The Dalton Lab
Our lab studies the genes essential for life (i.e. we need them to survive).
These genes:
Underlie many rare diseases, such as Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDGs) and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) deficiencies.
Represent rich, untapped biology due to interconnected pathways and challenges in modeling null mutations.
Are well-conserved and thereby great to study with model organisms - like fruit flies!
Some of the things our lab does:
Drug screens for therapeutics and biology
Making and phenotyping new models in flies and cells
Testing human cell lines to determine the impact of pathways and treatments
Unexplored-but-exciting ideas like aging and retrocopy analysis of essential genes
Please see research for more information!
News
Aug 2024The Dalton Lab will officially open on August 19th, 2024.
May 2024Hans presented at the KU Center for Genomics Symposium.
Mar 2024Hans spoke at The Allied Genetics Conference and presented a poster at the 2024 Sanford Burnham Prebys Rare Disease Day Symposium.
Jan 2024This website is created — our lab is officially starting!
Dec 2023My announcement article on the KU website is launched!