Laboratories

How does evolution shape bones and muscles that are used in multiple biomechanical systems? This question has inspired the Farina laboratory's interest in fish gill ventilation. Collectively, Stacy Farina and her laboratory team study the diversity and biomechanics of gill chambers in fishes. 

The vision at the W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory emphasizes allowing biological anthropology to take the lead in expanding the frontiers of an inclusive integrative anthropologic mindset into the broad dimensions of science. Howard University has had a long commitment to understanding the societal implications of science and we do not expect to waiver from this now. 

Welcome to Teng Lab!
Bioinformatics is a new scientific discipline that utilizes computational approaches for understanding the biological meanings behind the large amounts of complex data generated from high-throughput technologies. The goal of the Teng lab is to develop and apply bioinformatics approaches for analyzing the genetic variations associated with human diseases and discovering biological knowledge hidden in the massive data sets. We are currently focused on three research areas including next-generation sequencing, machine learning and protein structure modeling.

Visit the Laboratory of Hemayet Ullah. As a part of Plant Biotechnology based project, the Ullah lab, with collaboration from Dr. Sivanesan Dakshanamurth of Georgetown University, has developed several functional modulators of a plant protein that negatively regulates the environmental stress resistance pathways. The same scaffold protein is widely implicated in the translation process of selected viruses including HIV1. 

The Burke Lab specializes in plant systematics and plant evolutionary biology, using two groups, the Polygonaceae (knotweeds) and Melastomataceae (princess flowers), as systems. We utilize phylogenetic methodology as a tool to investigate facets of plant evolution, such as breeding systems, pollination syndromes and morphology. In turn, these data are used to revise taxonomy, the plant classification scheme. Current projects also investigate drivers of speciation, plant/ insect interactions and plant distribution changes in line with climate change projections.