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lab profile
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Brian Darby University of North Dakota
10 Cornell St. Stop 9019
Grand Forks, ND 58202
USA
brian.darby@und.edu
701-777-4678
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| PI: |
YES |
| Taxa Studied: |
Prokaryotes, Invertebrate Animals |
| Techniques Employed: |
Quantitative PCR (qPCR), Sanger Sequencing, 454 Pyrosequencing, Solexa (Illumina) Sequencing, Bioinformatics/Sequence Analysis, Epifluoresence Microscopy |
| Research Description: |
Soils are filled with an incredible diversity of life; many of the animals are too small to be seen with the naked eye but are still important for ecosystem functioning. Recent technological advances in molecular biology allow us to also study the genomics of soil organisms, such as nematodes, tardigrades, rotifers, and protozoans, in a way that wasn't previously possible. Our research seeks to understand the ecology of these soil organisms, what genes and genome components are important for their belowground life, and how they influence soil and ecosystem processes. Research projects are at the intersection of ecology and genomics and include field, laboratory, microscopy, molecular, genomic, and computational approaches. |
| Lab Web Page: |
http://und.edu/faculty/darby-brian/index.cfm |
| Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
YES |
| Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
YES |
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