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Associate Professor

Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Contact information:

Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Office:

Room 231
Life Sciences South
1007 E. Lowell Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

Research Interests.

The primary research goals in my lab are to better understand the genomic and evolutionary factors shaping patterns of human variation and to test models of human origins. The human genome holds clues to the mystery of human origins. With the recent completion of the first draft of the human genome sequence we are now in a position to examine patterns of variation across the entire genome in multiple human populations. Such an undertaking will facilitate an understanding of events that took place tens of thousands of years ago, and the better design of studies to map genes involved in human disease today.

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Assistant Research Scientist Arizona Research Laboratories University of Arizona Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Office: Room 239 Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
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Post-Doctoral Researcher

Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Contact information:

Office Phone: (520) 626-1626
Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Office:

Biological Sciences West 246b
1041 E. Lowell Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

Research Interests.

My research interests lie primarily in reconstructing human demographic history using inherited genetic markers. Any two people can be distinguished by minor differences in the DNA they receive from their parents. By observing these genetic variants in people living today, we can infer biological relationships and patterns of mobility far back in prehistory.

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Post-Doctoral Researcher

Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Contact information:

Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Office:

Room 246
Biological Sciences West
1041 East Lowell Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

Research Interests.

There is currently a strong interest in identifying regions of the genome that have been affected by natural selection. The signal of selection at a given locus in the genome may point to functional regions associated with important traits that make humans unique or that underlie differences among human populations. Such differences may reflect adaptations to the varying environmental conditions that humans have encountered, first as their range expanded within and outside of Africa, and later with major cultural transitions, such as the shift to agriculture. However, tests of neutrality are often sensitive to demographic history, and as such the theoretical expectations of the standard neutral model may not be an appropriate null hypothesis to use when testing for departures from neutrality due to either selection or demographic processes. In place of this standard neutral model patterns of variation from multiple neutral loci may be used as an empirical distribution against which to compare variation at a locus of interest.

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Post-Doctoral Researcher Arizona Research Laboratories University of Arizona Contact information: Office Phone: (520) 621-1626 Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
Research Interests My interests lie at the point of intersection of multiple fields: where phylogenetics and population genetics approaches can inform questions of recent speciation, where coalescent approaches can help to discriminate among biogeographic hypotheses, and where molecular ecology and simulation-based analyses can discriminate among demographic scenarios. Click to see more.

Graduate Student Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Arizona Research Laboratories University of Arizona Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
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Graduate Student Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Arizona Research Laboratories University of Arizona Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
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Graduate Student

Program in Applied Mathematics
Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Contact information:

Phone: (520) 621-1163
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Office:

Room 303
Mathematics
PO Box 210089,
Tucson, AZ 85721

Research Interests

I am interested in the applications of probability and statistics to problems that arise in genomics. The Kingman coalescent has revolutionized the way DNA sequence data is analyzed. Further generalizations and modifications of the coalescent, such as the Ancestral Recombination Graph (ARG) are necessary in order to model regions of the genome that are being sequenced today, such as autosomal regions where recombination is taking place. Efficient algorithms are necessary to infer evolutionary parameters in a reasonable amount of time.

Current Research

My current research involves the implementation of different demographic models within the ARG, and the development of statistical methods using Importance Sampling and other tools to able to determine the evolutionary processes that generated the present day human DNA sequence.

Graduate Student

Anthropology
Arizona Research Laboratories
The University of Arizona

Contact information:

Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Mailing Address:

Biological Sciences West,
1041 East Lowell Street,
University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721

Research Interests

The debate over modern human origins emphasizes four unresolved questions that I wish to address with my research:

What are the patterns of nucleotide variability in modern African populations?
How much population subdivision exists in modern African populations?
If there is subdivision in Africans, how old are population specific mutations?
What are the effective population sizes and coalescent time estimates for modern Africans based on multiple, independent loci?

The overall goals are to assess the relative influences of population history and population structure on patterns of human genetic variation, to estimate the effective population sizes and the geographic locations of ancestral populations, and to infer the degree of subdivision in the earliest AMH population(s).

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Graduate Student Anthropology Arizona Research Laboratories The University of Arizona Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: PO Box 210030 Emil W. Haury University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721
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Research Specialist Arizona Research Laboratories University of Arizona Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
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Computation Specialist

Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Contact information:

Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Mailing Address:

Biological Sciences West
1041 E. Lowell Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

Research Interests.

I am interested in how computer science interfaces to biology. Whether the field is informatics, computational biology or systems biology, I find it all quite fascinating.

Most of the code I write is in Perl and have given myself the title of Perl GrandFunkMaster, although I also use Java, SQL, and enough C to get myself in trouble.

Given the blessing of Dr. Hammer, code written for this project will be available for non-profit scientific use (and citing me is always appreciated!).

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Lab Technician Arizona Research Laboratories University of Arizona Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
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Lab Technician Arizona Research Laboratories University of Arizona Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
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Lab Technician Arizona Research Laboratories University of Arizona Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
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Undergraduate Assistant Program in Applied Mathematics Arizona Research Laboratories University of Arizona Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
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Undergraduate Assistant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Arizona Research Laboratories University of Arizona Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
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High School Student High School Contact information: Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404 Fax: (520) 626-8050 Mailing Address: Biological Sciences West 1041 E. Lowell Street Tucson, AZ 85721
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Research Specialist

Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Contact information:

Lab Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Mailing Address:

Biological Sciences West
1041 E. Lowell Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

Research Interests.

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Twenty One

Contact information:

Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Office:

Room 246B
Biociences West
1041 E. Lowell Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

Research Interests.

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Twenty Twio

Contact information:

Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Office:

Room 246B Biociences West
1041 E. Lowell Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

Twenty Threee

Contact information:

Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Office:

Room 246B Biociences West
1041 E. Lowell Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

Twenty Four

Contact information:

Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Office:

Room 246B Biociences West
1041 E. Lowell Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

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Contact information:

Phone: (520) 621-0404
Fax: (520) 626-8050

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Arizona Research Laboratories
University of Arizona

Office:

Room 246B Biociences West
1041 E. Lowell Street
Tucson, AZ 85721

Principal Investigator

Michael Hammer

Assistant Research Scientist

Tatiana Karafet

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Murray Cox
Heather Norton
Amy Russell

Graduate Students

Latifa Borgelin, EEB
Fernando Mendez, EEB
David Morales, Mathematics
Maya Metni Pilkington, Anthropology
Meryanne Tumonggor, Anthropology

Lab Specialists

Kimiko Della Croce, Research
Emily Landeen, Research
August Woerner, Computation

Lab Technicians

Jessica Bendewald, Research
Olga Savina, Computation
Daniel Teberg, Research

Undergraduate Assistants

Kevin Keyes, Mathematics
Rachel Stewart, EEB

High School Students

Lydia Stinchfield, High School

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