Sarah J. Carnahan Craig
Research Assistant Professor
Interests
- Human evolution
- Childhood obesity
Education
Biography
Sarah is interested in human evolution with a specific emphasis on genetic variation within and between species, gene duplication, and the evolution of regulatory elements. She found that the application of knowledge from these genetic investigations to explain (or help explain) phenotypic observations in humans (especially related to reproduction and human health) to be particularly exciting. Her project in the Makova Lab was focused on childhood obesity.
Publications
KD Makova, BD Pickett, RS Harris, GA Hartley, M Cechova, K Pal, S Nurk, D Yoo, Q Li, P Hebbar, BC McGrath, F Antonacci, M Aubel, A Biddanda, M Borchers, E Bomberg, GG Bouffard, SY Brooks, L Carbone, L Carrel, A Carroll, PC Chang, CS Chin, DE Cook, SJC Craig, L de Gennaro, M Diekhans, A Dutra, GH Garcia, PGS Grady, RE Green, D Haddad, P Hallast, WT Harvey, G Hickey, DA Hillis, SJ Hoyt, H Jeong, K Kamali, SL Kosakovsky Pond, TM LaPolice, C Lee, AP Lewis, YE Loh, P Masterson, RC McCoy, P Medvedev, KH Miga, KM Munson, E Pak, B Paten, BJ Pinto, T Potapova, A Rhie, JL Rocha, F Ryabov, OA Ryder, S Sacco, K Shafin, VA Shepelev, V Slon, SJ Solar, JM Storer, PH Sudmant, Sweetalana, A Sweeten, MG Tassia, F Thibaud-Nissen, M Ventura, MA Wilson, AC Young, H Zeng, X Zhang, ZA Szpiech, CD Huber, JL Gerton, SV Yi, MC Schatz, IA Alexandrov, S Koren, RJ O’Neill, E Eichler, AM Phillippy.
The Complete Sequence and Comparative Analysis of Ape Sex Chromosomes.
NATURE,
2024.
D Lariviere, SJC Craig, IM Paul, E Hohman, JS Savage, RO Wright, F Chiaromonte, KD Makova, ML Reimherr.
Methylation profiles at birth linked to early childhood obesity.
J DEV ORIG HEALTH DIS,
2024.
A Lahnsteiner, SJC Craig, K Kamali, B Weissensteiner, B McGrath, A Risch, KD Makova.
In vivo detection of DNA secondary structures using Permanganate/S1 Footprinting with Direct Adapter Ligation and Sequencing (PDAL-Seq).
METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY,
2024.
SJC Craig, AM Kenney, J Lin, IM Paul, LL Birch, JS Savage, ME Marini, F Chiaromonte, ML Reimherr, KD Makova.
Constructing a polygenic risk score for childhood obesity using functional data analysis.
ECONOM STAT,
2023.
SJC Craig, AM Kenney, J Lin, IM Paul, LL Birch, JS Savage, ME Marini, F Chiaromonte, M Reimherr, KD Makova.
Polygenic risk score based on weight gain trajectories is a strong predictor of childhood obesity.
BIORXIV,
2019.
SJC Craig, D Blankenberg, ACL Parodi, IM Paul, LL Birch, JS Savage, ME Marini, JL Stokes, A Nekrutenko, M Reimherr, F Chiaromonte, KD Makova.
Child Weight Gain Trajectories Linked To Oral Microbiota Composition.
SCI REP-UK,
2018.