Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences
Wolfner’s research focuses on understanding the important reproductive processes that occur around the time when a sperm fertilizes an egg at the molecular/gene level, and her lab uses the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, for most of its work. Many of the genes and reproductive/developmental phenomena in flies have counterparts or analogues in other animals, including humans and insect vectors of disease.
Wolfner places a particular emphasis in her work on teaching and mentoring students in classes, in the research lab, and through informal interactions.
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