Jeffrey DaCosta

Jeffrey DaCosta

Jeffrey DaCosta

Postdoctoral researcher (NSF)

Jeff is pushing ahead our NSF EAGER project, which aims to understand the consequences of whole genome duplication in apple trees. He's currently using synthetic long read technology to build high quality genome assemblies for a bunch of species in the Maleae tribe, tracking patterns of gene loss and retention after duplication, and genome scanning native crabapples from the US midwest!