Sergio Munoz-Gomez
Title:
Assistant Professor
PhD Granting Institution:
Dalhousie University
Contact:
Email Address: samunozg@purdue.edu
Office Phone: 765-494-6384
Lab Website Link: https://ecsolab.com
Primary Training Group:
Computational and Systems Biology
Secondary Training Groups:
Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Research Areas:
major transitions in evolution; deep phylogeny; origin of eukaryotes; origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts; symbiosis; symbiotic organelles; cell evolution; evolutionary cell biology
Current Projects:
1. The physiological role of mitochondria in the origin and evolution of eukaryotes 2. The energetic costs of new genes and cellular complexity 3. The costs and benefits of phagocytosis in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells 4. The ecological drivers of photosymbiotic associations 5. The physiology and ecology of purple photosymbioses
Importance of Interdisciplinary Research:
Our research lies at the interface between microbiology, cell biology and physiology, and evolutionary biology.