Fluorescent GFP reporters (green) visualize the expression of insulin-like peptides in living C. elegans. These reporter strains allow us to monitor how bacterial communities influence endocrine signaling at cellular resolution.
High-resolution imaging of mitochondria in C. elegans allows us to investigate how environmental stress and microbial communities impact organelle integrity, metabolism, and the aging process.
We integrate worm genetics, defined microbiome communities, microscopy, functional genomics, metabolomics, and machine learning to discover principles of host–microbe interaction that can generalize across animals.
Current projects span insulin-like peptide regulation, microbiome selection, and the biological consequences of environmentally persistent free radicals.
We welcome motivated graduate students, postdoc, and undergraduates interested in microbiology, genetics, data science, and environmental health.
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