Thrilled to share this pre-print from an exciting collaboration with @bnashby.bsky.social, @asherleeks.bsky.social and @bramvandijk.bsky.social! Viral cheats that emerge through social evolution, under vertical transmission as proviruses, become defense systems to their hosts.

Bram van Dijk 🏳️‍🌈@bramvandijk.bsky.social · 5d ago

New preprint from our lab, with @sultannazir.bsky.social! 🚨 Defense systems in pro- and eukaryotes are often derived from the very parasites they now defend against. Here we show how this all starts with the emergence of cheaters in parasite populations! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I'm excited to share that my first paper is finally out and about! We unpack how the resource cost of traits varies across environments. I did this work during my MSc at UBC @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social, @zoology.ubc.ca. I'm grateful for all I learned from @sarperotto.bsky.social in this journey.

PLOS Biology@plosbiology.org · 2d ago

Physiological trade-offs make traits costly, but resource requirements vary. This study by @sarperotto.bsky.social @javadmeghrazi.bsky.social &co uses a unified energy-proteome allocation framework to predict costs and growth across environmental conditions. 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4k5TlUA

Physiological trade-offs make traits costly, but resource requirements vary. This study by @sarperotto.bsky.social @javadmeghrazi.bsky.social &co uses a unified energy-proteome allocation framework to predict costs and growth across environmental conditions. 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4k5TlUA