Labs

Lab groups associated with BioKIC

The lab groups below are associated with BioKIC and contain links to their primary websites.

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Cadillo Lab

Lead: Hinsby Cadillo–Quiroz

Ecology of carbon rich ecosystems, interactions of microbes as potential ecosystem drivers, and genomics and evolution of microbes and their key innovations. 

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Cartwright Lab

Lead: Reed Cartwright

Interface of genetics, statistics, and software development. Development of statistical models to estimate evolutionary process from genomic datasets; primary focus on mutations.

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Franz Lab

Lead: Nico Franz

Systematics and biodiversity of New World insects, development of novel logic-based concepts and tools for biodiversity informatics, and novel forms of outreach related to these themes.

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Gile Lab

Lead: Gillian Gile

Protist diversity, evolution, and symbiosis; including termite hindgut protists, plastid evolution, and the Azolla-Nostoc symbiosis.

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Pigg Lab

Lead: Kathleen Pigg

Evolution, biogeography, and diversification of angiosperms and other plants through comparative analysis of exceptionally preserved Tertiary plant fossils and their modern relatives.

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Rosenberg Lab

Lead: Michael Rosenberg

Use of computational and statistical techniques to address questions about the evolution of life; spanning from molecular evolution to macroevolution and from single organisms to ecosystems. 

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Wilson Lab

Lead: Melissa Wilson

Sex chromosome evolution, sex-biased processes, population genetics, and comparative genomics. Public science engagement and outreach.

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Wojciechowski Lab

Lead: Martin Wojciechowski

Phylogenetics, genomics, and evolution of plants, particularly papilionoid legumes and cacti, and plant community ecology and floristics of western North America. 

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