Evolution research theme
The Evolution Theme aims to address a diversity of major questions in biology from an evolutionary perspective.
Expertise within the Theme covers a broad array of areas from molecular genetics, functional genomics and systems biology, to behaviour, conservation biology and palaeobiology.
The Theme is especially strong in mathematical, computational and genetic approaches. Specific research areas include molecular and genome evolution, phylogenetics, sexual selection, social evolution, adaptive evolution, life-history evolution, epigenetics, macroevolution, proteomics and the genomic bases of complex phenotypes.
Evolution research theme membership
Dr Steve Dorus
Integrating proteomic, transcriptomic and comparative genomic approaches in the study of sexual selection and genome evolution
Dr Ed Feil
Bacterial population structures and recombination and virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus
Professor Laurence Hurst
Molecular evolutionary and theoretical studies of the evolution of genetic systems
Dr Paula Kover
Plant evolutionary and ecological genetics
Dr Mike Mogie
Evolutionary ecology of asexual reproduction
Dr Nick Priest
Evolution of complex traits in theory, experimental systems and nature
Professor Tamas Szekely
Experimental and comparative analysis of sexual conflict and breeding systems in birds: conservation biology of shorebirds
Dr Araxi Urrutia
Eukaryotic evolutionary functional genomics
Dr Nick Waterfield
Using invertebrate models to study the molecular basis of bacterial pathogenicity and how insect associated bacteria represent a reservoir for the evolution of emerging human pathogens
Dr Matthew Wills
Palaeobiology, macroevolution and arthropod phylogeny
Dr Jason Wolf
Evolutionary quantitative and population genetics focused on epigenetics, non-Mendelian inheritance and social evolution
