DEVAKI BHAYA

Department of Plant Biology
Carnegie Institution for Science
260 Panama Street,Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: (650) 325-1521 x282
Fax: (650) 325-6857 

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 I am broadly interested in how photosynthetic microorganisms perceive and evolve in response to environmental stressors. The focus in my lab is on cyanobacteria which are abundant, globally relevant and have been used to probe environmentally important processes ranging from photosynthesis to symbioses to circadian rhythms. Current projects which are inter-related and inter-disciplinary include (i) molecular dissection and mathematical modeling of phototaxis in Synechocystis sp. (ii) an analysis of microbial mats, linking eco-physiology and gene expression in complex communities (iii) a comparative genomic and metagenomic analyses of cyanobacterial diversity and stress responses and (iv) probing the emerging role of cyanophages in microbial communities.

If you are interested in getting more information or working in the lab please contact me directly or read more about these projects on my website pages.