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Connecting genetic variation to function<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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We use the model organism S. cerevisiae<\/em> to measure how changes in the sequences of yeast and human genes alter their function, with a focus on metabolic enzymes and drug targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who we are<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Meet the members of the lab! We are faculty and undergraduate students at Gonzaga University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pharmacogenetics<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Understanding how variation in genetic sequence may contribute to how people respond to pharmaceutical drugs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Experimental evolution<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Studying the genetic changes in yeast after prolonged exposure to different conditions, to understand how genes contribute to phenotypes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our research is possible thanks to support from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust<\/a> and the Gonzaga Science Research Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logo design by Chiara Ricci-Tam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Connecting genetic variation to function We use the model organism S. cerevisiae to measure how changes in the sequences of yeast and human genes alter their function, with a focus on metabolic enzymes and drug targets. Who we are Meet the members of the lab! We are faculty and undergraduate students at Gonzaga University. Pharmacogenetics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":632,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}