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Education

• Ph D, Duke University
• MS, Calcutta University, Genetics
• BS, Calcutta University, Botany

Teaching Interests

Courses taught:<br><br>BIOL 102: Human Genetics<br>BIOL 240: Introduction to Genetics<br>BIOL 333: Cell and Molecular Biology<br>BIOL 419/519: Cell Biology<br>BIOL 421/593: Principles of Biotechnology<br>BIOL480: Capstone in Genomics<br>BIOL 693: Readings in Genetics

Research Interests

My lab focuses on genetics and molecular biology. Some of the projects that are ongoing in the lab include:<br>- studying virulence in the pathogenic yeast, <i>Cryptococcus neoformans, </i>an opportunistic unicellular yeast that usually infects immunocompromised individuals, using techniques such as RNA interference (RNAi) and CRISPR.<br>- analyzing proteins isolated from the venom of parasitoid wasps that modulate the immune system in fruitflies, using recombinant expression systems and enzyme assays.<br>- understanding the genome architecture of different <i>Drosophila spp. </i>by performing annotation and comparative genomics of genes involved in different biochemical/ developmental pathways.