KRyan

Ph.D.  Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1997
A.B.   History of Science    Harvard College, 1990

We isolate pure populations of Caulobacter swarmer cells and observe many parameters during their synchronous cell cycle progress including fluorescent protein localization, DNA content, and global transcriptional patterns. The sequenced Caulobacter genome expedites genetic manipulations and lets us search comprehensively for genes affecting processes of interest. We also pursue in vitro studies to determine how biochemical properties of individual regulatory proteins contribute to cell cycle progression and cellular asymmetry.

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