The Dalton Lab


Our lab studies the genes essential for life (i.e. we need them to survive).

These genes:

  • Underlie many rare diseases, such as Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDGs) and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) deficiencies.

  • Represent rich, untapped biology due to interconnected pathways and challenges in modeling null mutations.

  • Are well-conserved and thereby great to study with model organisms - like fruit flies!

    Some of the things our lab does:

  • Drug screens for therapeutics and biology

  • Making and phenotyping new models in flies and cells

  • Testing human cell lines to determine the impact of pathways and treatments

  • Unexplored-but-exciting ideas like aging and retrocopy analysis of essential genes

  • Please see research for more information!



  • News

    Aug 2024

    The Dalton Lab will officially open on August 19th, 2024.

    May 2024

    Hans presented at the KU Center for Genomics Symposium.

    Mar 2024

    Hans spoke at The Allied Genetics Conference and presented a poster at the 2024 Sanford Burnham Prebys Rare Disease Day Symposium.

    Jan 2024

    This website is created — our lab is officially starting!

    Dec 2023

    My announcement article on the KU website is launched!

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