Micah Woods published in Ms. Magazine
Congratulations to post-baccalaurate scholar Micah Woods for their work being published in Ms. Magazine highlighting the incredible contributions of Dr. Kata...
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2023
Vithika Goyal awarded Hui Fellowship
Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Vithika Goyal for being awarded a Hui Fellowship to support her research. Vithika is studying the genetic diversi...
Walker Meyer becomes a Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar
Congratulations to undergraduate researcher Walker Meyer for being chosen as a Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar in support of his research. Walker is expl...
2022
Development and design of a culturally tailored intervention to address COVID-19 disparities among Oregon’s Latinx communities: A community case study
You can download the pdf here
Bill Cresko awarded Lorry Lokey Endowed Chair at UO
Bill was awarded a Lorry Lokey Endowed Chair in recognition of the contributions that he and his laboratory have made to the mission of the University of Ore...
Seadragon genome work highlighted in the NY Times
Our recent work on seadragon genomes was highlighted in a very nice article in the New York Times. read the article
Graduate student Hope Healey awarded a prestigious F31 Fellowship
Congratulations to Hope Healey for being awarded a prestigious NIH Ruth Kirchstein F31 Fellowship for the next three years. This NRSA from the National Insti...
Congratulations to graduate student Hope Healey on her first first author publication in Genetics
Congratulations to Hope Healey and Susie Bassham on their paper using single cell iso sequencing to greatly improve the annotation of the threespine stickleb...
Single-cell Iso-Sequencing enables rapid genome annotation for scRNAseq analysis
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2020
Martin Stervander awarded prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship by the European Union!
Martin has been awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship by the European Union, to spend two years at the Natural History Museum London (UK) studying the genomics of...
Chromonomer: a tool set for repairing and enhancing assembled genomes through integration of genetic maps and conserved synteny
Chromonomer takes a user-defined reference genome, a map of genetic markers, and, optionally, conserved synteny information to construct an improved referenc...
A Few Stickleback Suffice for the Transport of Alleles to New Lakes
Threespine stickleback populations provide a striking example of local adaptation to divergent habitats in populations that are connected by recurrent gene f...
2019
Happy 2020 Everyone!
Looking forward to another great year of research in the laboratory!
QTL mapping of neutrophil variation in stickleback
The latest publication from the lab - genetic mapping of neutrophil variation between oceanic and freshwater stickleback.
Highly Reproducible 16s Sequencing Facilitates Measurement of Host Genetic Influences on the Stickleback Gut Microbiome
Our study design and insights should provide a useful example for others desiring to quantify microbiome variation at biological levels in the face of variou...
SCORE students in the lab
Jade and Nia (second and third from left) and their cohort of great SCORE students working in our labs at UO this year.
Genetic divergence outpaces phenotypic evolution among threespine stickleback populations in old freshwater habitats
A recent publication from a Cresko Lab senior research scientist, Mark Currey.
Selection, Linkage, and Population Structure Interact To Shape Genetic Variation Among Threespine Stickleback Genomes
Selection, Linkage, and Population Structure Interact To Shape Genetic Variation Among Threespine Stickleback Genomes.
Population Genetic Divergence and Environment Influence the Gut Microbiome in Oregon Threespine Stickleback
Host genetics and ecological effects on gut microbiome in threespine stickleback from Oregon.
Emily Niebergall awarded prestigious Goldwater Fellowship
Clark Honors College Undergraduate Emily Niebergall, who is working on her thesis in the laboratory with Emily Beck, was awarded a prestigious Goldwater Fell...
May 2019: The Elk Horn Brewery names a beer for the Cresko Lab: Threespine IPA
The Elk Horn Brewery names a beer for the Cresko Lab: Threespine IPA
Environmental and Evolutionary Drivers of the Modular Gene Regulatory Network Underlying Phenotypic Plasticity for Stress Resistance in the Nematode Caenorhabditis remanei
A recent publication from former graduate student Kristin Sikkink in collaboration with the Phillips laboratory.
2018
Repeated Selection of Alternatively Adapted Haplotypes Creates Sweeping Genomic Remodeling in Stickleback
A recent publication from our group identifying the distribution of haplotypes in freshwater and oceanic stickleback from recently uplifted volanic islands i...
Ancient genomic variation underlies repeated ecological adaptation in young stickleback populations
The genomic variation that is involved in recent and rapid local adaptation in stickleback has therefore been evolving throughout the 15‐million‐year history...
Naturalistic Experimental Designs as Tools for Understanding the Role of Genes and the Environment in Prevention Research
Prevention relevance of three such human designs: (1) children adopted at birth by parents to whom they are not genetically related (common garden approach);...
2017
Developmental timing differences underlie armor loss across threespine stickleback populations
Changes in ossified elements of the pelvic armor are linked to delayed and incomplete development of an early‐forming pelvic cartilage, and that this disrupt...
Ancient three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) mtDNA lineages are not associated with phenotypic or nuclear genetic variation
Divergence that is still evident in the mtDNA of contemporary stickleback populations appears to have no residual influence on patterns of phenotypic or nucl...
Martin Stervander joins the Cresko Lab!
Martin Stervander joins the Cresko Lab!
Host Genotype and Microbiota Contribute Asymmetrically to Transcriptional Variation in the Threespine Stickleback Gut
Subtle signatures of a statistical interaction between host genotype and the microbiota on expression patterns of genetic pathways associated with innate imm...
Exogenous iodide ameliorates perchlorate-induced thyroid phenotypes in threespine stickleback
Most thyroid histomorphological phenotypes induced by perchlorate (follicle proliferation, reduced follicle area (adults only), colloid depletion, thyrocyte ...
Emily Beck attends Evo-nomics conference.
Emily Beck attends Evomics Workshop in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic.
Allison Fuiten is awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant.
Allison Fuiten is awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) from the NSF to examine the functional basis of genetic changes behind the derived...
Kristin Alligood successfully defends Ph.D!
Congratulations Kristin!
2016
The genome of the Gulf pipefish enables understanding of evolutionary innovations
Here we present the genome of the Gulf pipefish.
Dr. Cresko selected as fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Bill Cresko selected as fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. elected AAAS Fellow.
Perchlorate Exposure Reduces Primordial Germ Cell Number in Female Threespine Stickleback
First evidence of a connection between an endocrine disruptor and reduction in PGC number prior to the first meiosis during sex determination.
John Crandall wins best undergraduate student poster at EVO-WIBO conference.
John Crandall wins best undergraduate student poster at EVO-WIBO conference EVO-WIBO.
Mark Currey wins best research assistant poster at EVO-WIBO conference.
Mark Currey wins best technician poster at EVO-WIBO conference EVO-WIBO.
Thom Nelson wins best graduate student talk at EVO-WIBO conference.
Thom Nelson wins best graduate student talk at EVO-WIBO conference EVO-WIBO.
Thesis opponent in Sweden
Bill served as the faculty opponent of Lina Nikoleris in the Department of Biology at Lund University.
Kristin Alligood wins best graduate student poster at EVO-WIBO conference.
Kristin Alligood wins best graduate student poster at EVO-WIBO conference EVO-WIBO.
Allison Fuiten wins best graduate student talk at EVO-WIBO conference.
Allison Fuiten wins best graduate student talk at EVO-WIBO conference EVO-WIBO.
Thom Nelson wins poster award at Allied Genetics Conference.
Thom Nelson wins poster award at Allied Genetics Conference.
Susan Bassham featured in Scientific American’s Sustainability 60-second Science Video.
Susan Bassham featured in Scientific American’s Sustainability 60-second Science Video “Fish on Evolution’s Fast Track” listen hear
Susan Bassham interviewed by Jefferson Public Radio.
Susan Bassham interviewed by Jefferson Public Radio: “When Evolution Speeds Up” listen hear
Innate immune responses to gut microbiota differ between oceanic and freshwater threespine stickleback populations
The gnotobiotic stickleback model.
2015
Evolution of stickleback in 50 years on earthquake-uplifted islands
Our population structure analyses of stickleback in new habitats created as a result of the Great Alaskan Earthquake suggests freshwater populations evolved ...
Response to May and Delany: We Never Said Wright was Wrong
We never said Wright was wrong.
Ray Troll visits the Cresko Lab
Ray Troll visits the Cresko Lab Ray Troll.
