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title: "Tejashree Modak"
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Current research project: My postdoctoral research is focused on developing a pipeline for identifying and characterizing duplications in genomes in order to understand their role and evolutionary significance. Currently I am using the eastern oyster as a model organism to design and test the CNV pipeline. 

Interests: I am interested in using computational biology approaches including designing pipelines to analyze various omics data to study evolutionary biology. 
I have research experience in a range of topics including behavioral ecology, microbiology, phylogenetics, invertebrate immunology, host-microbe interaction and most recently structural variation. 
My research areas of interest include comparative immunology, comparative genomics, host-microbe interaction and broadly evolutionary biology. I am also interested in developing industrial applications informed by my research. For example, my dissertation research explains underlying molecular mechanisms and advantages of using probiotics in larviculture of oysters. 

## Publications 
### In prep
Modak T and Gómez-Chiarri M. Characterization of Crassostrea virginica larval response to Vibrio coralliilyticus RE22.

Modak T and Gómez-Chiarri M. Immunological response of Crassostrea virginica larvae to probiotics Bacillus pumilus RI06-95 and Phaeobacter inhibens S4.

Sohn S, Modak T, Schmidt V, Dao C, Hamblin M, Gómez-Chiarri M, Worthen D.R, Markey Lundgren   K, Tammi K, Smolowitz R, Gregg L, Allen Jr. SK, Nelson D., and Rowley D. Use of formulated probiotic Bacillus pumilus RI06-95 for preventing Vibriosis in larviculture of the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica.

### Published
Stevick R, Sohn S, Modak T, Nelson D., and Rowley D., Tammi K, Smolowitz R, Post A, Gómez-  Chiarri M. Bacterial community dynamics in an oyster hatchery in response to probiotic treatment. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:1060. 

McDowell, I., Modak, T., Lane, C., and Gomez-Chiarri, M. (2016). Multi-species protein similarity clustering reveals novel expanded immune gene families in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Fish Shellfish Immunology. 53, 13–23.

Modak T., Pradhan S. and Watve M. (2007) Sociobiology of Biodegradation and the Role of Predatory Protozoa in Biodegrading Communities. Journal of Biosciences. 32, 775- 780.