Andersen Lab
Andersen Lab
Discovering the molecular mechanisms of evolutionary change
Discovering the molecular mechanisms of evolutionary change
Research
We study the molecular mechanisms that underlie natural phenotypic differences.
Learn more about our research.
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News & Updates
20 May 2024Huge growth for Andersen lab!
Today was a big day for the lab. Dr. Mike Sauria joins us as a staff bioinformaticist and Associate Research Professor. Maya Mastronardo and Lance O'Connor join us as new CMDB graduate students.
25 Apr 2024Welcome to Sol Retamales!
Sol joins the lab as a visiting graduate student from Chile.
11 Feb 2024Welcome to Nikita!
Nikita joins us as a post-doc. She will focus on C. briggsae population genomics and improving reference genomes and gene models for this species.
31 Jan 2024Welcome to Bowen!
Bowen joins us as a post-doc. He will focus on C. tropicalis population genomics and metagenomics sampling of wild nematode populations.
20 Nov 2023Welcome to Ayeh!
Ayeh joins us as a lab volunteer and masters student to collect DNA for long-read sequencing.
01 Sep 2023The Andersen Lab is moving to Johns Hopkins!
After 10 years at Northwestern, the Andersen lab is moving to Johns Hopkins!