Ecology and Evolution
About the Kohl Lab
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While broadly covering ecology and evolution, research in the Kohl Lab tends to focus on the physiological ecology and microbial ecology of the digestive system. The lab utilizes comparative, experimental, and computational approaches to investigate microbe-dependent physiological functions at various levels of biological organization and in diverse vertebrate systems spanning fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
We regularly use microbial ecology techniques to investigate changes in gut microbial communities driven by numerous factors. However, our true aim is to push the fields of comparative physiology and host-microbe interactions forward by (i) understanding the functional implications of host-microbe relationships to host physiology, ecology, and evolution; and (ii) uncovering the mechanistic bases for these interactions. |
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
A guide for developing a field research safety manual that explicitly considers risks for marginalized identities in the sciences |
Skin bacterial microbiome diversity predicts lower activity levels in female, but not male, guppies, Poecilia reticulata. |
Comparative digestive morphology and physiology of five species of Peromyscus under controlled environment and diet |