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Gillian Gile is an evolutionary microbiologist who studies symbiosis, defined as a relationship between distinct organisms that is maintained over evolutionary time. Microbial eukaryotes, the single-celled relatives of plants and animals also known as protists, engage in a fascinating array of partnerships with each other, with bacteria, and even with plants and animals.
One such symbiosis is the partnership between termites and the protists that live in their guts and help with wood digestion. Another study system is the far more ancient symbiosis between a protist and a photosynthetic bacterium that ultimately led to the complex cells of modern plants and algae. Professor Gile uses molecular biology, phylogenetics, and comparative genomics techniques to understand how the protists in these symbioses interact and co-evolve with their partners.
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Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MIC 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 494 | Special Topics |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
BDE 792 | Research |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 340 | General Genetics |
BIO 394 | Special Topics |
MIC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BDE 792 | Research |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MIC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MIC 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 494 | Special Topics |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
BDE 792 | Research |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 340 | General Genetics |
BIO 394 | Special Topics |
MIC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MIC 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 494 | Special Topics |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
BDE 792 | Research |
BDE 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 340 | General Genetics |
BIO 394 | Special Topics |
MIC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MIC 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 494 | Special Topics |
MIC 494 | Special Topics |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
MBB 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 340 | General Genetics |
BIO 394 | Special Topics |
MIC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 340 | General Genetics |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |