Inderpreet S. Jalli, Graduate Student of Biology

Contact Info:

Office Location:	319 Biological Sciences Building
Office Phone:	9196607302
Email Address:

Office Hours:

9 am to 10 am Friday

Education:

BS

University of Houston

2006

Specialties:

Evolution
Biophysics
Organismal Biology and Behavior

Research Interests: Evolution of Metabolic Networks

The metabolic pathways that exploit folate molecules in humans are critical to cell functioning. These pathways are linked to many major cell operations such as DNA methylation, and form an inter-related network within the cell. In other organisms such as plants, fungi, and e coli, this is also the case. But, the folate networks are not identical to the human manifestation. They have features that reflect the unique adaptations (extreme condition survival, photosynthesis, etc) seen in their respective species. My work is to consider how a general network structure (of the folate network) is modified in different ways to suit the needs of various representative organisms. The work will provide clues to ancestral mechanisms of folate biochemistry, and perhaps to the evolution of folate usage in biological systems.

Areas of Interest:

Mathematical modeling of biological networks.
Evolution of biological networks.

Keywords:

folate • mathematical • modeling • evolution • yeast • plant