Organismal Physiology and Development

This is a highly diverse group of faculty and students who study questions related to the modeling of physiological processes under particular environmental conditions, and maturation of functions ranging from mouse behaviors after birth to the regulation of functions in Drosophila during their development.  Thus the actual techniques in use may be relatively simple observations of animals, or may involve a variety of molecular and cellular biological approaches.

As in the other departmental research groups, projects suitable for both graduate and undergraduate students are available, and the faculty in this group generally publish with the students in their laboratories.  The student training goes beyond carrying out experiments, and provides the historical research context of a student’s project, as well as discussion of current literature in the field.  Depending on the student’s research project, students may use statistical and modeling software extensively.

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