Professional Interests:

• The role of monomeric GTPases in the regulation of cell attachment, migration, and proliferation.
• Genomic structure of mammalian gene promoters.
• Applying the tools of cell biology to questions in population biology.

Current Projects:

• Effect of Rap1 proteins on cell proliferation and programmed cell death.
• Identification of promoter control regions of the human rap1A and rap1B genes.
• Using mitochondrial function to test fitness predictions of mating system alternatives in an invasive freshwater snail.