Joe Peters
The Peters lab studies microbial evolution via mobile genetic elements. We are interested in how mobile elements evolve new functions within host-associated bacteria. Students in the lab will develop skills in bioinformatics, molecular genetics, and biochemistry. An example student project is using sequencing data to characterize insertion sites of a transposon across a bacterial genome.
Title: Professor
Department: Microbiology
Roles: Faculty, Potential MFF (REU) Host, Potential Undergraduate Mentor
Research Areas: Bacteria, Disease Ecology and Evolution, Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology of Infection, Microbiota and Microbiomes, Viruses
Lab: https://micro.cornell.edu/people/joseph-peters/
Email: jep48@cornell.edu