PROTIST

Protists

The word "protist" is used as a catch-all to describe incredibly diverse single-celled eukaryotes. There are protists related to plants, protists related to fungi, protists related to animals, and protists that form their own distinct lineages.

Study

Symbiosis: How do cells from different branches of life interact? What molecules are exchanged? What mediates their interactions?

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Biomineralization: How does life concentrate elements to seed and control mineral formation? What is the function of the complex forms created?

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Evolution: How can studying diversity inform us of the link between information (DNA sequence) and form and function (phenotype)?

Projects