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 and 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
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.
August 2025: We said goodbye to Nelia Luviano Aparicio, a great Postdoctoral Scientist in the lab. Nelia is off to be a Postdoctoral Associate with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami. We wish her well!
June 2025: Kristin and Nelia participated at the American Aging Association Annual Meeting in Anchorage, AK!
May 2025 New Preprints:
- B.L.F. Stevens, S. van Daalen, T.J. Blomquist, K.E. Gribble, & M.G. Neubert. 2025. Timing the initiation of sex: Delay mechanisms alter fitness outcomes in a rotifer population model. bioRxiv 2025.04.25.650506.
- Luviano Aparicio, N., M. Dryburgh, C.M. McMaken, A. Liguori, & K.E. Gribble. 2025. Impact of inhibitors of histone post-translational modifications on lifespan, reproduction, and stress response in the rotifer Brachionus manjavacas. bioRxiv 2025.2005.2003.652051.
January 2025 New Publication: Hernández, C. M., van Daalen, S. F., Liguori, A., Neubert, M. G., Caswell, H., & Gribble, K. E. 2025. Maternal effect senescence and caloric restriction interact to affect fitness through changes in life history timing. Journal of Animal Ecology 94, 99–111.
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.