Welcome to the department of Molecular Evolution

Modelling sequence evolution

The sequence evolution modelling group, headed by Professor Otto Berg, use population-dynamic models to simulate evolution of microbial genome sequences.

Cell cycle in archaea

The archaea cell cycle group, headed by professor Rolf Bernander, is focused on hyperthermophilic organisms from the Archaea domain of life.

Pathogenomics

The microbial genomics group, led by Professor Siv Andersson, has sequenced the genomes of human pathogens that cause diseases such as epidemic typhus, trench fever and cat-scratch disease.

Endosymbiont genomics

The aim of this project is to understand the evolution of bacteria that live as endosymbionts of arthropods.

Origin and evolution of mitochondria

The mitochondrion, thought to be inherited from the alpha-proteobacteria, represent the most radical example of genome reductions during transitions to intracellular environments.