Lab Vision

The MacManes lab strives to be internationally recognized leader in the field of organismal biology and ecophysiological genomics. To accomplish this goal, we push ourselves to be careful in our observations, broad in our questions, and vigorous in our pursuit of research funding. We are generous in the dissemination our products - indeed, our vision of the future of Science is collaborative more so than competitive.​

Research 

Dehydration

The MacManes lab is interested in understanding the specialized physiologic and genomic mechanisms possessed by desert animals, allowing them to survive without water. 

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Neurogenomics

Raising offspring successfully involves transitioning from aggressive and sexual behaviors to more caring and nurturing ones. The MacManes lab uses genomic techniques in an Avian model to understand how the brain brings about this transition.

​Sponge Ecogenomics

The MacManes lab examines the co-evolution of marine sponges and their microbiome and reveal the phylogenetic, genetic, and functional biodiversity of coral reef sponges across the Caribbean basin.
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Bioinformatics

The MacManes Lab is actively involved in developing algorithms and pipelines for the assembly and characterization of transcriptomes.



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