The long-term goal of the Kucenas Lab is to fundamentally understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that mediate neural-glial and glial-glial interactions during nervous system development and injury/regeneration. Using Danio rerio (zebrafish) as a model system, we combine genetic and pharmacological perturbation, single cell manipulation, laser ablation/axotomy, small molecule screening, and in vivo, time-lapse imaging to directly and continuously observe glial cell origins, behaviors, and interactions in an intact vertebrate.

Using auxinic herbicides to probe the evolution of flowering plants
By: Romi Ramos (Nemhauser Lab)

Fractal Skeletons: Measuring sea star body complexity using micro-CT scans
By: Mo Turner (Ruesink Lab)

Dr. Jennifer Ruesink
Response and effect traits in a phenotypically-variable marine foundation species

Dr. Emily Carrington
Losing their lifeline? Mussel attachment in dynamic coastal environments