2022

Gene flow and local adaptation in a tropical avifauna

• Abhimanyu Lele (U. of Chicago), in collaboration with John Bates (NIRC)

The origins and evolution of the coca crops part II: Genome resequencing of key clades

• Dawson White (GBC), in collaboration with Rick Ree (GBC)

Whole genome sequencing of neglected coronavirus diversity recovered from Afrotropical bats

• Holly Lutz (NIRC)

Improving the annotation and evaluating seasonal variation in the gene expression of a migratory bird through the sequencing of RNA isoforms

• Joao Capurucho (NIRC/UIC), in collaboration with John Bates (NIRC)

Ancient Ivory Trade in Maritime Contexts: Expanding Genomic Analysis of Elephant Tusks from the 12th- or 13th-Century Java Sea Shipwreck

• Lisa Niziolek (NIRC)

Grounding the evolution of the mammalian middle ear: morphological integration and the role of auditory bone-conduction in a major evolutionary transition

• Spencer Hellert (NIRC), in collaboration with Ken Angielczyk (NIRC)

Surveillance of Leaches for Unveiling possible animal Reservoirs of zoonotic Pathogens (SLURP)

• Steve Goodman (NIRC)

Chromosome evolution & Recombination Landscape of Pyrrhura cruentata and Pyrrhura griseipectus

• Taylor Hains (U. of Chicago), in collaboration with John Bates (NIRC)

Where are these big lichens coming from and why? An investigation of the Parmotrema reticulatum invasion of the Chicagoland area

• Todd Widhelm (GFCC)