Genetics and Molecular Biology

Citovsky Lab

Intercellular transport, genetic transformation, and chromatin remodeling in plants

We study protein glycosylation and cell wall biosynthesis in yeast and fungi

Regulation of gene expression during Drosophila development

Understanding how defects in glycosylation lead to birth defects

Chromosome behavior in yeast meiosis

Structure and function of RNA-binding proteins and biochemical studies of the SmpB.tmRNA quality control system

Linking ribosome translation kinetics to protein biogenesis and homeostasis

Chromosome biology and genome regulation

The cell biology of sporulation in yeast

Repetitive DNA maintenance and retrotransposon activity in germ cell immortality

Mechanisms of signal-responsive gene expression