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Sarah Schaack

Professor of Biology

Reed College

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Laboratories Of Kleinholtz Biological

Department Of Biology

History and Social Sciences

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Reed College

Sarah Schaack is currently serving as a Biology Professor of Biology at Reed College.

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Sarah Schaack

Reed College

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evolutionary biology genetics genome biology genomics biology molecular evolution avian biology molecular biology population genetics molecular genetics genetic variation entomology molecular ecology comparative genomics evolutionary genetics phylogenetics insect molecular biology systematics genome sequencing phylogenomics gene evolution zoology molecular cell biology developmental system population genomics molecular regulation genetic diversity gene structure bioinformatics insect biochemistry insect science mammalogy animal ecology animal behavior wildlife ecological entomology ecology evolution algal biology sequence assembly molecular evidence sequence analysis mutagenesis microbial systematics speciation wildlife ecology predator-prey interactions sexual selection population ecology breeding behavior genome analysis next-generation sequencing mutation-based testing biological evolution transcription regulation protein genetics gene regulation marine genomics evolutionary microbiology reference genome genetic mechanisms evolutionary mosaicism algal genomes tobacco hornworm moth biological insights draft genome sequence manduca sexta high mutational rates large-scale duplication endogenous hepadnaviruses mitochondrial genomes high mutation rates daphnia pulex deletion rates drosophila melanogaster transposable element insertion genome-wide estimates symbiosis paleobiology systematic palaeontology human evolution morphology (biology) palaeontologia electronica biosystems ecology human biology nature systematic entomology nature method plo biology fungal genetics integrative plant biology evolutionary anthropology genetic engineering forensic genetics quantitative biology genetic recombination heredity biological anthropology biostatistics developmental biology theoretical biology mutagenesis (molecular biology technique) evolutionary applications historical biology adaptation systems biology systematics (systems theory) history of science vertebrate paleontology evolutionary ecology microbiology

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Spontaneous Mutations Occur More in Highly Transcribed Regions in Daphnia. Genome Biology and Evolution (2026)

molecular evolutiongene structuregeneticsmolecular geneticsdevelopmental systemplo biologytranscription (biology)heredityspontaneous mutationsgenomicsbiologymolecular ecologygenetic variationgenetic mechanismsgenome biologygene evolution

Reference Genome for the Benthic Marine Diatom Psammoneis Japonica: Bacterial Associations and Repeat‐Driven Genome Size Evolution in Diatoms. Journal of Phycology (2025)

microbiologymolecular evolutiongenome sequencingmarine biologybacterial associationsmarine genomicsenvironmental dnaevolutionary microbiologyreference genomegenomicsevolutionary biologymolecular ecologygenome biologygenome size evolutionenvironmental microbiologymetagenomics

Estimating Somatic Mutation Rates by Bottlenecked Duplex Sequencing in Non-Model Organisms: Daphnia Magna as a Case Study. Journal of Biological Methods (2022)

genetic recombinationmolecular evolutiongeneticsdaphnia magnasomatic mutation ratespopulation geneticsbiologyevolutionary biologymolecular ecologybottlenecked duplex sequencinggenetic variationmutation-based testingnext-generation sequencinggenome biologygene evolution

Thermal Stress and Mutation Accumulation Increase Heat Shock Protein Expression in Daphnia. Evolutionary Ecology (2022)

geneticsgene expressionmolecular geneticsmorphogenesismolecular and cellular biologymolecular cell biologythermal stressmolecular regulationbiologymolecular biology

Engines of Change: Transposable Element Mutation Rates Are High and Variable Within Daphnia Magna. PLoS Genetics (2021)

Eddie K. H. HoEmily S. BellisJaclyn CalkinsJeffrey R. AdrionLeigh C. Latta IVSarah Schaack

epigeneticsgeneticsevolutionary geneticsdaphnia magnapopulation geneticsgenomicsevolutionary biologymolecular biology

Heat Shock Protein Gene Expression is Higher and More Variable With Thermal Stress and Mutation Accumulation in Daphnia. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2021)

extreme environmentsmolecular geneticsmolecular regulationgene expressionmolecular and cellular biologythermal stressprotein geneticsgene structuregeneticsmolecular cell biologytranscription (biology)transcription factorscell and molecular biologymutation accumulationproteome researchdevelopmental systemgene regulationtranscription regulationmolecular biology

Engines of Change: Transposable Element Mutation Rates Are High and Vary Widely Among Genotypes and Populations of Daphnia Magna. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2020)

Eddie K. H. HoE.S. BellisJaclyn CalkinsJeffrey R. AdrionLeigh C. LattaS. Schaack

avian biologygeneticsevolutionary geneticsmolecular geneticspopulation geneticspopulation biologygenomicsevolutionary biologypopulation genomicsgenetic diversitygenetic variationmolecular biologygenome biologygene evolution

Genus-Wide Characterization of Bumblebee Genomes Reveals Variation Associated With Key Ecological and Behavioral Traits of Pollinators. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2020)

