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lab profile
Daniel Barbash Cornell University
Dept. of Molec. Biol. & Genetics
401 Biotechnology Bldg.
Ithaca, NY 14853
USA
barbash@cornell.edu
607-254-5208
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| PI: |
YES |
| Taxa Studied: |
Invertebrate Animals |
| Techniques Employed: |
Quantitative PCR (qPCR), Microarrays, Sanger Sequencing, Solexa (Illumina) Sequencing, Bioinformatics/Sequence Analysis, In Situ Hybridization, Antibody Staining, Sectioning for Electron Microscopy, Epifluoresence Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy, Transgenesis, Mutagenesis, RNA interference(RNAi) |
| Research Description: |
We use genetic, developmental and genomic techniques to study questions in speciation, genome evolution, and evolution and development. Our research uses different species of Drosophila (fruit flies) including D. melanogaster and its sibling species. Keywords: Molecular evolution; hybrid incompatibilities; speciation; Drosophila; |
| Lab Web Page: |
http://faculty.cit.cornell.edu/barbash/index.html |
| Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
YES |
| Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
NO |
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