Professor Dr. Ina Anreiter

Biography

Ina Anreiter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on gene regulatory processes that influence behavior, with particular attention to how inherited genetic information and environmental factors interact to shape biological development and physiology. Anreiter's work explores the Impact of experiences on behavioral science, emphasizing the epigenetic mechanisms such as chemical modifications of DNA and RNA that can affect gene expression and behavior. She employs Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to study RNA modifications (epitranscriptomics) and their role in regulating behavior. Anreiter's research encompasses several key questions, including the regulation of physiology and metabolism related to food, the influence of epitranscriptomic regulation on sleep, circadian rhythms, and learning, as well as the molecular pathways involved in mRNA methylation and behavioral plasticity. Anreiter is currently accepting MSc and PhD students to join her lab and advance research in these vital areas.

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