| Emily C. Moore | Division of Biological Sciences
University of Montana 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT, 59812 |
Education
| 2012 – 2017 | PhD, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Genetics Advisor: Reade Roberts Committee Members: Trudy Mackay, John Godwin, Dahlia Nielsen |
| 2011 – 2012 | MS, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Biomedical Sciences, emphasis Animal Anatomy and Physiology, non-thesis |
| 2005 – 2011 | BS, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Biology, magna cum laude |
| 2005 – 2011 | BA, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Philosophy, summa cum laude Honors Thesis Advisor: Candice Shelby |
Professional Appointments
| 2018 – | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Division of Biological Sciences,
University of Montana, Missoula MT, Advisor: Jeffrey Good |
| 2017 – 2018 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biological Sciences,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Advisor: Reade Roberts |
Emphasis of Research
| behavioral genetics, quantitative genetics, speciation, hybridization, sex chromosome evolution, population genetics and genomics, evolution of gene expression |
Peer-reviewed Publications
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| 10. | Moore EC, Ciccotto PJ, Peterson EN, Lamm MS, Albertson RC, and RB Roberts. Polygenic sex determination produces modular sex polymorphism in an African cichlid fish. 2022. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: e2118574119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118574119 | ||
| 9. | Moore EC, Thomas GWC, Mortimer S, Kopania EEK, Hunnicutt KE, Clare-Salzler ZJ, Larson EL, and JM Good. 2022. The evolution of widespread recombination suppression on the Dwarf Hamster (Phodopus) X chromosome. Genome Biology and Evolution14: evac080. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac080 | ||
| 8. | Brekke TB^, Moore EC^, Campbell-Staton SC, Callahan CM, Cheviron ZA, and JM Good. 2021. X chromosome-dependent disruption of placental regulatory networks in hybrid dwarf hamsters. Genetics 218(1): iyab043. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyab043. | ||
| 7. | Johnson ZV^, Moore EC^, Godwin J, Wong RY, Streelman JT and RB Roberts. 2020. Exploratory behavior is associated with microhabitat and evolutionary radiation in Lake Malawi cichlids. Animal Behaviour 160:121-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.11.006. | ||
| 6. | Conte MA, Joshi R, Moore EC, Nandamuri SP, Gammerdinger WJ, Roberts RB, Carleton KL, Lien S and TD Kocher. 2019. Chromosome-scale assemblies reveal the structural evolution of African cichlid genomes. Gigascience 8(4):giz030. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giz030. | ||
| 5. | Stuckert A, Moore EC, Coyle KP, Davidson I, MacManes MD, Roberts RB and K Summers. 2019. Variation in pigmentation gene expression is associated with distinct aposematic color morphs in the poison frog, Dendrobates auratus. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19(85). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1410-7. | ||
| 4. | Peterson EN, Cline ME**, Moore EC, Roberts NB, and RB Roberts. 2017. Genetic sex determination in Astatotilapia calliptera, a prototype species for the Lake Malawi cichlid radiation. Naturwissenschaften 104(5-6):41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-017-1462-8 | ||
| 3. | Roberts RB, Moore EC, and TD Kocher. 2017. An allelic series at pax7a is associated with color polymorphism diversity in Lake Malawi cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology 26: 2625 – 2639. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13975 [Featured cover article]
Featured in News & Views: Santos ME. 2017. Molecular Ecology, 26: 2605-2607. |
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| 2. | Moore EC and RB Roberts. 2017. Genital morphology and allometry differ by species and sex in Malawi cichlid fishes. Hydrobiologia 791: 127-134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2912-6 | ||
| 1. | Moore EC and RB Roberts. 2013. Polygenic Sex Determination. Current Biology 23: R510-R512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.004 | ||
Submitted or In Review – manuscripts available as preprints or on request
| 3. | Kang T, Moore EC, Kopania EEK, Schilling B, Campisi J, Good JM, Brem RB. A natural variation-based screen in mouse cells reveals USF2 as a regulator of DNA damage response and senescence. |
| 2. | DeLorenzo L, Matthews D, Brandon AA, Joglekar M, Carmona Baez A, Moore EC, Ciccotto PJ, Roberts NB, Roberts RB, Powder KE. Genetic basis of body shape variation along the benthic-pelagic axis in cichlid fishes. (BioRxiv at https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.02.462884) |
| 1. | Moore EC and Roberts RB. Heterospecific aggression differs predominately by species, rather than sex, in Lake Malawi cichlid fish. (BioRxiv at https://doi.org/10.1101/720375). |
Grants and Fellowships
| 2022 | Travel Award, Society for the Study of Evolution | |
| 2018 | Travel Award, NC State Postdoctoral Association | |
| 2017 | Travel Award, WM Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, Evolution | |
