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   Q. Q. Fang, Ph.D. 

   Professor

   Department of Biology

   P.O. Box 8042

   Georgia Southern University

   Statesboro, GA 30460

   U.S.A. 

 

   Research

 

My research at GSU has been focused on two areas: tick molecular systematics and molecular vector biology, including tick and pathogen relations.

 

My primary research interests in molecular systematics are to develop and test phylogenetic utilities of previously unused nuclear protein-encoding genes in ticks and insects. Comparing with the mitochondrial genes, nuclear protein-encoding genes are under used in phylogenetic reconstruction. 

 

Investigations into the utility of nuclear protein-encoding genes for systematic are needed because animal and plant biodiversity is primarily determined by the nuclear genomes. Mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes are useful for phylogenetic studies, but we cannot expect to use these limited number of genes for reconstructing the tree of life for all organisms at all taxonomic levels. A robust phylogeny comes from multiple, independent datasets.  The nuclear genomes are potentially rich resources of phylogenetic characters.

 

The major obstacle in using of nuclear protein-encoding genes is the PCR primer definition, because, unlike the mitochondrial and ribosomal genes, in which the "universal" primers are available, nuclear protein-encoding genes usually do not share the "universal" primers.  With a grant funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), my laboratory has been developing a laboratory strategy for utilizing of protein-encoding genes in tick and insect phylogenetic analyses without building cDNA libraries. 

 

In addition to tick molecular systematics, my laboratory also involves in the studies of  molecular vector biology and molecular population genetics of ticks.  We are also investigating genes that are promising in development of anti-tick vaccines. 

 

(See Fang's publications and presentations). 

 

   Teaching

 

I teach courses at multiple levels, including the Cellular and Molecular Biology (laboratory), Genetics, Biotechniques, Molecular Biology, Molecular Systematics, and Molecular Ecology.  In addition to regular courses,  I also offer Biol 4890, the undergraduate research training course and, sometimes, the seminar courses.

 

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