454 Ecological Genetics

NextGen sequencing for ecological genomics

Next generation sequencing is rapidly bringing genomics tools to ecological geneticists. Within a year we were able to sequence between 60-80% of the transcriptome of a butterfly, identify 1000's of SNPs, and make a high quality microarray. Learn more...

Candidate genes in the wild

Candidate genes and fitness in the wild

Studying polymorphism in genes of known function allows causal connections to be built between genetic variation, biochemical performance, organismal performance, and ultimately fitness in the wild. Learn more...

Global gene expression and ecology

Finding expression variation affecting ecological dynamics

We use microarrays to identify expression variation correlated with physiological performance and ecological dynamnics, rapidly identifying which of nearly 10,000 genes are good research candidates for high throughput assocation study. Learn more...

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My research is focused on finding and studying the genetic variation causing performance and fitness variation in the wild. I am currently funded by the Academy of Finland as an independent Academy Research Fellow. This grant provides me with 5 years of salary, a postdoctoral researcher, and generous research funds.

During this time I am also a visiting scientist at the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University. The Department has committed itself to building the necessary infrastructure for state-of-the-art ecological and evolutionary genomics, and it is envisioned that a permanent position will open up in the near future.

Associate Editor for the open access journals BMC Genomics and BMC Evolutionary Biology.

Please click on any of the three tabs above for more information regarding my recent projects or find specific research projects, publications, or information about my students from the menu on top.

 

 

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