Caiti Heil | Department of Biological Sciences
- Evidence for Historic and Ongoing Human‐Mediated Dispersal of Yeast, Molecular Ecology (2026, January 1)
- Insights from sourdough redefine the domestication landscape of baker’s yeast, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2026, May 1)
- Two Metschnikowia nectar yeast species have similar volatile profiles but elicit differential foraging in bee pollinators, Ecological Entomology (2026, January 24)
- Impacts of temperature on recombination rate and meiotic success in thermotolerant and cold-tolerant yeast species, Heredity (2025, July 26)
- Mixed Outcomes in Recombination Rates After Domestication: Revisiting Theory and Data, Molecular Ecology (2025)
Caiti Heil
Assistant Professor
Bio
The Heil lab studies processes that create and maintain variation in populations using genetics, genomics, and experimental evolution in Saccharomyces yeast. The three main areas we are focused on right now are 1) how recombination rate varies between populations and species, 2) how hybridization can aid populations in adaptation to different environments, and 3) how S. cerevisiae has been selected for/adapted to baking environments.
Groups
- Biological Sciences and Affiliated Graduate Programs: Bioinformatics
- Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Concentration
- Faculty
- Biological Sciences and Affiliated Graduate Programs: Functional Genomics
- Genetics
- Biological Sciences and Affiliated Graduate Programs: Genetics
- Genetics and Genomics Academy (GGA)
