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Research Bio

The Sudmant Lab uses computational, statistical, and experimental methods to interrogate genetic and molecular phenotypic diversity at both the organismal and cellular level. Our lab studies the evolution of aging, and the evolution of genome structure. Our work in aging focuses on the the causes and consequences of stress and aging in organisms with a focus on post-transcriptional gene regulation, somatic mutation, and genetic adaption in long (and short) lived species. Our work in genome structure focuses on using state-of-the-art long read sequencing approaches to identify structural genetic diversity associated with both recent and long-term adaptations in humans and our closely related primate relatives.

Research Expertise and Interest

genomics, genetics, computational biology, structural variation, RNA, diversity, aging, population genetics

In the News

Age Vs. Genetics: Which Is More Important For How You Age?

Amid much speculation and research about how our genetics affect the way we age, a University of California, Berkeley, study now shows that individual differences in our DNA matter less as we get older and become prone to diseases of aging, such as diabetes and cancer.

Pacific Rockfish and the Trade-Offs of a Longer Life

In a study appearing this week in the journal Science, biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, compare the genomes of nearly two-thirds of the known species of rockfish that inhabit coastal waters around the Pacific Ocean and uncover some of the genetic differences that underlie their widely varying lifespans.

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring

  • Directed Undergraduate Research  [INTEGBI 191]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [INTEGBI 199]  

  • Special Study in Integrative Biology  [INTEGBI 298]  

  • Graduate Research  [INTEGBI 299]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [INTEGBI 99]  

  • CTEG Evolution, Genetics, and Genomics Seminar  [INTEGBI C242]  

  • Thesis Course  [INTEGBI H196A]  

  • Thesis Course  [INTEGBI H196B]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [MCELLBI 199]  

  • Research Review in Genetics and Development: Evolution of Genome Structure and Cellular Diversity  [MCELLBI 249P]  

  • Research  [MCELLBI 292]  

  • Supervised Independent Study  [MCELLBI 99]  

  • CTEG Evolution, Genetics, and Genomics Seminar  [MCELLBI C242]  

  • Honors Research  [MCELLBI H196A]  

  • Honors Research  [MCELLBI H196B]  

2025 Fall

  • Practical Genomics  [INTEGBI 134L]  

  • Human Genetics and Genomics  [INTEGBI 164]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [INTEGBI 199]  

  • Special Study in Integrative Biology  [INTEGBI 298]  

  • Graduate Research  [INTEGBI 299]  

  • CTEG Evolution, Genetics, and Genomics Seminar  [INTEGBI C242]  

  • Thesis Course  [INTEGBI H196A]  

  • Research Review in Genetics and Development: Evolution of Genome Structure and Cellular Diversity  [MCELLBI 249P]  

  • Research  [MCELLBI 292]  

  • CTEG Evolution, Genetics, and Genomics Seminar  [MCELLBI C242]  

2025 Summer

  • Supervised Internship  [INTEGBI 197]  

2025 Spring

  • Introduction to Quantitative Methods In Biology  [CMPBIO C210]  

  • Introduction to Quantitative Methods In Biology  [INTEGBI 120]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [INTEGBI 199]  

  • Special Study in Integrative Biology  [INTEGBI 298]  

  • Graduate Research  [INTEGBI 299]  

  • Introduction to Quantitative Methods In Biology  [INTEGBI C201]  

  • CTEG Evolution, Genetics, and Genomics Seminar  [INTEGBI C242]  

  • Thesis Course  [INTEGBI H196B]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [MCELLBI 199]  

  • Research Review in Genetics and Development: Evolution of Genome Structure and Cellular Diversity  [MCELLBI 249P]  

  • Graduate Seminar  [MCELLBI 290]  

  • Research  [MCELLBI 292]  

  • Supervised Independent Study  [MCELLBI 99]  

  • CTEG Evolution, Genetics, and Genomics Seminar  [MCELLBI C242]  

  • Honors Research  [MCELLBI H196A]  

  • Honors Research  [MCELLBI H196B]