Detwiler Lab

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An evolutionary ecology approach is critical to understanding how host-parasite interactions have changed through time in response to each other and to modifications in the environment. My lab's research investigates the role that genetic variability plays in parasite evolution. We integrate field, experimental, and molecular data with ecological, phylogenetic, and population genetic analyses to better understand patterns of disease from both host and parasite perspectives.

Recent news

12/7/2022: Sidney (MSc-present) received the Major G.E.H. Barrett-Hamilton Memorial Scholarship from the Biological Sciences department. Congratulations!

12/6/2022: We are hosting Otto Seppala (University of Innsbruck) for the HPI Seminar series. His talk is entitled "Natural Selection on Quantitative Immune Traits". All are welcome!

12/2/2022: Kael (Honours BSc) received the Shirley Ann Akins Award for best honours proposal. Congratulations!

11/15/2022: Jillian was awarded the W.F. James Chair Professor of Pure and Applied Science for 2022. This will support part of her upcoming research sabbatical.