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Postdoctoral Fellows
Undergraduate Students ⇧
![]() | Maria Valentina Suarez-Nieto Biology Undergraduate | ||||
![]() | Chris Skalnik Biology Undergraduate Poster Presentation | ![]() | Kevin Tien Bio-X Undergraduate Poster Presentation | ||
I am using Astatotilapia burtoni, a species of cichlid fish from Eastern Africa, as a model system to investigate the functions of androgen receptors (AR). More precisely, I have examined the effects in males of disabling ARβ, one of two A. burtoni androgen receptors, on traits related to social status. The preliminary results of this study show ARβ to be critical for many traits typical of socially dominant male A. burtoni | My research focuses on the role of androgens in burtoni, and my projects have used female AR2 mutants to observe the receptor’s role in reproductive physiology and neural activity. I’m also working on a computational search for transcription factor binding sites in the burtoni genome in order to identify genes that may be implicated in androgen pathways. |
Staff ⇧
![]() | Pamela Hung Administrative Associate | ![]() | Danielle Blakkan Lab Assistant | ||