The Current Research Team
Here is the current lab team!
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Olivia Frary
I’m working on a project to determine if the difference in genome size between homogametic and heterogametic individuals in a species contributes to the difference in lifespan between those individuals.Started Spring 2023
Website here
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Babs Jetton
Constructing Diptera phylogeny and investigation of Diptera karyotype evolutionStarted Spring 2023
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Haylee Beck
Survey of forensically relevant Diptera in UtahStarted Fall 2023
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Marissa Ohran
Assembling and assessing problematic genomics (lots of heterochromatin!)Started Fall 2021--Graduated Spring 2023
Website here
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Samantha Curnow
Investigating genome size evolution in Drosophila species and its relation to temperature and climate variables.Started Spring 2022
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Remington Motte
Working on questions in evolutionary biology and learning comparative phylogenetic methodsStarted Spring 2022
Website here
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Audrey French
I'm currently working on identifying the chromosome shape variation and evolution in fruit flies. I'm currently studying biology and plan to go on and study genetics.Research Alumni
Here are past researchers I have worked with.
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Alli Konstantinov
Phylogenetic Trait SimulationsTexas A&M University Biology
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Alex McGuane
miRNA qPCR and RNA prepTexas A&M University Entomology
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Michelle Jonika
Immature blow fly sex identification using qPCRTexas A&M University Entomology/Genetics/Forensics
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Elizabeth Piron
Genome size and underreplication estimatesTexas A&M University Entomology/Genetics
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Renee Holmes
Genome size and underreplication estimatesTexas A&M University Entomology
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Melissa Mynes
Genome size and underreplication estimatesTexas A&M University Entomology/Genetics
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Margaret Garrett
Genome size and underreplication estimatesTexas A&M University Entomology/Genetics
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Zoe Ward
Development of experiments for forensic entomologyTexas A&M University Entomology/Genetics
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Anika Sharma
Fulbright Scholar investigating mRNA markers of developmentin Chrysomya rufifaciesTexas A&M University Entomology