The Bhaya Lab

Devaki Bhaya

Department of Plant Biology

Carnegie Institution for Science
260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305

Professor (by courtesy)
Department of Biology
Stanford University

Phone: (650) 739-4282 Fax: (650) 325-6857

Email: dbhaya@stanford.edu dbhaya@carnegiescience.edu

Research in my lab is driven by an interest in understanding how photosynthetic microorganisms

perceive and evolve in response to environmental stressors, such as light, nutrients and viral attack.

We focus on cyanobacteria which are abundant, globally relevant and have been used to probe environmentally important processes ranging from photosynthesis to symbioses to circadian rhythms.

We work both with model organisms and with cyanobacteria in naturally occurring communities. Recently,we have started to develop synthetic biology-inspired approaches to use in cyanobacteria.

Current projects include:

• Molecular dissection, mathematical modeling of social behavior and phototaxis

• Stress responses in model cyanobacteria and extremophiles

• Comparative genomic and metagenomic analyses of mixed microbial communities

• Emerging role of cyanophages in microbial communities