Environmental phenomena such as light, gravity, the earth’s magnetic pull, and our atmosphere are, for all practical purposes, inescapable. By providing the context for genetic variation, the environment has dictated our very evolution. That is, the human body’s unique response to the environment defines who we are as a species. Much of the work we conduct in our laboratory is dedicated to using science to elucidate and, ultimately, to change the way the human body interacts with and responds to the environment on a molecular level.
PHILOSOPHY
Rather than being constrained by any particular scientific discipline, we approach scientific discovery by allowing the research question to define our approach. This line of attack involves combining tools and knowledge from multiple scientific disciplines ranging from chemistry to biology in order to tackle fundamental problems of great interest.There are no rules here.
