Research in the Gribble lab addresses questions of plasticity and evolution of life history strategy and aging, with a focus on transgenerational inheritance of phenotype. We combine perspectives and methods from ecology, biological oceanography, evolution, and molecular biology to investigate how environment and genetics together determine an organism’s lifespan, reproduction, and health phenotypes. We are particularly interested in understanding “maternal effects,” or how a mother’s physiology and environment affects the phenotype of her offspring, potentially across multiple generations.
Lab News
August 2026 New Publication: Liguori, A., S. Korm, A. Profetto, E. Richters, & K.E. Gribble. 2026. Transgenerational and intergenerational maternal age effects exhibit genotype-specific, complex patterns of inheritance. In press The American Naturalist.
June 2026: Oona Carroll joined the lab as a undergraduate student intern for the summer. Welcome Oona!
May 2026: Nicole Pittoors joined the lab as a Postdoctoral Scientist. Welcome Nicole!
March 2026 New Publication: Stevens, B.L.F., S.F. van Daalen, T.J. Blomquist, K.E. Gribble, & M.G. Neubert. 2026. Timing the initiation of sex: Delay mechanisms alter fitness outcomes in a rotifer population model. Journal of Theoretical Biology 620, 112333.
October 2025 New Publication: Luviano Aparicio, N., M. Dryburgh, C.M. McMaken, A. Liguori, & K.E. Gribble. 2025. Impact of histone post-translational modification inhibitors on lifespan, reproduction, and stress response in the rotifer Brachionus manjavacas. PLOS ONE 20(10): e0324769.
We are a part of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), a research institution dedicated to scientific discovery – exploring fundamental biology, understanding biodiversity and the environment.