Hangar 1 (and me) - NASA Ames. Mountain View, CA

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​​Our lab is now up and running in the Molecular Biology Department at the University of Wyoming!

I am interested in the fundamental mechanisms of extreme stress tolerance. I use tardigrades (water bears) as a model system to identify and characterize novel mediators of stress tolerance.

My research combines molecular and cell biological techniques, with next-generation sequencing, biochemistry, bioinformatics, analytical chemistry, and genetic engineering.

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A typical tardigrade

Tardigrades are microscopic, multicellular animals that survive a number of abiotic stresses including: desiccation, freezing and boiling temperatures, intense ionizing radiation, and extremes in pressure - including the vacuum of outer space!

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

   Many thanks to the institutions and funding agencies that make my research possible.

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