The Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Phenotypic Evolution of Assistant Professor Ella Preger-Ben Noon.
Our lab studies the molecular mechanisms underlying enhancer function and evolution.
We investigate how mutations in these regulatory DNA sequences lead to the evolution of animal body form.
To address these questions, we combine the powerful genetic toolkit of the fruit fly Drosophila with cutting-edge
techniques of cell type-specific genomics, single-molecule live imaging and genome editing.
Our approach allows us to untangle the precise molecular mechanisms that underlie phenotypic changes between
closely related species and to uncover new models of gene regulation.