Over the last 19 (!) years, the Helms Cahan lab has worked on a diverse set of questions, from basic science to solutions-focused applications, integrating multiple levels of organization from developmental mechanisms to physiology to evolutionary dynamics to ecological interactions. We employ a similarly diverse set of research tools, including individual and population genetics and genomics, physiological assays, behavioral analysis, field surveys and experiments, and computational modeling. Learn about our projects, funding sources, collaborators, and key findings & publications below.