The LaBella Lab and UNC Charlotte took the 2025 Tri-Society Evolution Conference by storm. UNC Charlotte had over 15 faculty, staff and...

I am Tanusree Chepuri, a 3rd year senior at UNC Charlotte majoring in Biology (BS), and minoring in Bioinformatics and Data Science. In...

Dr. LaBella was recently awarded the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA R35) from the National Institute of General Medical...

UNC Charlotte recently featured our research on their website. https://inside.charlotte.edu/news-features/2024-04-26/bioinformatics-profe...

New work characterizes the genomes and evolution of 1,154 yeasts

This semester the LaBella lab says farewell to Colin Speer! Colin spent a little over a year in the lab while obtaining his Master's in...

A research blog by Colin Speer Did you know that certain cancer-associated genetic mutations might have once provided us with an...

In 1822 Jane Wright Earl was born in England. She subsequently moved to Utah where she had 13 children and was eventually the grandmother...

The past few months have seen multiple publications from the LaBella lab members. Check them out below! Mitochondria of Aspergillus ->...

Wikipedia says that "Synteny is a neologism meaning "on the same ribbon". It's a term in genetics that refers to the level of similarity...

I am incredibly excited to start my lab here at UNC-Charlotte. The city, university, and my colleagues have been so welcoming! And... we...