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The lab is broadly interested in addressing two questions: (1) what are the genetic and developmental mechanisms by which morphological, physiological, and behavioral traits are established? and (2) how are these processes modified during evolutionary time to produce the spectacular phenotypic diversity seen in nature?
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To answer these questions, we combine the study of emerging model organisms, because of their diverse, naturally occurring and ecologically relevant phenotypes, with traditional model species, because of the powerful molecular and genetic tools available.

Please navigate to the RESEARCH page to find a description of the different projects that are currently ongoing in our lab

LAB NEWS:

2/6/2025
Our work on animal coat pattern formation featured in The New Yorker

12/15/2024
Congratulations to Jiyoung Kang for passing her general exams! 

07/01/2024
The lab welcomes new Postdoc Fellow, Dr. Paul Frazel!

05/10/2024
​The lab welcomes a new graduate student, Jiyoung Kang! Jiyoung will be co-advised by Dr. Danelle Devenport.

12/1/2023
​Congratulations to Dr. Jorge Moreno, who successfully defended his PhD, making him the first PhD student from the Mallarino Lab! Jorge will start a postdoc with Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado (Stowers Institute)

9/10/2023
​Congratulations to Dr. Forrest Rogers, who received an F32 Fellowship from the NIH!
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1/4/2023
​The lab welcomes a new postdoc, Dr. Megan Rothstein!

4/16/22
Harsha Sen officially joins our lab! Harsha is a graduate student in MOL

8/30/2021
Ricardo is named a 2021 Vallee Scholar

7/30/2021
The lab receives funds from the High Meadows Environmental Institute to start a collaboration with Celeste Nelson's lab on molecular mechanisms shaping lung diversity across vertebrates. See story here. 

5/15/2021
Ben Brack officially joins the lab! Ben is a graduate student in MOL

1/1/2021
​The lab welcomes a new postdoc, Forrest Rogers, who will be working in collaboration with Cate Peña on striped mouse behavior. 

6/15/2020
Graduate student Jorge Moreno receives an HHMI Gilliam Graduate Fellowship!

6/12/2020
Postdocs Charlie Feigin and Matt Johnson receive Ruth L. Kirschtein (F32) Postdoctoral Fellowships from the NIH. On the same day, no less!

6/9/2020
The lab receives seed funds to start a new project on marsupial innate immunity. See story here.

5/29/2020
Undergraduate Lydia Zhong receives an Outstanding Thesis Award from the Department of Molecular Biology