To accelerate innovations in medicine by bringing evolutionary insights into health and disease. The Center brings leading scientists to ASU to join existing faculty in research that demonstrates the power of evolutionary biology to address problems in medicine and public health. The new courses and degrees they create will begin to meet the growing demand for such experiences, and will educate a generation of future researchers and health professionals. Many of these experiences will be at ASU, and some will be in conjunction with the new Mayo medical school, but others will be available online open access worldwide, providing the authoritative content that has long been needed to bridge the gap between evolutionary biology and medicine.
The central focus of the Stone laboratory is anthropological genetics. Currently, projects focus on population history and in understanding how humans and other primates have adapted to their environments, including their disease environments.
A wild 'viral' molecular virology research group that works across ecosystems studying viral dynamics.
Cooperation and conflict in biological systems including cancer evolution and the human microbiome.
Using field and lab studies to examine how environmental conditions (parasites, diet, physical activity) impact chronic diseases of aging like Alzheimer's Dementia and Cardiovascular Disease.
Fundamental concepts in neoplastic progression, for the purposes of developing better methods for cancer prevention and therapy.
Takes a One Health approach to understanding the ecology and evolution of infectious disease dynamics in natural systems using tools from ecology, epidemiology, animal behavior, and immunology.
Mothers milk as it is shaped by natural selection to be food, medicine, and signal.
Focuses on mosquitoes and the infectious diseases they transmit.
Combines wet-lab experiments and dry-lab computational analyses on a range of samples to investigate virus emergence, transmission and evolution.
Uses molecular genetic techniques to probe the dynamic interaction between the social environment and the genome with the aim of understanding the fitness consequences of behavioral variation.
Studies how resistance to antimalarial drugs and insecticides evolves, spreads, and can be managed, integrating insights across disciplines to improve resistance control strategies.
Works at the intersection between computer science, statistics, and evolutionary biology, with specific expertise in population genomics.
Interested in the evolutionary underpinnings of aging, and more specifically in understanding variation in the pace of epigenetic and physiological aging within and across individuals.
Working with the SMack Lab. I have a spirited love for science and the scientific process, but I am mostly interested in unraveling the how and why we age.
Biologist and computational phylogeneticist aspiring to understand the evolution of somatic cells. He develops computational methods that use genomic information to reconstruct the past; specifically, how cancers initiate and evolve within a patient.
My role is to ensure that the lab runs smoothly. In that regard, I assist with lab safety training, ordering of supplies, equipment maintenance and repair, and developing and improving lab protocols. I am also available to help trouble-shoot problems in the wet lab or with data analysis.
Postdoctoral researcher in the SMack Lab, and am currently analyzing single-nucleus RNA sequencing data from the Rhesus macaque brain to characterize how age and sex shape transcriptional changes across cell types.
Combining expertise in genomics and microbiology to advance diagnostics and research. Skills spanning sample handling, wet lab techniques, and bioinformatics analysis
Ancient DNA, Isotopic Anthropology, Human Biology and Genetics
Gabby earned her Ph.D. as an Intramural Research Fellow, working on the genetic architecture of free-breeding dog populations in Chernobyl and the Galápagos islands. In the Pfeifer Lab (jointly-appointed in the Jensen Lab), Gabby is focused on primate population genomic analyses.
Human biologist studying aging and immune function with 10 years of research experience conducting studies on human biology and health, including aging.
In the Jensen Lab, Terbot is focused on evolutionary modeling as well as on large-scale computational genomic analyses.
My current research focuses on host-virus dynamics and viral diversity associated with wild populations of vertebrate species across the Baja California peninsula and the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.
Her work focuses on ancient DNA analysis, particularly in Mesoamerica.
My journey is defined by a deep commitment to understanding the intricacies of cancer through bioinformatics. My work harnesses the power of NGS to decode genetic messages, contributing to discoveries in the field of cancer biology.
My current primary projects include “unearthing the honey bee virome and effects of certain viral infections on honey bee behavior” and “Understanding the evolution and ecology of anelloviruses in large species of carnivore”.
Prior to returning to ASU, Takahiro was appointed as a Research Associate at McGill Univ (CA) working in population- and functional-genomic analyses advised by Melania Cristescu. In the Jensen Lab (jointly-appointed in the Pfeifer Lab), Takahiro is focused on primate population genomics.
Specializes in population genetics, evolutionary biology, and molecular evolution, with research focusing on mutation rates, recombination, and demographic inference.