Untangling the networks of life

Inspired by nature, applying the power of *omics, for the purpose of bettering the world.

Athrey lab receives USDA grant to investigate the genomic basis of Wooden breast

Yes! We received a USDA-NIFA award for three years to investigate the genomic and functional basis […]

Chicken circadian-microbiota paper published

Our first paper on circadian rhythms and microbiota acquisition under extended photoperiods is now published. Circadian […]

Darwin Day 2019

We had a great Darwin Day this year. Our lab put in a strong show – […]

Genomics & Bioinformatics 2019

I am teaching my genomics & bioinformatics (graduate) course this spring. It has gone well in […]

2018 wrap up

As 2018 comes to an end, I am going to be out of office the rest […]

New paper from collaborative research

Pleased with the publication of a new paper by TAMU Animal Science student Jennifer Riser, to […]

New paper on Red Junglefowl Genetics

Our first paper on Red Junglefowl captive population genetics has been published in the Journal PeerJ. […]

RJF banding & sampling

Several lab members turned out to help capture, band, and bleed the new cohort of captive […]

Undergraduates present at campus conference

Four undergraduate researchers (Savannah Butters, Elizabeth Berry, Lauren Arnold, and Daniella Burleson) working on the captive […]

Welcome Jamie Alfieri

Jamie Alfieri (re)joined the lab as a Ph.D Student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program. […]