Welcome to the Choi Lab
Welcome to the Choi Lab at the University of Kansas! We are part of the Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary biology.
What is the genetic and evolutionary basis of phenotypic variation? This is a fundamental question of evolutionary biology with answers that can give insights on how populations have adapted to their surrounding and how populations diverge from each other and ultimately form different species. Our research studies domesticated and wild plant species as evolutionary models, and integrate emerging genome sequencing technology and phenotypic data collected from the field/lab with population genetic theory to study the evolutionary genomics of plants.
News
August 2024Khan and Surbhi represented the lab at MWPG2024 
Khan presenting a poster on Metrosideros genetic map 
Surbhi gave a talk on Mimulus telomere sequence evolution.
The lab welcomes Linh as a graduate student in the lab!
July 2024Khan was awarded the R. C. Lewontin Early Award from the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)!
July 2024Audrey wrapped up and presented her REU project today. Together with Joyce both have discovered very promising preliminary results on the genetics of duplicated TR genes. Good luck with your future studies Audrey! 
The lab was funded a NIH R35 award to study the genetics and evolution of telomere variation!
June 2024Surbhi is representing the lab at the New Phytologist nextgen meeting 
The lab welcomes Audrey a undergraduate student from Colorado College as a summer REU student in the lab!
May 2024The lab's first ever field work is being conducted by Khan at Hawaii island. 
Surbhi was nominated on the ASPB 25 Most Inspiring Women in Plant Biology