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Home » Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Use the tools of molecular biology and biochemistry to study, for example, the control of growth, reproduction, and disease in aquatic organisms. Use techniques at several biological levels including transgenesis, molecular genetics, biochemistry, and traditional physiology. Isolate and characterize novel growth regulators, such as myostatin, in fish. In reproduction, pivotal regulators of the control of hormone synthesis in the fish gonads, including StAR (Steriodogenic Acute Regulatory Protein), are being isolated and characterized. In the study of disease, subtractive cloning and DNA microarrays are being used to investigate pathogen-upregulated genes in macrophages of fish, and unique recombinant methodologies are being developed to facilitate the production of transgenic fish. Current research involves studying regulators of growth, metamorphosis and reproduction in commercially important bivalves. The ultimate goal of these studies is to develop methodologies and reagents to control reproduction, enhance growth, and increase disease resistance in aquatic animals of commercial and biomedical importance.
Work with scientists in these laboratories at the MBL:
Josephine Bay Paul Center for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Marine Resources Center
Learn about additional research opportunities, and apply through these programs at Brown:
Molecular and Cell Biology
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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