THE GOOD LAB

 

The Good lab is focused on understanding the genetic basis of adaptation and species formation in mammals. We combine population genetics and comparative genomics with experimental genetics to understand how natural selection shapes biological diversity within and between species.


A brief synopsis of current research projects and representative publications can be found via the links at the top of this page.

Evolutionary Genomics

photo by Alex Badyaev

Recent Lab News

4/10/13 - NSF Predocs! Congratulations to DBS graduate students Matt Jones (starting Fall 2013) and Dan Vanderpool (lab alumni, now in the McCutcheon Lab) for landing NSF graduate fellowships!


4/6/13 - Our collaborative work with Miguel Carniero on speciation genomics in rabbits has been accepted in PLOS Genetics.


3/19/13 - Scott Edwards (Harvard) visits the lab.


3/1/13 - Genetics paper: Jeff’s collaboration with Polly Campbell & Michael Nachman on MSCI and sterility in mice has been published in Genetics.


2/5/13 - Matt Dean (USC) visits the lab.


2/13-3/13 - Visitors from Portugal: Jose Melo Ferreria and Paulo Alves are visiting the lab as part of our collaboration on coat color evolution in hares.


1/16/13 - MBE paper: Jeff’s work with Svante Paabo and others on the evolution of ejaculate proteins in apes has been published in MBE.


1/7/13 - New postdoc joins the lab: 

Erica Larson has just started a postdoc in the lab working on hybrid sterility in mice.