Thomas Doak
Thomas Doak
Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Joint Seminar
Date & Time
Thu, Mar 07
11:00 AM
Location
Severance Hall 009
Contact
Beth Snyder
330-263-2379
Email
Thomas Doak, Postdoctoral Research Associate from Indiana University will present... topic to be determined.
Thomas received his Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Utah in 2001.
Thomas' scientific interests center on protozoa, especially ciliated protozoa, and include several different biological problems.
- The biochemical activities responsible for the differentiation of a micronucleus to a terminally differentiated macronucleus. These activities include site-specific recombination, site-specific chromosome cleavage, and telomere addition.
- The diversity and evolution of transposons in ciliates. Both the structure and propagation of transposons in ciliate genomes is unique among the eukaryotes.
- The structure and contents of ciliate genomes. Ciliates are gene-rich, complex eukaryotes, and their genomes have developed novel structures, which are suggested to allow novel pathways of genome evolution.