| Jul 10, 2025 | I am excited to share our new publication at GBE, Exploring the Satellitome of the Pest Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera, Aphididae): Insights Into Genome Organization and Intraspecies Evolution, a collaboration with my master’s advisor Diogo C. Cabral-de-Mello and Octavio M. Palacios! |
| Jun 25, 2025 | I am thrilled to announce that I have been selected as a recipient of the Spring 2025 DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics. I am incredibly grateful to the Genetics Society of America for this honor and their support of early-career scientists. This award will be invaluable in furthering my professional development. Read more in Genes to Genomes. |
| Jun 24, 2025 | I presented a talk at Evolution 2025 in Athens, GA titled “The ribosomal locus mediates a single-locus hybrid incompatibility in Drosophila”! |
| Apr 04, 2025 | Amanda Larracuente and I wrote a short commentary in Trends in Genetics highlighting recent work lead by Dr. Peiwei Chen and colleagues. Their study uncovers Trailblazer, a fast-evolving transcription factor that plays a key role in the suppression of selfish genetic elements in Drosophila. Read the article here. |