Research
EEE Lab is interested in understanding the responses of organisms to changing environments i.e. warming. Our approach is from ‘macrophysiology to molecules’. The focus is on the interaction between phenotypic plasticity and adaptation, and the relationship between underlying physiological and molecular mechanisms. Ecological changes drive evolution which acts on organism’s physiology and thereby fitness. The ecological conditions are never stable, and organisms must cope with varying conditions i.e. physiological performance or some form of regulation. We do it by either manipulating organisms or their environments. We also make use of experimental evolution to study how physiological systems function and evolve under defined conditions. The combined approach we follow helps us understand ecological patterns and processes, survival in and adaptation to a changing world.
pathways
Molecules
genes
Ongoing Projects:
A warming world and thermal preference (insect*microbe interactions).
Thermal properties of insect chemical secretions (cuticular hydrocarbons).
Heat-associated body water loss and its impact on fitness (metabolomics).
Temperature games of structural colours (interference patterns)
Life of a cold specialist in a warming world (SNPs-based characterization).
Our Approach: 'macrophysiology to molecules'
EEE Lab also hosts a resource on Indian Drosophila Ecology & Evolution (a window to Indian Drosophila clines DrosoCline). The research findings associated with this long-term study are regularly updated on the following web resource:
Lab, team, and collaborators
