Assistant professor of biology Matt Carter talks about summer science research opportunities at Williams involving undergraduate students learning to use optogenetics. Produced for the Office of Communications by Ariana Ross '17 Continue reading »
Obese mice on a high-fat alternate-day fasting regimen lose weight and improve glucose tolerance P. M. N. Joslin, R. K. Bell, and S. J. Swoap Alternate-day fasting (ADF) causes body weight (BW) loss in humans and rodents. However, it is not clear that ADF while maintaining a high-fat (HF) diet results in… Continue reading »
The gene cortex controls mimicry and crypsis in butterflies and moths NADEAU N.J., PARDO-DIAZ C., WHIBLEY A., SUPPLE M.A., SAENKO S.V., WALLBANK R.W.R., WU G.C., MAROJA L.S. FERGUSON L., HANLYJ.J., HINES H., SALAZAR C., MERRILL R.M., DOWLING A.J., FFRENCH-CONSTANT R.H., LLAURENS V., JORONM, MCMILLAN W.O. & JIGGINS C.D. (2016). Nature… Continue reading »
Elise Pitmon ’16, Gabe Stephens ’15, Sarah Parkhurst, Fred Wolf, Greg Kehne’16, Michael Taylor and Tim Lebestky The D1 Family Dopamine Receptor, DopR, potentiates hindleg grooming behavior in Drosophila. Drosophila groom away debris and pathogens from the body using their legs in a stereotyped sequence of innate motor behaviors. Here, we investigated… Continue reading »
My lab investigates molecular mechanisms underlying sleep, arousal, startle, and grooming behaviors. Recent work includes molecular and genetic characterization of the role of Dopamine Receptor in grooming and sleep in Drosophila melanogaster. Continue reading »
Genetic and Epigenetic Variation, but Not Diet, Shape the Sperm Methylome. Shea JM1, Serra RW1, Carone BR1, Shulha HP2, Kucukural A2, Ziller MJ3, Vallaster MP1, Gu H3, Tapper AR4, Gardner PD4, Meissner A3, Garber M2, Rando OJ5. Abstract: Paternal diet can impact metabolic phenotypes in offspring, but… Continue reading »
Biogenesis and function of tRNA fragments during sperm maturation and fertilization in mammals. Sharma U1, Conine CC1, Shea JM1, Boskovic A1, Derr AG2, Bing XY1, Belleannee C3, Kucukural A2, Serra RW1, Sun F1, Song L1, Carone BR1, Ricci EP4, Li XZ5, Fauquier L1, Moore MJ6, Sullivan R3, … Continue reading »
The wavy mutation maps to the Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase 2 (IP3K2) gene of Drosophila and interacts with IP3R to affect wing development Derek M. Dean*1, Luana S. Maroja*, Sarah Cottrill*, Brent E. Bomkamp*, Kathleen A. Westervelt*, and David L. Deitcher ABSTRACT Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) regulates a host of… Continue reading »
Genes with Restricted Introgression in a Field Cricket (Gryllus firmus/Gryllus pennsylvanicus) Hybrid Zone Are Concentrated on the X Chromosome and a Single Autosome Luana S. Maroja,*,1 Erica L. Larson,† Steven M. Bogdanowicz,‡ and Richard G. Harrison‡ Abstract Characterizing the extent of… Continue reading »
"I worked with an Immunologist/Chemical Biologist on modifying single domain antibodies (from alpacas) in order to use them for the imaging of immunotherapy. The paper was published in Angewandte Chemie (Applied Chemistry) which is maintained by the German Chemical Society." - Intekhab Hossain '17 Continue reading »
Characterizing the extent of genomic differentiation between recently diverged lineages provides an important context for understanding the early stages of speciation. When such lineages form discrete hybrid zones, patterns of differential introgression allow direct estimates of which genome regions are likely involved in speciation and local adaptation. Here we use… Continue reading »
Group Housing and Nest Building Only Slightly Ameliorate the Cold Stress of Typical Housing in in Female C57BL/6J Mice Rebecca L Maher , Shayna M Barbash , Daniel V Lynch… Continue reading »
The Biology Department invites all seniors and their families and friends to a commencement breakfast at 8:00am on commencement morning. Continue reading »
If you are a bio or chem student, join us Friday, May 15th at 3:30pm in the quad. Games, food and beer!!!… Continue reading »
Listen to an interview with Professor Steve Swoap on NPR on hibernation in the mammalian world. Continue reading »
Check out Meagan Goldman’s ‘16 Q&A with Assistant Professor Matt Carter in The ScientEphic. Continue reading »
Join us on Monday, April 27th at noon in TBL 211 for a pizza lunch and to hear bio faculty give a brief overview of the course they’re teaching next fall. Pre-Reg Advising Hours 2015… Continue reading »
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