Heather Machado

Heather is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Peter Campbell at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (2017-now). She is studying the evolution of hematopoietic lineages and how that relates to age-related changes in immune function (in humans!). She was a Graduate Student in Petrov Lab (2010-2017) where she conducted work on understanding of adaptation particularly in the context of recent radiations or environmental shifts. She received both her B.S. and M.S. from Portland State University where she worked with Mitch Cruzan and then worked as a Research associate in Suzy Renn's lab at Reed. More information can be found here.