Computational Genetics and Evolution @UNM
Davorka's paper on Plasticity in Genetic Architecture of Human Complex Traits is out. [paper]
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Check out our work on Microbial Diversity in Antarctic Lakes [paper]
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Congratulations to Shweta on an amazing MS defense and on starting her PhD. We are very happy she chose to stay in our lab.
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Check out Davorka's paper on Mechanisms of Rapid Evolution in Changing Environments [paper]
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Davorka and Mitchell's paper on Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity Owing to Migration is out. [paper]
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Check out Eve and Davorka's paper on how Spatial Storage Effect Facilitates Evolutionary Rescue in Rapidly Changing Environments. [paper]
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Congrats to Adina on starting her PhD at UC Davis. We miss her greatly and await her visit.
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Congrats to Katerina on earning her MS in Biomedical Engineering. We are happy she is staying at UNM and will visit when she can.
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Shweta's and Katerina's podcast about Evolution is up and running -- [youtube]
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Check out Davorka's new paper on inferring pleiotropic genes -- [paper]
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Mitchell's paper on Scaling in branch thickness and the fractal aesthetic of trees is out. [paper]
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And that's a wrap ....
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Davorka's collaborative paper on The evolutionary cost of homophily: social stratification facilitates stable variant coexistence and increased rates of evolution in host-associated pathogens is out. [paper]
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Nawsheen is the People Choice Award Winner of the Sustainable Research Pathways (SRP) 2024 Lightening Talks and has also won a full ride to SIAM MDS 2024, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Congratulations to Dr. Dadashi on defending her PhD thesis Evolution in Complex Systems: A Computational Perspective!!!! While Andisheh will continue on her Tenure Track Position at the UNM-Valencia, she will also be a part of our group as a Visiting Assistant Professor.
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Congratulations to Adina on defending her amazing Honors Thesis Epistasis Modulates Levels of Balanced Polymorphism in Changing Environments!!!!!!
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Nawsheen won the prestigious internship at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Andisheh won the Best Presentation Award at ICBCB 2024, Tokyo, Japan.
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Nawsheen's paper on Rapid evolution of phenotypic plasticity in patchy habitats is out. [paper]
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Adina won Best Undergraduate Evolution Poster at SACNAS 2023 Meeting.
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Mitchell joins UNM as a Research Assistant Professor.
