Her research aims to unravel how tissue ecosystems are maintained by cellular communication. She is especially interested in how cells interact through cilia-related signaling pathways in the context of the innate immune system. Her laboratory has developed spatially-resolved optogenetic tools and biosensors to manipulate and monitor cell signaling in sub-cellular compartments. Using these tools, her laboratory has made seminar discoveries on the role of signaling pathways, especially G-protein coupled receptor and cAMP, in tissue development, homeostasis and disease.