Machado Lab People

Carlos A. Machado , Assistant Professor

Postdocs:

Dean Croshaw is a PERT postdoc working on reproductive isolation mechanisms and postmating gene expression in females of Drosophila

Anna Himler is a PERT postdoc working on divergence population genetics of sympatric species of Neotropical figs.

Zi-feng Jiang is studying hybrid dysfunction in Drosophila at the gene expression level.


Graduate Students:

Ellen Suurmeyer is currently interested in molecular evolution of organisms associated with figs (fig wasps, nematodes, bacteria, etc) and mechanisms of fig gall formation. She is a recipient of an NSF Predoctoral Fellowship.

Carlos Flores is interested in the evolution of disease vectors and parasites. He is currently working on the evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi.


Undergraduate Students:

Victoria Duckworth is an EEB major and is helping Anna Himler with her work on fig population genetics.


Lab Alumni:

Sarah Cavanaugh: General Biology major and UBRP student (2004-2008). Sarah worked on patterns of gene expression dominance in Drosophila pseudoobscura/D. persimilis hybrids. .

Katy Davis: MCB major (Fall 2005-Spring 2007). Worked on molecular evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi. She is now working at the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute in San Diego.

Anshu Dhawan: computer programmer (2004-2005). She finished her Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Dalziel Dominguez: EEB major (Fall 2006-2007). He conducted experiments on longevity, and dissecation and starvation resistance in Drosophila.

Erica Hudson: EEB major (January 2004-May 2005). Honor’s Thesis “Coevolutionary History of Neotropical figs and their pollinators”. She is now a graduate student at the University of South Florida (Biological Oceanography).

Kristen Jacobs: MCB major (January 2004-May 2005). Honor’s Thesis “The history of hybridization in Trypanosoma cruzi”.

July Kelley: MCB major and UBRP student (May 2005-October 2006). Independent study: “Testing for the presence of endosymbiotic bacteria in fig wasps”.

Erin Kuroiwa: Physiology major (2007-2008). She worked with Dean Croshaw on his Drosophila mating experiments and also conducted experiments on dissecation and starvation resistance in Drosophila.

Wendy Marussich: PERT postdoc (2004-2008). Worked on the evolution of Neotropical communities of non-pollinating fig wasps.

Whitman Schofield: lab technician (July 2003-July 2004). He is now a graduate student at Yale University (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology).