Welcome to the Ragland Lab at the University of Colorado, Denver. We are interested in the process of local adaptation, particularly in response to seasonal variability. Our goal is to understand the mechanisms and targets of natural selection, integrating studies from genomes, to physiology, to whole organism performance. You can read more about our research here. The lab is actively recruiting one postdoc (starting summer 2025) to work on the evolution of transcriptional plasticity. Please direct inquiries to Greg Ragland.
Miscellaneous Photos
2/14/2020 — Window frosting in Stockholm improbably appealing simultaneously to Greg’s love of bugs and surfing…
1/17/2020 — Lab trip to the Westminster butterfly pavilion
Back row: Lahari (M.S. student), Gabrielle (Swallow lab, research assistant), Greg (PI), Isaiah (B.S. student), Matin (B.S. student); Front row: Jantina (postdoc), Emily (Swallow lab, M.S. student), Lalitya (B.S. student), Manaal (B.S. student)
9/28/2019 — Ragland and Swallow lab hike in Rocky Mountain National Park
Back row: Marianne (M.S. student), Lalitya (B.S. student); Middle row: Jantina (postdoc), Emily (Swallow lab, M.S. student), Isaiah (B.S. student), Matin (B.S. student), Manaal (B.S. student); Front row: Gabrielle (Swallow lab, research assistant), Graem (honorary entomologist for the day)
9/3/2019 — End of the semester celebration, Atomic Cowboy
Clockwise, starting at bottom left: Greg (PI), Joseph (B.S. student), Lalitya (B.S. student), Jantina (postdoc), Isaiah (B.S. student), Ahn (honorary trivia team member for the day), Lahari (M.S. student), Matin (B.S. student), Marianne (M.S. student)
4/26/2019 — Undergraduate researchers present their work at CU Denver’s RaCAS (Research and Creative Activities Symposium).
Lalityla Andaloori presenting her UROP project on fly metabolismManaal Dawaldi presenting the work he’s been doing with Marianne Davenport on beetle diapauseErina Rader presenting her UROP and EUReCA!-funded work on apple maggot fly genetics
4/24/2019 — Mac Calvert wrapping up the MS
Greg (left) and Mac (right) with big smiles post-thesis defense
4/13/2019 — Brent Sinclair out for a very important meeting…
Brent Sinclair (left) and Greg (right) at the “faculty club”
3/31/2019 — Lab hike at Reynolds Park.
At the top of the Reynolds Park hike, from left to right: Manaal (B.S. student), Lalitya (B.S. student), Dana (honorary lab member for the day), Mac (M.S. student), Greg (chief form signer), Marianne (M.S. student), Jantina (post-doc)
5/24/2017 — Enjoying the food truck-a-palooza at Civic Center Eats
9/7/2016 — Easy field day in the park. Haw collections, Cheeseman Park. Never mind the finger…
7/20/16 — Last supper before the move from KSU to CU Denver
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