Sarah Schaack

Sarah Schaack

Professor

Reed College 

Department of Biology, 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR 97202 

office: 503-517-7948   lab: 503-517-7976    

Email: schaackmobile(at)reed.edu      schaack(at)reed.edu

Spontaneous Mutations

especially: mutation rates, factors influencing the evolution of those rates, and the phenotypic effects of mutation

Mobile DNA

specifically: the movement and proliferation of transposable elements and endogenous viruses

Genome Evolution

with an emphasis on: horizontal transfer and mito-nuclear in-/compatibility