Welcome to the Chakraborty lab in the Department of Biology at Texas A&M University. Our lab uses an interdisciplinary approach to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic variation and adaptation. We are particularly interested in elucidating the roles genome structural changes play in evolution and health of an organism. Major lab research themes include the role of structural variants in variation in complex traits and adaptation, the evolution of sex-linked repetitive elements, and the role of protein structural constraints in phenotypic variation and functional innovation. Our lab employs cutting-edge computational and experimental methods to pursue ambitious and creative solutions to research problems
Dec 13, 2022
Alex Samano joins the lab as the first Ph.D. student
Dec 06, 2022
The lab welcomes the first cohort of rotation students
Nov 27, 2022
Chakraborty Lab welcomes Dr. Yi Liao as the bioinformatics scientist of the lab
Sex-linked gene traffic underlies the acquisition of sexually dimorphic UV color vision in Heliconius butterflies Journal Article
In: bioRxiv, pp. 2022–07, 2022.
The genome trilogy of Anopheles stephensi, an urban malaria vector, reveals structure of a locus associated with adaptation to environmental heterogeneity Journal Article
In: Scientific reports, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1–16, 2022.