Elin Videvall is a postdoctoral researcher at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Conservation Genomics. Videvall works with birds and malaria parasites on the islands of Hawaii. She uses genomics, transcriptomics and population genetics to better understand how endemic Hawaiian honeycreepers respond to introduced malaria disease.
Videvall’s projects include:
- Characterize the genetic diversity of malaria parasites on Hawaii
- The evolution of Hawaiian honeycreepers in response to malaria
- Transcriptomics of Hawaiian malaria parasites
E. Videvall, C.K. Cornwallis, V. Palinauskas, G. Valkiūnas, O. Hellgren. 2015. The Avian Transcriptome Response to Malaria Infection. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32 (5): 1255-1267.
E. Videvall, C.K. Cornwallis, D. Ahrén, V. Palinauskas, G. Valkiūnas, O. Hellgren. 2017. The transcriptome of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium ashfordi displays host‐specific gene expression. Molecular Ecology, 26: 2939-2958.