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Chan, Yingguang F.

Dr. Yingguang Chan



Telephone: +49 4522 763-283
Telefax: +49 4522 763-281
eMail: chan[a]evolbio.mpg.de
Room: 150
   


Curriculum vitae:
Born on 1st November 1979 in Hongkong. Bachelor in molecular biology and bio-chemistry Wesleyan University, USA (2003). PhD in developmental biology, Stanford University, USA (2009). PostDoc at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (since 2009).


Research fields:
Molecular basis of adaptation
Molecular genetics
Population genetics
QTL Mapping
Selective Sweeps


Scientific Awards:
Postdoctoral Fellow, VolkswagenStiftung Evolutionary Biology (2010)
EMBO Fellowship (gratefully declined, 2010)
Walter M. Fitch Prize Finalist, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (2010)
AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science (2008)
Affymetrix Bio-X Fellow, Stanford Graduate Fellowship (2003-2006)
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (Gamma Chapter) (2003)
Scott Biomedical Prize for Excellence in Biology (2003)
Freeman Asian Scholar (1999-2003)
Howard Hughes Summer Research Fellowship (2000, 2002)
CDS International Summer Internship Program (2001)
Hong Kong SCMP Student Linguist of the Year (1999)
Dr. Li Fook Sin Scholarship (1999)


Selected Publications:
Population genomics of parallel phenotypic evolution in stickleback across stream-lake ecological transitions.
Proc. R. Soc. B., doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1552; published online 5 October 2011
Deagle, B. E., F. C. Jones, Y. F. Chan, D. M. Absher, D. M., Kingsley, T. E. Reimchen

The genetic basis of divergent pigment patterns in juvenile threespine sticklebacks.
Heredity, 107:155-166 (2011)
Greenwood, A. K., F. C. Jones, Y. F. Chan, S. D. Brady, D. M. Absher, J. Grimwood, J. Schmutz, R. M. Myers, D. M. Kingsley and C. L. Peichel

Adaptive evolution of pelvic reduction in sticklebacks by recurrent deletion of a Pitx1 enhancer
Science, 327(5963): 302-305 (2010)
Chan, Y. F., M.E. Marks, F.C. Jones, G. Villarreal, M.D. Shapiro, S.D. Brady, A.m. Southwick, D.M. Absher, J. Grimwood, J. Schmutz, R. M. Myers, B. Jónsson, D. Schluter, M. A. Bell, M.A., D. M. Kingsley

A role for neo-sex chromosomes in stickleback speciation.
Nature, 461(7267):1079-1083 (2009)
Kitano, J., J. A. Ross, S. Mori, M. Kume, F. C. Jones, Y. F. Chan, D. M. Absher, J. Grimwood, J. Schmutz, R. M. Myers, D. M. Kingsley, C. L. Peichel



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