Fluorecent Chromatin Insulators in Living Fruit Flies
Chromatin insulators are organizers which establish higher order structure of chromatin in the cell nucleus. Pai's laboratory generated flies (Drosophila melanogaster) which express auto-fluorecent chromatin insultor proteins to examine the activities of chromatin insulators in living cells.
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Glycosylation Status of Proteins
The goal of our research is to gain insight into how the correct assembly of glycans is regulated and how the glycosylation status of proteins relates with their trafficking and –ultimately - with their biological activities in the context of a multicellular organism. To address these questions, we are using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a genetically tractable model organism.
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The Molecular Biosciences Interdisciplinary Program at the University of Nevada at Reno provides an integrated course of study for students seeking a PhD or MS degree in biomolecular-related research. Over 60 participating Faculty members are drawn from nine different departments from across the campus in the Colleges of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, Medicine, and Science. The program provides a supportive environment for over 100 graduate students with excellent opportunities in a broad range of biological and biomedical research areas, including biochemistry, bioinformatics, cancer biology, cardiovascular research, cell biology, gametogenesis and fertility, functional genomics, hormones, immunology, infectious diseases, insect biochemistry, insect molecular genetics, neuroscience, metabolic regulation, metabolomics, microbiology, microbial ecology, nutrition, regulation of gene expression, pathology, protein structure-function, plant biochemistry, plant molecular genetics, proteomics, signal transduction, smooth muscle biology, stem cell biology, and virology.