Martin Feder, University of Chicago
Professor
Chicago, Illinois
m-feder@uchicago.edu
Office:
(773) 702-8096
Bio/Research
My research focuses on understanding adaptation to the environment from both a mechanistic and evolutionary perspective; i.e., how organisms function in natural environments, the mechanisms underlying this function, the evolutionary origin, maintenance, and constraint of this function, the evolut...
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Bio/Research
My research focuses on understanding adaptation to the environment from both a mechanistic and evolutionary perspective; i.e., how organisms function in natural environments, the mechanisms underlying this function, the evolutionary origin, maintenance, and constraint of this function, the evolutionary consequences of variation in function, and how all of these aspects are encoded or reflected in the genome. Thus, my research focuses at the intersection of the four disciplinary domains shown to the left; i.e., evolutionary and ecological functional genomics. My research program addresses this suite of issues through a multidisciplinary, problem-oriented approach.
My present emphasis is on ecological and evolutionary physiology of the stress response [the induction of a specific suite of proteins (stress or heat-shock proteins) by extreme temperatures and other stresses]. Several projects are underway, with a common theme: HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS AND GENES
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My present emphasis is on ecological and evolutionary physiology of the stress response [the induction of a specific suite of proteins (stress or heat-shock proteins) by extreme temperatures and other stresses]. Several projects are underway, with a common theme: HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS AND GENES
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