BRENDAN J. PINTO
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Brendan J. Pinto
Genomics

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Brendan J. Pinto (ME!) holding a Coast Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis multifasciata) in southern California (2018).

About Me:

Originally from Sergeant Bluff/Sioux City, Iowa (USA) where I obtained my BS in Biology at Morningside College. Afterwards, I moved to Milwaukee, WI (USA) and pursued a PhD with Dr. Tony Gamble. I'm currently a Research Associate with the Milwaukee Public Museum Zoology Department and employed as a staff scientist with Dr. Melissa A. Wilson.

I currently serve as the Early Career Councilor position for the American Genetic Association (AGA). I also serve as an Associate Editor for the AGA's flagship journal, the Journal of Heredity. Please get in touch if you have an interest or questions about the AGA or Journal!

​Outside of science, I enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, camping, and running; and indoor activities like listening to music, watching anime, and playing both Judo and video games!

​I've also been noted to have "a sometimes disturbing fascination with commas" -Reviewer 2

Research Impact

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Photos 5-6; from sister articles describing new developmental resources in the Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus). Diaz et al. 2019 & Pinto et al. 2019 (The transcriptome of the Veiled Chameleon...). Photos by Raul E. Diaz.
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Townsend’s leaf-litter gecko, Sphaerodactylus townsendi, in situ from southern Puerto Rico. In association with Pinto et al. 2019. (Persistence of a geographically-stable hybrid zone...). Photo by Stuart V. Nielsen.
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The Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius) cover photo in association with Pinto et al. 2023 (A lizard is never late...) and Pinto et al. 2023 (The revised reference genome of the leopard gecko...) in Volume 114, number 5 of the Journal of Heredity. Photo by Tony Gamble.
 Past undergraduate collaborators
PictureElizabeth Young, 2017 MU graduate, presenting her work on gecko sex chromosome evolution.




PictureJaison Banks, 2018 MU graduate, presenting his work on snake sex chromosome evolution.

PictureGabby Charbonneau, 2020 MU graduate, presenting her work on visual system evolution in geckos.

Header photo: Adjuntas, Puerto Rico (2016)
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