IRIE lab

     

WHAT WE FOCUS


Evo-Devo: Are there any general rules between ontogeny (embryogenesis) and phylogeny (evolution)? Classic hypothesis proposed that we passed through fish-like stage when we were fetus, but does this have something to do with our evolutionary history?

Evolvability/Evolutionary Prediction: Bodyplan evolution seems to be very conservative when compared to other features (e.g. size, coat color), but why? Can we quantitate which animals, phenotypes, or developmental system tends to evolve more? Is it possible that we quantitate evolvability (or constrained status) of animal features?

Evolvedness: Which developmental systems of animal species are more evolved? Can we say tadpole stage of frogs are more ancestral, and later stages (e.g., adult) are more evolved?
Others: We are chimera by nature, having maternal cells in our body, but what are the roles of these microchimeric cells? Is there a possibility that maternal cess are involved in an onset/progress of fetal disease?

We'll jump into whatever we feel it exciting, and we welcome students / postdocs to propose any other research topics.

MAJOR FINDINGS & PROPOSED IDEAS




GENERAL RULE IN
EMBRYONIC EVOLUTION?
TURTLE: ANIMAL WITH
STRANGE ANATOMY
MICROCHIMERISM INVOLVED
IN CONGENITAL DISEASE?
SLOWLY EVOLVING ANIMALS
NO NEW GENES NEEDED TO
EVOLVE BIRDS!?
GENE REUSAGE CONSTRAINS MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION!?
ECHINODERMS: NOT THAT STRANGE?
WHAT MOTHER TAUGHT
YOU THROUGH HER CELLS



IRIE lab. - Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science