Mayrose Lab

Our main research interests are concerned with the broad field of plant evolution and phylogenetics. We use comparative bioinformatics approaches to gain insights into the fascinating evolutionary dynamics of plant genomes. We are also interested in developing computational tools that can be used to gain novel biological insights from various kinds of data. For more detailed information see the Research page.

December 2011
Our evolutionary model that accounts for selective pressures on silent sites when inferring positive selection is now published in Molecular Biology and Evolution

Gilad Berman joins the lab as the lab technician. Welcome Gilad!

November 2011
Our Science paper about the lower diversification rates of polyploid plants is selected for Faculty of 1000 biology

Our paper comparing plant growth and defense traits in weedy, domesticated, and wild sunflowers is now published in Molecular Ecology

October 2011
We received our first grant! The Marie Curie Career Integration Grant is awarded for a duration of 4 years by the European Union

Tamar Eilam joins the lab as a lab administrator. Welcome to the lab Tamar!

We are officially open! The lab will be placed in a temporary location until completion of the renovation. On the agenda: grants, grants, and more grants...

September 2011
Our paper about the higher extinction rates of polyploid plants is published today in Science! See the media release , blogs