Our work focuses on the dynamics and molecular underpinnings of adaptation with particular attention to the role of local adaptation, tradeoffs, and behavior as mechanisms of balancing selection.
Recent Announcements
PVCC Capstone Collections
We are collaborating with Piedmont Virginia Community College to conduct seasonal Drosophila collections at Carter Mountain Orchard.
Backyard Evolution
Participate in a citizen science project! The Bergland Lab at UVA is looking for volunteers to collect and preserve flying insects from their compost piles this spring, summer, and fall. Click below to read more!
Monday, February 4, 2018
Dörthe Becker, a postdoc in the Bergland lab, was recently awarded a Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship funded by the European Commission.
Friday, Jan 18, 2018
Karen Barnard-Kubow, a postdoc in the Bergland Lab, was recently awarded a NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellowship.
Monday, Dec 18, 2017
Alan co-authors a paper in eLife with members of the Johnston lab at Johns Hopkins.
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2017
Alan publishes a paper in PNAS.
Monday, May 22, 2017
Dr. Priscilla Erickson wins a JCC post-doctoral fellowship!
Monday, August 1, 2016
The Bergland lab receives its first grant!
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Alan recently published a paper in Current Biology about the evolutionary hip and fitness consequences of a super-gene in the white-throated sparrow.
Monday, January 25, 2016
The Bergland Lab is open for business!