Welcome to the Fish Evo Devo Geno Lab!
Our research focuses on genomic and morphological change in vertebrates over long macro-evolutionary timescales. We utilize diverse groups of fishes such as gar, bowfin, zebrafish, medaka, and killifishes as model systems to answer fundamental questions about the developmental and genomic basis of major transitions during vertebrate animal evolution, including our own human lineage.
Our integrative research program combines comparative genomics with experimental developmental studies of gene functions to answer questions that have long interested evolutionary biologists: (1) How does biodiversity arise from diversification of genome content by gen(om)e duplication and gene loss? (2) How do changes in gene regulation contribute to evolutionary novelties and key innovations? (3) How can evolutionary genetic principles be applied to improve the understanding of human disease? |
Lab News
Latest Publications
Thompson et al. (2022) Genome of the Rio Pearlfish (Nematolebias whitei), a bi-annual killifish model for Eco-Evo-Devo in extreme environments
G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics Red the MSU Today story here.
2023
February 2023
We are glad to have contributed to the GenoFish Consortium that used genome structure analyses of many new fish genomes to resolve one of the most stubborn nodes of teleost fish phylogeny. After decades long debates, it turns out that the previously least suspicious solution is the one: Elopomorpha (eels and tarpons) and Osteoglossomorpha (bony tongues) are each others closest relatives.
2022
October 2022
August 2022Two special members of our lab family move on to new positions:
July 2022
February 2022
The Rio Pearlfish genome article is published in G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics!
See Ingo's talk on the Bowfin Genome project from the Genomes of Animals & Plants Virtual Conference.
January 2022We have a new Zebrafish Facility Manager: Gia! Thanks to Taylor for all the good work keeping our facility afloat during the pandemic!
Three new undergraduate researchers are joining the team: Daniel, Chloe, and Keyana.
2021
October 2021
Our lab manager retires. Thanks for everything, Camilla - we will miss you!
August 2021
Three new PhD students join the lab - our international lab is growing!
Welcome Jamily, Brooke, and Hao! Check out Cameron's interview with The Sci-Files on zebrafish neural crest Evo-Devo:
July 2021Thanks to NSF IOS for supplemental funding to support post-baccalaureate student Rachel Alcorn over the next year to work on garnomics!
June 2021
Cameron leaves for graduate school at University of Colorado Anschutz. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
May 2021
Undergraduate Research Assistants Cameron and Rachel graduate - congrats to your achievement awards! We're glad you stay on to push our science forward!
2020December 2020
November 2020
We received a $1.6 Mio. NSF IOS EDGE grant together with our collaborators Allyse Ferrara and Solomon David from Nicholls State University! More info here via MSU Today and NSF IOS.
October 2020
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