About me

Eniolaye Balogun (Ph.D. student)

I earned my B.S. in Molecular Biology at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus in 2019. I am currently studying the effect of de novo mutation on variation (i.e., global gene expression and phototactic rate) in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Additionally, I am exploring Michael Lynch’s Drift Barrier Hypothesis and its possible use in inferring the relative fitness effects of indels and SNMs given their respective mutation rates .

My special interests include baking, sewing, yoga and generally everything involving physical fitness.

Publications

  1. Balogun Eniolaye J, Ness Rob W. 2024. The Effects of De Novo Mutation on Gene Expression and the Consequences for Fitness in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Molecular biology and evolution. 41(3). doi:10.1093/molbev/msae035

  2. López-Cortegano Eugenio, Craig Rory J, Chebib Jobran, Balogun Eniolaye J and D Keightley Peter D. 2023. Rates and spectra of de novo structural mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Genome Research. 33(1). doi: 10.1101/gr.276957.122