In the Runemark lab at Lund University we are interested in identifying how variation arises and the processes by which it sorts into new species, as well as which ecological settings and factors promote these processes. Genomics is a main tool in our research.

In this organization we gather useful pipelines, workflows and scripts that talented students have contributed while working in the Runemark lab. The resources span variant calling workflows and population genomics, analysis of gene expression, genetic analysis of museum samples, de novo assembly and genome annotation.

We currently have four main research projects:

• The ERC funded project HybridExpress focusing on how hybridization can result in novel variation where we use independent lineages of hybrid Italian sparrows on Mediterranean islands as a study system.
• In the second project we attempt at disentangling the genomic basis of speciation using a host plant shift in Tephritis flies as a model, specifically focusing on the roles of coding genetic differences and gene expression.
• We also have a project where we address how we can inform conservation of evolutionary potential in species in anthropogenically altered landscapes using genomic tools, with specific focus on loss of genetic diversity over time.
• Finally, we are interested in the genomic basis of complex floral traits, including in the role of polyploidy. This project is run in close collaboration with Magne Friberg.