Alex Samano
Graduate Student
Chakraborty Lab
Email: asamano@tamu.edu
Education
- B.S. Biology w/Minor in Computer Science & Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020
- Ph.D. Biology, Texas A&M University, in progress
- Adaptive evolution
- Genomics
- Population genetics
Publications:
Genome structural variants shape adaptive success of invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. Alejandra Samano, Naveen Kumar, Yi Liao, Farah Ishtiaq, Mahul Chakraborty, In: bioRxiv, vol. 2024.07.29.605641, 2024.
Presentations:
Poster: Utilizing a pangenome graph to uncover the role of genomic repeats in complex trait variation in Drosophila melanogaster. 7th Annual Cancer Research: Basic Science to Bioinformatics” Symposium, October 2024
Data Blitz Talk: What is the role of structural variants (SVs) in shaping complex trait variation? 7th Annual Cancer Research: Basic Science to Bioinformatics” Symposium. October 2024
Talk: Genome structural variants shape adaptive success of invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. 2024 South Texas Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics, University of Houston, TX
Talk: Genome structural variants shape adaptive success of invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. 2024 Texas Genetics Society, College Station, TX
Poster: Discovery of adaptive structural genetic variation in repetitive genome using a pangenome graph of Drosophila melanogaster. 2024 The Allied Genetics Conference, National Harbor, MD
Poster: Genome structural variants shape adaptive success of invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. 2024 Texas A&M Student and Post-doc Research Convention, College Station, TX