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Emmons lab is conducting investigations on cell fate specification, nervous system development, evolution and sexual behavior in C. elegans. They are trying to find answers for questions such as: how do genes determine behavior, how does a genetic program evolve, and how do patterning genes determine the properties of neurons.

Main focus of the lab is to determine the role of genes in generating organism and population diversity through evolution. Currently there are three related research projects: male tail development (to study the processes influencing morphogenesis), evolution and systematics of nematode

Gronostajski Lab researches interactions between proteins, DNA, RNA transcription and metazoan development. In particular they study the Nuclear Factor I (NFI) and T-box families of site-specific DNA binding proteins. The NFI is expressed primarily during embryogenesis whereas in vertebrates it is also expressed in the adult.

The research of this laboratory is directed at understanding the evolutionary and developmental mechanisms that occur when a cell grows and divides. In particular, this lab is interested in the evolution of body size in nematodes.

“A database of behavioral and structural anatomy of C. elegans.” This website provides lab methods such as cell identification. There is also a discussion forum.