Cheng SunJiaxing HuangYun WangXiaomeng ZhaoLong SuGregg W.C. ThomasMengya ZhaoXingtan ZhangIrwin JungreisManolis KellisSaverio VicarioIgor V. SharakhovSemen M. BondarenkoMartin HasselmannChang N KimBenedict PatenLuca Penso-DolfinLi WangYuxiao ChangQiang GaoLing MaLina MaZhang ZhangHongbo ZhangHuahao ZhangLivio RuzzanteHugh M. RobertsonYihui ZhuYanjie LiuHuipeng YangLele DingQuangui WangWeilin XuCheng LiangMichael W. ItgenLauren MeeBen M. SaddGang CaoZe ZhangMatthew HahnSarah SchaackSeth M. BarribeauPaul H. WilliamsRobert M. WaterhouseRachel Lockridge Mueller

evolutionary geneticsecology evolutiongenetic diversityagricultural pollinationphylogenomicsecological entomologybiological evolutionecology and evolutionary biologygenetic variationbehavioral traitsmolecular evolutiongeneticsmolecular ecologygenome biologysystematicscomparative genomicsgenus-wide characterizationphylogeneticsbiologyevolutionary biology

Draft Genome of Busseola Fusca, the Maize Stalk Borer, a Major Crop Pest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Genome Biology and Evolution (2019)

Kayla M HardwickAwino Maureiq Edith Ojwang'Francesca StomeoSolomon MainaGladys Bichang’aPaul-André CalatayudJonathan FiléeAppolinaire DjikengCaitlin MillerLeah CepkoAlistair C DarbyBruno Le RuSarah Schaack

geneticsgenome sequencinginsect molecular biologydraft genomegenomicsbiologygenome analysisgenome biologymaize stalk borergenetic variationcomparative genomicschorion gene family

Integrative Taxonomy at the Nexus of Population Divergence and Speciation in Insular Speckled Rattlesnakes. Journal of Natural History (2018)

Jesse M. MeikSarah SchaackOscar Flores-VillelaJeffrey W. Streicher

avian biologypopulation divergencemammalogyintegrative taxonomyevolutionary biologyzoologyspeciationentomology

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Sarah Schaack

Professor of Biology

Reed College

Affiliations

Laboratories Of Kleinholtz Biological

Department Of Biology

History and Social Sciences

History

Reed College

Sarah Schaack is currently serving as a Biology Professor of Biology at Reed College.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Sarah Schaack

Reed College

Professor of Biology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Spontaneous Mutations Occur More in Highly Transcribed Regions in Daphnia. Genome Biology and Evolution (2026)

Reference Genome for the Benthic Marine Diatom Psammoneis Japonica: Bacterial Associations and Repeat‐Driven Genome Size Evolution in Diatoms. Journal of Phycology (2025)

Estimating Somatic Mutation Rates by Bottlenecked Duplex Sequencing in Non-Model Organisms: Daphnia Magna as a Case Study. Journal of Biological Methods (2022)

Thermal Stress and Mutation Accumulation Increase Heat Shock Protein Expression in Daphnia. Evolutionary Ecology (2022)

geneticsgene expressionmolecular geneticsmorphogenesismolecular and cellular biologymolecular cell biologythermal stressmolecular regulationbiologymolecular biology

Engines of Change: Transposable Element Mutation Rates Are High and Variable Within Daphnia Magna. PLoS Genetics (2021)

Eddie K. H. HoEmily S. BellisJaclyn CalkinsJeffrey R. AdrionLeigh C. Latta IVSarah Schaack

epigeneticsgeneticsevolutionary geneticsdaphnia magnapopulation geneticsgenomicsevolutionary biologymolecular biology

Heat Shock Protein Gene Expression is Higher and More Variable With Thermal Stress and Mutation Accumulation in Daphnia. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2021)

Engines of Change: Transposable Element Mutation Rates Are High and Vary Widely Among Genotypes and Populations of Daphnia Magna. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2020)

Eddie K. H. HoE.S. BellisJaclyn CalkinsJeffrey R. AdrionLeigh C. LattaS. Schaack

Genus-Wide Characterization of Bumblebee Genomes Reveals Variation Associated With Key Ecological and Behavioral Traits of Pollinators. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2020)

Draft Genome of Busseola Fusca, the Maize Stalk Borer, a Major Crop Pest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Genome Biology and Evolution (2019)

geneticsgenome sequencinginsect molecular biologydraft genomegenomicsbiologygenome analysisgenome biologymaize stalk borergenetic variationcomparative genomicschorion gene family

Integrative Taxonomy at the Nexus of Population Divergence and Speciation in Insular Speckled Rattlesnakes. Journal of Natural History (2018)

Jesse M. MeikSarah SchaackOscar Flores-VillelaJeffrey W. Streicher

avian biologypopulation divergencemammalogyintegrative taxonomyevolutionary biologyzoologyspeciationentomology

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