Maitreya Dunham

The Dunham lab uses yeast as a model system to understand genome evolution, and uses evolution as a way to modulate yeast biology. We develop and use high throughput genomics methods to build and screen libraries of natural and synthetic genetic variation in both native yeast sequences and genes imported from other species, including humans. We are also increasingly moving our work out of the lab and into high school classrooms, breweries, and beyond.