The Lind Lab is located both at Halmstad University (where we run population genetic research) and Uppsala University (where we run our ongoing nematode research), with its core funding from the Swedish Research Council VR, and by being part of collaboratory grants from FORMAS and the Swedish EPA, together with Johanna Sjöstedt.
We are interested in life history evolution in general, and our current research is focused around three connected themes:
(1) Evolution of inheritance systems (phenotypic plasticity, parental and epigenetic inheritance) during adaptation to new environments
(2) The role of life-history trade-offs during the evolution of long lifespan
(3) Population differentiation in wild salmonoid populations (together with the lab of Johanna Sjöstedt)
We investigate these questions using experimental evolution, artificial selection, pharmaceutical and genetic manipulations in the powerful Caenorhabditis remanei and C. elegans nematode model systems, and with genetic sampling of wild salmon and trout populations. Through collaborations we also study adaptation in nature (using flycatchers, Daphnia and insects)