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Kale Hartmann

Graduate Student, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology
B.S. Siena College (2014)
started in the lab April 2015


Research Interests

Crossovers (COs) between homologous chromosomes ensure proper meiosis I segregation, but to do so they must be in the right places along the chromosome. Crossovers near the centromere can disrupt segregation and are a common cause of nondisjunction of chromosome 21 that leads to Down Syndrome. In many animals there is a strong "centromere effect" that prevents crossovers too close to the centromere. I am using Drosophila melanogaster, the organism in which this phenomenon was first discovered, to elucidate properties and mechanisms of the centromere effect.

Publications from research in the Sekelsky Lab

Awards

Leadership Roles

  • Coordinator, DNA Day Connect (2015-2017).



 

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