Douglas L. Crawford

Professor Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami FL, 2006- present

Post. Doctoral 1990-91,Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station

Ph. D. 1989, Mol. Biol/Mol. Evol, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

M.S. 1983, Ecol. Physiology , University of Kansas, Lawrence

B.A. 1980, Zoology; University of Washington, Seattle

The research in my laboratory investigates the functional importance of natural variation; specifically the variation in gene expression, the molecular mechanisms that affects the variation in expression and the physiological consequences of this variation.  To better understand the biological importance of this variation, my research group integrates different levels of biological understanding: physiology, enzyme functions, DNA sequence variation and genomics. These analyses are strengthened by evolutionary analyses to distinguish random neutral variation from variation due to natural selection.  It is this combination of approaches, evolutionary biology with physiological genomics, that is my laboratory’s strength.

List of Publications

Limited PubMed

Research Projects

Prospective Graduate Students

Prospective Undergraduate Students

Laboratory and Research Tools

Protocols 

Contact:  mfoleksiak@rsmas.miami.edu or 
              dcrawford@rsmas.miami.edu