Bryson Sjodin
PhD Candidate
Department of Biology
The University of British Columbia
Okanagan Campus
3247 University Way, FIP345
Kelowna, British Columbia V1V 1V7
Canada
bryson.sjodin(at)ubc.ca
Education
- 2019 PhD candidate, Biology, University of British Columbia (Okanagan)
- 2019 Masters of Science, Biology, University of British Columbia (Okanagan)
- 2015 Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of British Columbia (Okanagan)
Research Interests
- Structural variation and its role in diversification and adaptation
- Invasive species management
- Using genetic tools to inform conservation management
Recent Publications
- Schmidt, D. A., Waterhouse, M. D., Sjodin, B. M. F., & Russello, M. A. (2021). Genome-wide analysis reveals associations between climate and regional patterns of adaptive divergence and dispersal in American pikas. Heredity, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-021-00472-3
- Sjodin, B. M. F., Galbreath, K. E., Lanier, H. C., & Russello, M. A. (2021). Chromosome-level reference genome assembly for the American pika (Ochotona princeps). Journal of Heredity, (esab031). https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esab031
- Sjodin, B. M. F., Puckett, E. E., Irvine, R. L., Munshi-South, J., & Russello, M. A. (2021). Global origins of invasive brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in the Haida Gwaii archipelago. Biological Invasions, 23(2), 611–623. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02390-7
- Sjodin, B. M. F., Irvine, R. L., & Russello, M. A. (2020). RapidRat: Development, validation and application of a genotyping-by-sequencing panel for rapid biosecurity and invasive species management. PLOS ONE, 15(6), e0234694. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234694
- Sjodin, B. M. F., Irvine, R. L., Ford, A. T., Howald, G. R., & Russello, M. A. (2020). Rattus population genomics across the Haida Gwaii archipelago provides a framework for guiding invasive species management. Evolutionary Applications, 13(5), 889–904. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12907
- Waterhouse, M.D., B. Sjodin, C. Ray, L. Erb, J. Wilkening, and M.A. Russello (2017) Individual based analysis of hair corticosterone reveals factors influencing chronic stress in the American pika. Ecology and Evolution 7: 4099–4108.
Projects
- Examining diversification and adaptation to high elevation environments in American pika under a comparative genomics framework
- Invasive rat colonization history and movement dynamics in Haida Gwaii
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