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Rich Kliman Associate Professor Dept. of Biological Sciences Updated: 13 Sept 2009 |
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The research in our lab involves evolutionary and ecological genetics.
One research area deals with the causes of variation
in synonymous codon usage within and among genes in Drosophila,
human papillomaviruses and Cryptococcus. Work on Drosophila (and other Diptera),
supported by
NIH,
is in collaboration with
Dr. Mohamed
Noor at Duke University. Work on Cryptococcus, with
Dr. Amy Reese
as co-PI, is supported by
The National Human Genome Research
Institute of NIH. These projects involve extensive lab work (e.g.,
DNA sequencing (including sequencing of whole genomes), quantitative real-time PCR)
and statistical analysis.
Other projects, also supported by the NHGRI grant, involve analysis of complete
genomes to test hypotheses regarding the evolution of codon usage; these are best-suited
for students with good computer skills and an interest in bioinformatics.