Keith Maggert

Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Associate Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP

Associate Professor, Genetics - GIDP

Vice Chair, Genetics - GIDP

Member of the Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor, Entomology / Insect Science - GIDP

Life Sciences South, 225

520-621-1637

kamaggert@arizona.edu

2015 -

Genetic and molecular analyses of epigenetic stability in model systems and human cancers; University of Arizona, principal investigator

2004 - 2015

Genetic and molecular analyses of epigenetic gene regulation of the ribosomal DNA; Texas A&M University, principal investigator

2000 - 2004

Genetic and molecular analyses of chromosome imprinting in Drosophila melanogaster; Dr. Kent G. Golic, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (2000-2001, 2002-2004) and The Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri (2001-2002), postdoctoral research

1996 - 2000

Epigenetic regulation of centromere and neocentromere activity in Drosophila melanogaster; Dr. Gary H. Karpen, The Salk Institute/University of California San Diego, California, graduate research

1993 - 1996

Genetic regulation of mesoderm determination and differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster; Dr. Michael S. Levine, University of California San Diego, California, graduate research

1990 - 1992

Structure and regulation of the vacuolar H+-pumping ATP hydrolase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Dr. Lincoln Taiz, University of California Santa Cruz, California, undergraduate research

Research Interest

Chromatin, Gene regulation, Epigenetics, Repeat gene stability, Genetics, Transposable elements / transposons / retrotransposable elements / retrotransposons, Satellite DNA, Chromosome biology and cytogenetics

Offering Research Opportunities

Yes

Prerequisite Courses

None

Majors Considered

All

Types of Opportunities

Paid

Volunteer

For credit

Description of Opportunity

No description given