Schield Lab will study the evolutionary genomics and population genetics of speciation and adaptation.

Regeneration, development, and gene regulatory networks

Plant stress, both physiological mechanisms and ecological implications

The cell biological foundations of development

Cilia, Human disease modeling, Quantitative cell biology, Organelle biology, Cell architecture

The evolutionary origins, function, and mechanisms of adult neurogenesis

Evolution and ecology of host-parasite interactions

Evolutionary Ecology, Plant Ecology

Areas of Research: Molecular Genetics, Ecology & Evolution

Endosomal function and dysfunction in neurons. Wiring the nervous system in development.

Tissue regeneration and developmental homeostasis

The neurobiology of appetite, digestion, and metabolism

Cell adhesion and mechanotransduction in vertebrate morphogenesis

Retinal Development and Disease

Mouse Visual System

Developmental genetics, regeneration, evolution

The interaction between plants and microbes

Mechanisms of genetic and metabolic adaptation in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

Genetics of obesity, diabetes, and aging

Non-visual effects of light on physiology and behavior

Ecological and evolutionary genetics

Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease

Population genetics and molecular evolution

Regulation of neural stem cell proliferation

Mechanisms regulating polarized cell growth

Behavior and neurobiology of electric fishes

Genetics of embryonic eye development

Ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants

Signal processing by the central nervous system

Neuronal function and behavior in flies

Microbial evolution, ecology and genomics

Life history evolution and ecology

The role of glial-glial interactions during nervous system devleopment, disease and regeneration

Neurotransmitters and behavior in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Mechanisms of neural development and disease

Sexual conflict, life-history evolution, physiological and behavioral ecology

Evolutionary genetics and behavioral ecology

Evolution of infectious disease