Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution

The Field Museum's Pritzker Laboratory, part of the Museum’s Core Lab Group, is an inter-departmental, multi-user core facility dedicated to genetic analysis and preservation of the world's biodiversity. It is shared by Field Museum curators, staff members, students, and associated outside collaborators who constitute together one of the most diverse groups of evolutionary biologists and systematists in the world. The lab provides researchers with state-of-the-art equipment in molecular biology, enabling them to pursue the study of genetic diversity throughout the tree of life and at all taxonomic levels, from populations to classes to phyla of organisms.

We are publishing a lot of new and exciting research from the Pritzker Lab, including papers on zebra sharks reproducing asexually (see here),  developing genetic markers to assist in reproductive conservation for toucans (see here), and examining hybridization in hummingbirds to understand their coloration (see here).

Kevin Feldheim, A. Watson Armour III Manager of the Pritzker Lab

Dylan Maddox, Molecular Lab Specialist 

Mira Garner, Lab Technician II 

Lab Advisory Committee: Shannon Hackett (Head), Bruno de Medeiros, Richard Ree, John Bates, Thorsten Lumbsch, Sara Ruane, and Felix Grewe

More Information: If you are interested in learning more about the Pritzker Lab, please inquire with Kevin Feldheim at kfeldheim@fieldmuseum.org and at the Lab Website.