The breathtaking diversity of life that surrounds us is the underlying inspiration for our lab’s research and training goals that are powered by collaborations worldwide.
The Bhattacharya Lab (dblab) has long-standing interests in algal/protist and coral evolution and genomics and specific projects include elucidating the endosymbiotic origin of photosynthetic organelles (plastids), advancing coral biology and conservation, erecting and testing the eukaryotic tree of life, understanding the role of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryote evolution, and developing engineering solutions for field monitoring of threatened species.