Gio Madrigal

Gio Madrigal
  • Postdoc, Beck Lab

Contact Info

Biography —

Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas

Education —

Ph.D. in Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
M.S. in Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX
B.S. in Marine Biology and Marine Fisheries, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX

Research —

My work focuses on using computational methods to characterize mito-nuclear interactions in Evolutionary Mutant Models, species that have evolved adaptations that are maladaptive in humans, as a framework for understanding human mitochondrial disease. The goal is to identify the genetic and molecular mechanisms of compensation that prevent disease, ultimately informing new therapeutic targets in humans.

Selected Publications —

Madrigal, G., Minhas, B. F., & Catchen, J. (2025). Klumpy: A tool to evaluate the integrity of long‐read genome assemblies and illusive sequence motifs. Molecular ecology resources, 25(1), e13982.

Benjamin, N. R., Madrigal, G., Ishida, Y., Catchen, J., Allen, K. L., Pepin, B., & Roca, A. L. (2026). Genomic Validation of PERV‐C‐Free Pigs to Support Xenotransplantation. Xenotransplantation, 33(1), e70109.

Rivera-Colón, A. G., Rayamajhi, N., Minhas, B. F., Madrigal, G., Bilyk, K. T., Yoon, V., ... & Catchen, J. M. (2023). Genomics of secondarily temperate adaptation in the only non-Antarctic icefish. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40(3), msad029.