Josie Reinhardt

Graduate Student
BA, Macalester College '05
Began Fall 2006

In the Jones lab, I apply the considerable population genomic and molecular genetic tools of the model insect Drosophila melanogaster to the evolution of genetic novelty. In particular, I am investigating the potential role of de novo genes - new genes with no known homologs - to lineage specific adaptations.

More broadly, I am interested in applying the ever-increasing supply of genetic and genomic data in many species to answering core questions in evolutionary genetics.

Publications:

• Reinhardt JA, Baltrus DA, Nishimura MT, et al. De novo assembly using low-coverage short read sequence data from the rice pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. oryzae. Genome Res (2009) 19:294–305. HERE

• Jeck WR, Reinhardt JA, Baltrus DA, et al. Extending assembly of short DNA sequences to handle error. Bioinformatics (2007) 23:2942–4. HERE