Vertebrate Genomics at the Broad Institute

Identifying genes and mutations of relevance for canine and human disease.

The Karlsson Lab at the UMass Medical School

Using evolution as a tool for understanding how the human genome works.

Lindblad-Toh Lab, SciLifeLab | Uppsala University

Studying the importance of evolutionary constraint and acceleration for mammalian evolution and canine and human disease.

Meet The Team

Cuartiellas Lab at University Pompeu Fabra

Medicine and Life Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology

Establishing linkes between genomes and phenomes within and across species

Members:
Arcadi Navarro Cuartiellas
Alejandro Valenzuela
Fabio Barteri
Gerard Muntané
David Juan

DiPalma Lab at at the University of East Anglia

Members:
Federica DiPalma

Fauna Bio

Members:
Linda Goodman

Gatesy Lab at American Museum of Natural History

Mammalogy

Members:
John Gatesy

Gazal Lab at University of Southern California

Department of Population and Public Health Sciences

Our lab develops and applies statistical methods to understand the genetic basis of human disease.

Members:
Steven Gazal
Juehan Wang

Hiller Lab at Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics & Senckenberg Research Institute

Comparative Genomics

Understanding the genomic basis of phenotypic differences between species

Members:
Michael Hiller

Hindle Lab at University of Nevada – Las Vegas

Members:
Allyson Hindle
Cornelia Fanter

Huson Lab at Cornell University

Department of Animal Science

Members:
Heather Jay Huson
Srikanth Krishnamoorthy

Hubley Lab at Institute for Systems Biology

Deploying large-scale functional genomics to understand species differences.

Members:
Robert Hubley

Hughes Lab at the University College Dublin

School of Biology and Environmental Science

Our lab focuses on using bioinformatics and phylogenetics to explore sensory perception and genome evolution

Members:
Gill Bejerano
Colleen Lawless
Louise Ryan
Katie Herron
Nina Trubanova (co-supervised)
Unmani Jaygude (co-supervised)
Samuel Carthy (co-supervised)

Karlsson Lab at Broad Institute & UMass Medical School

Using evolution as a tool for understanding how the human genome works.

Members:
Elinor Karlsson
Bruce Birren
Diane Genereux
Justin Turner-Meier
Ross Swofford
Shirley Xue Li

Koepfli Lab at George Mason University

Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation

Members:
Klaus-Peter Koepfli

Lewin Lab at University of California – Davis

Evolution and Ecology

Members:
Harris Lewin
Joana Damas

Leveque Lab at University of Maine

School of Biology and Ecology

Members:
Danielle Leveque
Ana Breit (Former)

Lindbald-Toh lab at Uppsala University

Studying the importance of evolutionary constraint and acceleration for mammalian evolution and canine and human disease.

Members:
Kerstin Lindblah-Toh
Michael Dong
Voichita Marinescu
Jennifer Meadows
Eva Murren
Ola Wallerman
Elisabeth Sundström

Marques-Bonet Lab at Pompeu Fabra University

Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology

Members:
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Aitor Seres
David de Juan

Meyer Lab at Lehigh University

Members:
Wynn Meyer
Katie Foley

Murphy Lab at Texas A&M

Veterinary Integrative Biosciences

Applying comparative genomic approaches to study adaptation, speciation, and diversification in mammals, to connect genotype to phenotype.

Members:
Bill Murphy
Nicole Foley
Andrew Harris
Kevin Bredemeyer

Narwhal Tusk Research at Harvard

Harvard Catalyst, Clinical and Translational Science Center

Members:
Martin Thomas Nweeia

Paten Lab at University of California – Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute

Members:
Benedict Paten
Joel Armstrong

Pfenning Lab at Carnegie Mellon University

Computational Biology Department and Biological Sciences Department

Comparative epigenomics with machine learning to understand the genetic basis of complex traits within humans and across mammals.

Members:
Andreas Pfenning
Irene Miriam Kaplow
Ashley Brown
BaDoi Phan
Chaitanya Srinivasan
Daniel Schaffer
Alyssa Lawler (former)
Morgan Wirthlin (former)

 

Pollard Lab at Gladstone Institute and UCSF

Lineage-specific accelerated regions and gene loss

Members:
Katie Pollard
Kathleen Keough
Abigail Lind

Ray Lab at Texas Tech

Biological Sciences

Our lab focuses on the study of genomes and genome evolution with an emphasis on transposable elements. Our model organisms include bats and other mammals, crocodilians and several insects.

Members:
David Ray
Carlos J. Garcia
Nicole Paulat
Austin Osmanksi
Jenna Grimshaw
Jennifer Korstian (former)
Kevin Sullivan (former)
Michaela Halsey (former)

Reilly Lab at Yale School of Medicine

Department of Genetics

Members:
Steve Reilly

Ruf Lab at Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt

Messelforschung und Mammalogie

Understanding evolution, systematics and development of mammals by means of comparative and functional morphology

Members:
Irina Ruf
Rebecca Hofmann
Mathias Wirkner

Ryder Lab at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Members:
Oliver Ryder

Sabeti at Harvard University

Members:
Pardis Sabeti

San Diego Zoo Global

We use innovative genetic and cellular approaches to assess, monitor, and manage endangered species

Members:
Aryn Wilder
Oliver Ryder
Cynthia Steiner

Smit Lan at Institute for Systems Biology

Members:
Arian Smit
Robert Hubley
Jessica Storer
Jeb Rosen (former)

Springer Lab at University of California
– Riverside

Members:
Mark Springer

Sullivan Lab at University of North Carolina

Genetics and Psychiatry

Members:
Patrick Sullivan

Teeling Lab at University College, Dublin

School of Biology and Environmental Science

Members:
Emma Teeling
Zixia Huang

Tewhey Lab at Jackson Labs

Members:
Ryan Tewhey

Weng Lab at UMass Chan Medical School

Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology

Members:
Zhiping Weng