Principal Investigator
Peter Atkinson
Insect Genetics & Transposable Elements
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: peter.atkinson@ucr.edu
Office Information
2234A Genomics Building (Faculty Office)
2258 Genomics Building (Deans Office)
Education
- B. Sc. (Honors) University of Melbourne, Australia
- Ph. D. University of Melbourne, Australia
Departments / Programs
- Department of Entomology
- CNAS Deans Office
- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology
- Center for Infectious and Disease Vector Research
- Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology
- Entomology Graduate Program
- Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases
Research Areas
- Insect genetic control
- Genetics of medical and agricultural important insects
- Development of transposable elements as gene vectors in insects
- Transposable elements and DNA recombination
- Mosquito Genomics
- Agricultural Pest Control
- Transposons in Human Gene Therapy
Postdoctoral Scholars
Inaiara de Souza Pacheco
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D.
Lab Location: Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: inaiara.desouzapacheco@ucr.edu
Graduate Students
Sally Ireri
Graduate Student, Entomology
Cell, Molecular and Developmental Interdepartmental Graduate Program
Program: Ph.D.
Lab Location: Genomics
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: sally.ireri@email.ucr.edu
Alexander Valenzuela
Graduate Student, Plant Sciences
Plant Biology Graduate Program (with Prof. Walling)
Program: Ph.D.
Lab Location: Botany & Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: alex.valenzuela@email.ucr.edu
Undergraduate Students
Michelle Algier
Eric Cheang
Cynthia De León
Shiraz Mogul
Russell Woo
Lab Staff
Alyssa Abuda (with Prof Walling)
Timothy Roose (with Prof’s Walling and Redak)
Valerie Baule (with Prof Walling)