L. major infection

White, Bradley

Vector genetics, chromosomal inversions, population genomics

Mosquitoes, arbovirology, viral persistence and spread, phylogeny of West Nile virus in Northern Indiana, vector-pathogen interactions