Featured Publications

Genomic and cytogenetic evidence for divergence and speciation in geladas

Scott BR, Ayele F, Lemma A, Moges A, Abebe B, Greenier A, Slikas E, Blackwell M, Becker K, Stoltzmann M, Sadoughi B, Johann A, Brüning N, Haile AA, Kebede F, Joka FR, Guarracino A, Mekonnen A, Hindle A, Beehner JC, Schneider-Crease IA, Lu A, Bergman TJ, Chiou KL, Snyder-Mackler N**.

Genome Biology (2026) DOI: 10.1186/s13059-026-04143-6

Single-cell, multi-region profiling of the macaque brain across the lifespan

Yang X, Watkins KL, DeCasien AR, O’Neill MB, Bohlen MO, O’Day DR, Duran M, Qiu C, Meleshko A, Vo A, Menke M, Calderon D, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Sallet J, Higham JP, Martínez MI, Trapnell C, Starita LM, Montague MJ, Platt ML**, Chiou KL**, Shendure J**, Snyder-Mackler N**.

bioRxiv (2025) DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.31.685880

How and why does aging occur? Updating evolutionary theory to meet a new era of data

Metcalf CJE**, Anderson RM, Hochberg ME, Masel J, Moorad J, Promislow DEL, Tuljapurkar S, Snyder-Mackler N**.

Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health (2026) DOI: 10.1093/emph/eoaf040

Age and early life adversity shape heterogeneity of the epigenome across tissues in macaques Sadoughi B*, Petersen R*, Patterson SK, Slikas E, Adjandba C, Ryan N, Costa CE, Newman LE, Watowich MM, Kelsey CR, Greenier A, Goldman EA, Negrón-Del Valle JE, Phillips D, Thompson I, Bauman Surratt SE, González O, Compo N, Burgos A, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, DeCasien AR, Chiou KL, Walker CS, Ruiz Lambides AV, Martínez MI, Sterner KN, Brent LJN, Higham JP, Montague MJ, Platt ML, Snyder-Mackler N**, Lea AJ** Science (2026) DOI: 10.1126/science.aea4922

Non-invasive measures of DNA methylation capture molecular aging in wild capuchin monkeys

Sadoughi B, Hernández-Rojas R, Hamou H, Lopez R, Mah M, Slikas E, Simmons SMV, Orkin JD, Higham JP, Brosnan SF, Jack KM, Campos FA, Snyder-Mackler N**, Melin AD**

Molecular Ecology (2026) DOI: 10.1111/mec.70468