Research Interests:
•Evolutionary biology, species interactions, chemical and microbial ecology, genetics and genomics, neurobiology and behavior.
Education & Experience:
2007-present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University.
•Genetics and evolution of C. elegans behavior.
2001-2007: Ph.D. in Biology, Harvard University.
•Dissertation: Mechanisms and consequences of cross-talk among plant
defense pathways encoding resistance to pathogens and herbivores.
•Advisors: Dr. Naomi Pierce & Dr. Fred Ausubel
1999-2001: Research Technician, University of California-San Francisco
•Genetic and genomic tools to study the human-pathogenic fungus
Histoplasma capsulatum. Laboratory of Dr. Anita Sil.
1995-1999: B.S. in Conservation and Resource Studies, University of
California-Berkeley. Self-designed major: Chemical and Fungal Ecology.
Publications:
Sangster TA, Bahrami AK, Wilczek A, Wantanabe E, Schellenberg K, McLellan
C, Kelley A, Kong SW, Queitsch C & Lindquist S (2007). Phenotypic
diversity and altered environmental plasticity in Arabidopsis thaliana with
Gebhart D*, Bahrami AK* & Sil A (2006). Identification of a copper-inducible
promoter for use in ectopic expression in the fungal pathogen Histoplasma
(*co-first author)
Cui J*, Bahrami AK*, Pringle EG, Hernandez-Guzman G, Bender C, Pierce NE
& Ausubel FM (2005). Pseudomonas syringae manipulates systemic plant
defenses against pathogens and herbivores. Proceedings of the National
(*co-first author)
Hwang L, Hocking-Murray D, Bahrami AK, Andersson M, Rine J & Sil A (2003).
Identifying phase-specific genes in the fungal pathogen Histoplasma
capsulatum using a genomic shotgun microarray. Molecular Biology of the
Additional Interests:
Brazilian music, folk musical instruments, and woodworking
Hometown:
La Cañada, California (Los Angeles)