Bio

I teach GN425, BIO269 and LSC101. In the research labs, we use the fruit fly as a model organism to understand the physiological factors that regulate feelings of satiety and hunger.

 

Awards

2025, Provost’s High Impact Expereinces Award

Posts

Mariana de Andrea Pereira: A Goodnight Spotlight

Goodnight Spotlight: Gaven Bell

Distinguished Goodnight Award Recipients for 2022 Announced

Goodnight Spotlight: Mya McDowell

When Humans Are Gone, What Animals Might Evolve to Have Our Smarts and Skills?

Publications

• Common motifs shared by conserved enhancers of Drosophila midline glial genes , Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (2010)
• Gene expression profiling of the developing Drosophila CNS midline cells , Developmental Biology (2004)

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