The Sudmant Lab @ UC Berkeley
the sudmant lab
the evolution and diversity of aging, genome structure, and mutation

The objective of our research is to understand aging and genome structure in the context of evolution, adaptation, and cellular diversity. Our lab philosophy is firmly based on the premise that science should be fun, inclusive, collaborative, and open.

The Sudmant Lab at UC Berkeley uses genomics, computational, statistical, and experimental methods to interrogate genetic and molecular phenotypic diversity at both the organismal and cellular level. We study the evolution, causes, and consequences of aging as well as the evolution of genome structure and cellular diversity.


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2025/5/19 Congrats to recently graduated PhD student Samvardhini on the publication of her paper, "Recurrent structural variation and recent turnover at the 17q21.31 locus in humans and great apes" in Nature Communications!


2025/5/15 Congratulations to grad student Michael Singer on being awarded a fellowship from the Keck Foundation to support his work studying the bat immune system!


2025/5/10 Congratulations to postdoc Scott Ferguson on his talk at the Long Read Sequencing Workshop meeting at the Jackson Laboratories, CT!


2025/12/19 Congratulations to Dr. Samvardhini Sridharan for graduating with her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology!


2025/12/12 Daven and Nicolas' paper 'Machine learning-based prediction of human structural variation and characterization of associated sequence determinants' is posted to bioRxiv!


2025/10/26 Stacy's paper 'Direct identification of de novo mobile element insertions from single molecule sequencing of human sperm' is posted to bioRxiv!


2025/10/1 Peter, Landen, Joana, Nicolas, and Minoli attended the VGP (Vertebrate Genome Project) meeting at Rockefeller University in New York! Congrats to Nicolas and Joana on their presentations!


2025/8/1 We're thrilled to announce that postdoc Joana Rocha will be starting her own lab as an Assistant Professor of Biology at NYU, beginning in January 2026!! Amazing achievement, Joana! Learn more at her faculty website!


2025/6/24 Congrats to John and Nicolas on their presentations at Evolution 2025!


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