Rate My Professor Vincent Lynch

Lynch's contributions include highly influential publications such as "Transposon-mediated rewiring of gene regulatory networks contributed to the evolution of pregnancy in mammals" (Nature Genetics, 2011), "Ancient transposable elements transformed the uterine regulatory landscape and transcriptome during the evolution of mammalian pregnancy" (Cell Reports, 2015), "TP53 copy number expansion is associated with the evolution of increased body size and an enhanced DNA damage response in elephants" (eLife, 2016), "A Zombie LIF Gene in Elephants Is Upregulated by TP53 to Induce Apoptosis in Response to DNA Damage" (Cell Reports, 2018), and "Functional architecture of deleterious genetic variants in the genome of a Wrangel Island mammoth" (Genome Biology and Evolution, 2020). These works have shaped understanding of evolutionary novelties, transposable elements in gene regulation, and adaptive responses in vertebrates. Additionally, his research on gorilla genomes, tortoise genomes, and phylogenies of placentas highlights impacts on human health insights from animal genetics. Lynch serves as a faculty expert on evolutionary developmental biology and genetics, genomics, mammoths, and mammalian pregnancy evolution. He has featured in the University at Buffalo podcast "Driven to Discover: Animal Genes and Human Health."