| 2015 | Provost Research Award, NC State University | |
| 2015 | Travel Award, WM Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, IBANGS | |
| 2014 | Research Award, WM Keck Center for Behavioral Biology | |
| 2012 – 17 | Graduate Fellowship Research Assistantship, North Carolina State University |
Honors, and Awards
| 2018 | Finalist, James F. Crow Early Career Researcher, Genetics Society of America |
| 2016 | First Place Poster Presentation, NCSU Biological Sciences Poster Session |
| 2014 | Third Place Poster Presentation, NCSU Graduate School Research Symposium |
| 2013 | Best Presentation by a First-Year Student, NCSU Genetics Graduate Symposium |
| 2013 | Best Poster Presentation by a Graduate Student, NCSU Genetics Colloquium |
| 2011 | Finalist, Outstanding Undergraduate Student in the Sciences |
| 2006 – 11 | Dean’s List Scholarship, University of Colorado |
Invited Presentations
| Symposia | |
| 2018 | Population, Evolutionary & Quantitative Genetics, Madison, WI, Crow Award Session |
| 2014 | 21st Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, ID |
| Invited Seminars | |
| 2022 | University of Maryland, Biology Department, College Park, MD |
| 2022 | University of Denver, Department of Biological Sciences, Denver, CO |
| 2021 | Binghamton University, EEB Departmental Seminar, remote |
| Internal Seminars | |
| 2019 | University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences, Missoula, MT |
| 2018 | University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences, Missoula, MT |
Contributed First Author Presentations
| International | ||||
| 2015 | International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society, Uppsala, Sweden (Poster) | |||
| 2015 | Cichlid Science Graz, Austria (Oral) | |||
| National and regional | ||||
| 2022 | GSA, Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics, Asilomar, CA (Poster) | |||
| 2022 | Society for the Study of Evolution, Cleveland, OH (Oral) | |||
| 2019 | Society for the Study of Evolution, Providence, RI (Oral) | |||
| 2017 | Society for the Study of Evolution, Portland, OR (Poster) | |||
| 2016 | Triangle Zebrafish Symposium, Duke University, Durham, NC (Oral) | |||
| 2015 | 7th Vertebrate Sex Determination Symposium, Kailua-Kona, HI (Poster) | |||
| 2014 | Society for the Study of Evolution, Raleigh, NC (Oral) | |||
Teaching
| Instructor of RecordUniversity of Colorado, Denver | |||
| 2009 -11 | BIOL 2081 | Laboratory, Biology II for majors | 20 students/class |
| 2010 | BIOL 1550 | Laboratory, Biology for non-majors | 20 students/class |
| Guest Lecturer | |||
| 2020 | BIOL 3010 | Evolution and Speciation, University of Denver | |
| 2019 | BIOB 494 | Host-Microbe Interactions, University of Montana | |
| 2017 | BIO 330 | Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics, NC State | |
| 2016 | BIO 451 | Genome Science, NC State | |
| Teaching Assistant | |||
| 2015 | GEN 311 | Recitation, Introductory Genetics | |
Service to Professional Societies and Communities
| 2022 | Poster Judge, Genetics Society of America |
Department, College, and University Service
| 2015 – 2017 | Elected Graduate Student Representative to the Department |
| 2014 – 2015 | Member, Departmental Student Invited Distinguished Speaker Committee |
| 2014, 2015 | Chair, Genetics Graduate Student Association Symposium |
| 2014, 2015 | Chair, Graduate Recruitment |
| 2013 – 2015 | President, Genetics Graduate Student Association |
| 2013 – 2014 | Member, Departmental NIH Training Grant Invited Speaker Committee |
| 2010 | Undergraduate member, Faculty Search committee, CU Denver |
Service towards Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
| 2021 | Member, Access to Undergraduate Research working group, U. Montana |
| 2020 – | Founding member, UM Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Science (DEISci), |
| 2018 – | Leadership, University of Montana Women in Science group (WiSci) |
| 2017 | Presentation, GWIS Women in Science Symposium, Duke University |
| 2014 – 2018 | Member, Graduate Women in Science, Triangle Chapter |
| 2013 | Developed and taught “Fish Filet Forensics,” a Labs for Learning workshop for local high schools (continues to be used for teacher training for low-income school districts) |
Community Education and Engagement
| 2019 | State Science Fair judge |
| 2016 | Public Presentation, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences |
| 2015 – | Developed Dances with Fishes, comparative behavior activity (6+ events) |
| 2014 – 2016 | Volunteer, Brain Day, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences |
| 2014 | Public Presentation, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences |
| 2013 – | Developed Fish Face Frenzy, evolution education activity (10+ events) |
| 2013 | Public Presentation, Pints of Science |
Professional Memberships
| Society for the Study of Evolution | American Society of Naturalists |
| Genetics Society of America | Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution |
| American Society of Mammalogists |
Professional Development
| 2020 | Ally Training, University of Montana |
| 2015 | Coding in R Workshop, NC State University |
Emily C. Moore 