Michael McKain
@mrmckain.bsky.social
Biodiversity genomics with a focus on polyploid plants | University of Alabama Biological Sciences Assoc. Prof | Herbarium Curator (UNA) | Associate Director of Watershed Biodiversity (CONSERVE) | Ally | he/him
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Cat is out of the bag! Later this summer I’ll make a big jump across the pond for 4 years to work on polyploid genome evolution and diploidization patterns across angiosperms as part of this awesome grant and team
📢Meet the Team!
Dr. Kevin Bird, starting this summer as a post-doctoral researcher at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He will be looking for signs of asynchronous diploidization across angiosperms.
Find out more about his research: 🥬🍓
kevinabird.github.io
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Dr. Kevin Bird, starting this summer as a post-doctoral researcher at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He will be looking for signs of asynchronous diploidization across angiosperms.
Find out more about his research: 🥬🍓
kevinabird.github.io
@stairwaytokevin.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Cat is out of the bag! Later this summer I’ll make a big jump across the pond for 4 years to work on polyploid genome evolution and diploidization patterns across angiosperms as part of this awesome grant and team
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Fun announcement this morning. A testament to all the fantastic talented folks I've had the privilege of working with over the last 15 years! www.nasonline.org/programs/awa...
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January 22, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Fun announcement this morning. A testament to all the fantastic talented folks I've had the privilege of working with over the last 15 years! www.nasonline.org/programs/awa...
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Accurate inference of population history in the presence of background selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.18.576291v1
Accurate inference of population history in the presence of background selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.18.576291v1
All published methods for learning about demographic history make the simplifying assumption that th
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January 20, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Accurate inference of population history in the presence of background selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.18.576291v1
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A new preprint from the lab with @sutherlandbl.bsky.social on using machine learning to infer WGDs in Ks plots. Check it out below!
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SLEDGe: Inference of ancient whole genome duplications using machine learning
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January 19, 2024 at 7:13 PM
A new preprint from the lab with @sutherlandbl.bsky.social on using machine learning to infer WGDs in Ks plots. Check it out below!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A new preprint from the lab on the distribution of ancient whole-genome duplications across the angiosperm phylogeny. Great work led by PhD student Michael McKibben! We used a variety of methods and different species trees to infer and place WGDs across the phylogeny.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Species Tree Topology Impacts the Inference of Ancient Whole-Genome Duplications Across the Angiospe...
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
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January 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM
A new preprint from the lab on the distribution of ancient whole-genome duplications across the angiosperm phylogeny. Great work led by PhD student Michael McKibben! We used a variety of methods and different species trees to infer and place WGDs across the phylogeny.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Excited to share a new pre-print from our lab that demonstrates surprisingly repeatable genome evolution in replicated Xiphophorus hybrid populations! Led by former postdoc Quinn Langdon with substantial contributions from Jeff Groh from @gcbias.bsky.social's lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 23, 2023 at 11:23 PM
Excited to share a new pre-print from our lab that demonstrates surprisingly repeatable genome evolution in replicated Xiphophorus hybrid populations! Led by former postdoc Quinn Langdon with substantial contributions from Jeff Groh from @gcbias.bsky.social's lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New paper out today: An "unprecedented" range map of the eastern and western Joshua tree, based on Google Maps satellite imagery for more than SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND quarter-square kilometer grid cells
Blog post rundown: lab.jbyoder.org/2023/12/14/n...
And the paper: doi.org/10.3389/fevo...
Blog post rundown: lab.jbyoder.org/2023/12/14/n...
And the paper: doi.org/10.3389/fevo...
December 14, 2023 at 8:54 PM
New paper out today: An "unprecedented" range map of the eastern and western Joshua tree, based on Google Maps satellite imagery for more than SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND quarter-square kilometer grid cells
Blog post rundown: lab.jbyoder.org/2023/12/14/n...
And the paper: doi.org/10.3389/fevo...
Blog post rundown: lab.jbyoder.org/2023/12/14/n...
And the paper: doi.org/10.3389/fevo...
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Inaugural Bluesky post (👋 Everyone!): The Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Dept. at Iowa State U. (my dept!) is conducting an open search at the rank of Professor for a new Dept. Chair!
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December 7, 2023 at 9:59 PM
Inaugural Bluesky post (👋 Everyone!): The Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Dept. at Iowa State U. (my dept!) is conducting an open search at the rank of Professor for a new Dept. Chair!
isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/IowaSt...
isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/IowaSt...
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Chestnuts have long been associated with the holidays, and will soon return to our forests. Dr. William Powell engineered effective blight resistance into chestnut, and field tests have begun. Bill passed away this week, but we will be thanking him for generations as chestnuts return to the wild.
November 16, 2023 at 9:35 PM
Chestnuts have long been associated with the holidays, and will soon return to our forests. Dr. William Powell engineered effective blight resistance into chestnut, and field tests have begun. Bill passed away this week, but we will be thanking him for generations as chestnuts return to the wild.
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Our new paper on the phylogenomics of Onagraceae is out! A family of diverse breeding systems, chromosomes, and ecologies--and hence with much to teach us. doi.org/10.1186/s128...
November 17, 2023 at 5:18 PM
Our new paper on the phylogenomics of Onagraceae is out! A family of diverse breeding systems, chromosomes, and ecologies--and hence with much to teach us. doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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🎉New #LagoLab paper hot off the presses🎉
@L_DBall et al, “A target enrichment probe set for resolving phylogenetic relationships in the coffee family, Rubiaceae” now (finally) available in @Botanical_ APPS! ☕️🧬📈👩🏿💻🪴
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@L_DBall et al, “A target enrichment probe set for resolving phylogenetic relationships in the coffee family, Rubiaceae” now (finally) available in @Botanical_ APPS! ☕️🧬📈👩🏿💻🪴
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A target enrichment probe set for resolving phylogenetic relationships in the coffee family, Rubiace...
Premise
Rubiaceae is among the most species-rich plant families, as well as one of the most morphologically and geographically diverse. Currently available phylogenies have mostly relied on few geno.....
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November 18, 2023 at 12:36 AM
🎉New #LagoLab paper hot off the presses🎉
@L_DBall et al, “A target enrichment probe set for resolving phylogenetic relationships in the coffee family, Rubiaceae” now (finally) available in @Botanical_ APPS! ☕️🧬📈👩🏿💻🪴
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@L_DBall et al, “A target enrichment probe set for resolving phylogenetic relationships in the coffee family, Rubiaceae” now (finally) available in @Botanical_ APPS! ☕️🧬📈👩🏿💻🪴
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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UW Genome Sciences is hiring a new Assistant Professor working in computational biology! apply.interfolio.com/135108
October 31, 2023 at 6:20 PM
UW Genome Sciences is hiring a new Assistant Professor working in computational biology! apply.interfolio.com/135108
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More details re: NSF shutdown here.
September 28, 2023 at 11:43 AM
More details re: NSF shutdown here.