Environmentally induced changes in correlated responses to selection reveal variable pleiotropy across a complex genetic network
Variation in pleiotropy across the stress response network is highly sensitive to the external environment. We highlight the complexity of the interaction be...
Effects of Crossovers Between Homeologs on Inheritance and Population Genomics in Polyploid-Derived Salmonid Fishes
These results suggested that residual tetrasomic inheritance of isoloci results from homeologous recombination near chromosome ends and that continued disomi...
Developmental timing of sodium perchlorate exposure alters angiogenesis, thyroid follicle proliferation and sexual maturation in stickleback
This study demonstrates that perchlorate exposure beginning during the first 42 days of development has profound effects on stickleback reproductive and thyr...
Developmental timing of perchlorate exposure alters threespine stickleback dermal bone
Perchlorate exposure caused concentration-dependent significant differences in growth for some bony traits. Continuous exposure initiated within the first 21...
Perchlorate exposure does not modulate temporal variation of whole-body thyroid and androgen hormone content in threespine stickleback
Perchlorate exposure did not influence the concentration of 11-KT in either diel or reproductive season schedules. Diel and reproductive season variations in...
Perchlorate disrupts embryonic androgen synthesis and reproductive development in threespine stickleback without changing whole-body levels of thyroid hormone
Chronic perchlorate exposure may not result in lasting adult gross morphological changes but can produce lasting modifications to gonads when compensation of...
Admixture of ancient mitochondrial lineages in three‐spined stickleback populations from the North Pacific
Clade composition variance was high at small geographical scales, in apparent discordance with the broader‐scale pattern of admixture. Deep‐water trenches we...
2014
Thesis opponent in Sweden
Bill served as the faculty opponent of Max Lundberg in the Department of Biology at Lund University.
The transgenerational effects of heat stress in the nematode Caenorhabditis remanei are negative and rapidly eliminated under direct selection for increased stress resistance in larvae
Whole genome transcriptional analysis of both ancestor and selected lines shows that there is weak correspondence between genetic pathways induced via temper...
Rapid Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity and Shifting Thresholds of Genetic Assimilation in the Nematode Caenorhabditis remanei
Apparent genetic assimilation can result from shifting thresholds of induction across environments and that analysis of the broader environmental context is ...
Computational approaches to mine publicly available databases.
The ability to efficiently obtain, manipulate, and interrogate this data is a valuable and empowering skill. In this chapter, we introduce several primary da...
Association between integration structure and functional evolution in the opercular four‐bar apparatus of the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus (Pisces: Gasterosteidae)
A boundary between two modules that subdivides the lever apparatus corresponds to the region of most prominent morphological evolution. The matched modular p...
2013
The population structure and recent colonization history of Oregon threespine stickleback determined using restriction‐site associated DNA‐sequencing
Genome‐wide analysis of genetic diversity (π) and correlations of alleles within individuals in subpopulations (FIS) supported a role for introgressive hybri...
Stacks: an analysis tool set for population genomics
We developed an extension of the Stacks software package to efficiently use genotype-by-sequencing data (such as RADseq) for studies of populations of organi...
2012
Taylor Wilson graduates with Highest Honors
Undergraduate researcher Taylor Wilson graduated with highest honors from the Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. Congrats Taylor!
Kate Ituarte graduates with Highest Honors
Undergraduate researcher Kate Ituarte graduated with highest honors from the Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. Congrats Kate!
Kristin Sikkink awarded DDIG from NSF
Congratulations to graduate student Kristin Sikkink for being awarded a highly prestigious Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) from the National S...
Kristin Sikkink wins best poster award
Congratulations to graduate student Kristin Sikkink for winning the best student poster award at the UO/IU IGERT conference. Congrats Kristin!
2011
Thesis opponent in Portugal
Bill served as the faculty opponent of Martina Bradic in the Department of Biology at the Gulbenkian Institute in Portugal.
RAD-seq for Genome Scans in Science
The use of RAD sequencing for population genomic scans is highlighted in Science.
2010
RAD-seq used to infer phylogenetic history in mosquitos
The use of RAD sequencing for population genomic scans is highlighted in Science.
2009
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The use of RAD sequencing for population genomic scans is highlighted in Science.
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