Assistant Professor @uga_genetics. Evolutionary, functional, and immuno-genomics in primates and other mass-mortality events.

Joined March 2015
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I'm thrilled to share that I'll be joining the Department of Genetics at UGA as an Assistant Professor in January! @uga_genetics @universityofga
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My lab is looking for a lab manager/technician! The successful candidate will help us study host-pathogen evolution using functional genomics and ex vivo infection experiments. Please share broadly and send any candidates my way! ugajobsearch.com/postings/47…

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The School of Biosciences at University of Birmingham is recruiting FIVE Assistant/Associate Profs in areas including fungal biology, plant science and bioengineering. Full details below 🍄🌾🧬🧫
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Post-docs - apply to speak at the Rising Stars in Genetics and Genomics Symposium at the University of Utah! Research areas include 1) Genetics of Health and Disease, 2) Computational Genomics, or 3) Evolutionary Genetics, 4) Functional Genetics/Genomics forms.gle/85NZaxFezUk8N8R8A

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Want to join my lab as a PhD student or postdoc? 🚀 Canada is offering a unique new opportunity through the Canada Impact Research Training Awards, a tri-agency program (@CIHR_IRSC @NSERC_CRSNG @SSHRC_CRSH ) designed to attract outstanding international research talent. We’re looking for extraordinary candidates interested in sustainable plant health, insect vectors, microbiomes, effector biology and AI for agriculture. If you’re ambitious, collaborative, and excited to work in Québec City at @universitelaval , this could be the perfect program for you. 👉 Learn more about the program and eligibility here: nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail… If you think you might be a strong fit, please email your CV and a brief description of your research interests to edelab2024@gmail.com. Please note that only candidates who meet the eligibility criteria of the program will be contacted.

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My center at NYU SoM is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in human genetics and genomics. It's a wonderful place to do science. Please apply or pass along. apply.interfolio.com/177375

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Excited to be at #ashg25! I will be presenting my poster on immune evolution today (2005W) and look forward to all the great science! Also, I'm hiring! Please stop by or message if you want to chat about #postdoc opportunities!
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🚨🧪 Interested in primate genomics and GxE interactions? My lab is recruiting graduate students and postdocs to help start projects on primate gene regulation and immune evolution. Reach out if you would like to learn more, and please spread widely! #ScienceJobs
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Labcorp is recruiting summer interns in bioinformatics! One of my colleagues did this internship last year and found it to be a wonderful introduction to working in industry careers.labcorp.com/yzXKMn1

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Our new Nature Plants paper is out (and we’re on the cover)!👉 bit.ly/4lS8sOB By combining scRNA-seq with conserved TF binding (multiDAP) we define gene regulatory networks for 65 cell types across 4 tissues in a wide range of flowering plants!
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I'm happy to (finally) share the last chapter of my dissertation work. Focusing on DNA methylation levels, we show that admixture increases gene regulatory variation within the Amboseli baboon population. doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.08.6…
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Our results suggest that the genetic architecture of DNA methylation is conserved between closely related species. Cis-genetic effects on gene regulation may remain stable for over a million years, which has implications for how we understand modern and archaic human variants.
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Many thanks to @jtung5, @afogel29, @MostlyMammals, and all the other members of the Amboseli Baboon Project who made this work possible!
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ad to come, but I'm looking for an M.S. student to work on conservation genomics of swift foxes on the American Prairie Reserve (MT) starting 9/1. this is a collab w/ Smithsonian & Justine Becker; strong candidates will have genomics experience and be up for remote fieldwork
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🚨 The Barreiro Lab @UChicago is hiring 2 postdocs — open to both wet-lab and dry-lab scientists! Our lab studies human immune variation using single-cell genomics, genetic screens, and epigenetic reprogramming (trained immunity). 🔗 luis-barreirolab.org
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Under the “Big Beautiful Bill,” federal lands like Teton National Forest will be put up for sale to pay for tax cuts for the rich. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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Postdoc opportunity! The Comparative Genomics lab (@IBE_Barcelona, @UPFBarcelona) is seeking a postdoc with experience to work on environmental DNA and mammalian monitoring together with @estherlizano ! CVs -> cvtmblab@gmail.com #postdoc #genomics #eDNA #conservation #Barcelona
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