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F. Rob Jackson, Ph.D. |
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Professor of Neuroscience
Genetics, Neuroscience
rob.jackson@tufts.edu
The endogenous, 24-hour clocks of animals, from fruitflies to humans, use similar biochemical mechanisms to regulate the daily timing of molecular, cellular, and physiological processes. My lab employs the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system for the genetic analysis of such clocks. We study how endogenous clock systems respond to and are reset by environmental signals (e.g., light), as well as the molecular and cellular pathways in the brain that communicate temporal information to the rest of the organism. Our research, including investigation of the molecular basis of clock systems, has implications for understanding the etiology of diseases that affect biological rhythms, such as the human sleep-wake cycle.
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