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Meet Our Current Members !
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Assistant Professor in Genetics
Postdoc: Northwestern University (2018)
with Ravi Allada (Dept of Neurobiology)
Ph.D.: University of Rochester (2012)
with Heinrich Jasper (Dept of Biomedical Genetics)
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Ph.D. Candidate
M.S: Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria (2019)
Project: Neural and molecular mechanisms of sugar-dependent feeding behavior in Drosophila
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Ph.D. Student
B.S: Bellarmine University (2020)
Project: Roles of peripheral circadian clocks in physiology and behavior in Drosophila
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M.S. Student
B.S: Western Kentucky University (2020)
Project: A novel behavioral strategy to study neurodegeneration in Drosophila
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Undergraduate Student (class of 2024)
Honor Thesis Project: Impacts of the antidiabetic drug metformin in physiology and behavior in Drosophila
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Undergraduate Student (class of 2024)
Project: Roles of the fat body clock in feeding behavior in Drosophila
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Undergraduate Student (class of 2024)
Project: Dietary restriction in circadian clock mutants of Drosophila
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Undergraduate Student (class of 2026)
Project: Interactions between dFOXO transcription factor and dCAF12 protein in Drosophila
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Undergraduate Student (class of 2024)
Project: Automated quantification of eye phenotype of Drosophila
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Josh & Evie Hwangbo
Volunteer
Project: Interference of Dae-Sung Hwangbo's work
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