Dr. Katya Mack

Dr. Katya Mack
  • Assistant Professor

Contact Info

Office: Haworth Hall 8020

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Education —

B.S. in Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D. in Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Research —

I am an evolutionary geneticist focused on questions related to adaptation, speciation, and gene regulatory evolution. We synthesize population genetic, systems biology, and statistical genomics approaches to address fundamental questions in evolutionary biology. Our research involves diverse systems but focuses on house mice and other rodents.

Selected Publications —

Mack, K.L.*, Talbott, H. E.*, Griffin, M.*, Guardino, N. J., Parker, J. B., Spielman, A. F., ... & Longaker, M. T. (2023). Allele-specific expression reveals genetic drivers of tissue regeneration in mice. Cell Stem Cell, In Press.

Ballinger MA*, Mack KL*, Durkin SM, Riddell EA, Nachman MW. (2023). Environmentally robust cis-regulatory changes underlie rapid climatic adaptation. PNAS, In Press.

Mack, K. L., Square, T. A., Zhao, B., Miller, C. T., & Fraser, H. B. (2023). Evolution of spatial and temporal cis-regulatory divergence in sticklebacks. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40(3), msad034.

Mack, K. L., Ballinger, M. A., Phifer-Rixey, M., & Nachman, M. W. (2018). Gene regulation underlies environmental adaptation in house mice. Genome research, 28(11), 1636-1645.

Mack, K. L., Campbell, P., & Nachman, M. W. (2016). Gene regulation and speciation in house mice. Genome research, 26(4), 451-461.