| Jun 25, 2026 | Check out our preprint introducing kmerRRR: A k-mer based tool for functional genomics in Repeat Rich Regions. This tool improves mappability in highly repetitive regions like satellite DNAs and centromeres. Try out the tool and let us know what you think: https://github.com/LarracuenteLab/kmerRRR! |
| May 30, 2026 | Ching-Ho’s and Tyler’s paper on pervasive suppressors of Segregation Distorter in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster is out in GENETICs!  |
| May 29, 2026 | Check out our new pre-print on satellite DNA evolution across phylogenetic scales! We designed a pipline to annotate and identify homologous repeats–a challenging task in non-model organisms. This helped us reveal patterns of repeat evolution within and across insect orders. |
| Feb 06, 2026 | Logan Edvalson was awarded an NIH F31 fellowship to study the molecular mechanisms of drive. Congratulations Logan!!  |
| Jan 29, 2026 | We are excited to share our preprint on making targeting mutations in satellite DNAs using a sequential CRISPR. This approach allows us to manipulate the satellite without interfering with flanking regions. We’re using this approach to study the functional and evolutionary consequences of satellite DNAs. Here, we demonstrate that these mutations alter sensitivity to meiotic drive. |
| Jan 06, 2026 | Tyler Handler was awarded a Victoria Finnerty Travel Award from the Genetics Society of America to attend the annual Drosophila Conference in Chicago this spring. He will present his work on the suppressor of Segregation Distorter. Congrats Tyler! |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Amanda Larracuente was awarded the Mid-Career Excellence Award from the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. |
| Jul 03, 2025 | Amanda Larracuente and John Sproul published a short perspectives piece on a new tool for visualizing repeats in genome assemblies called RepeatOBserver. Check out the publication in Molecular Ecology Resources. |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Emiliano Martí was awarded the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics from the Genetics Society of America! |
| May 21, 2025 | Jabale Rahmat and Leila Lin join the lab |
| May 15, 2025 | Tyler Handler was awarded a DeKiewiet summer research fellowship to map suppressors of Segregation Distorter. |