What might a functional theory for the genetics of adaption look like? A first proposal: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-... TL;DR : it’s all about rebalancing stress and growth.

Towards a functional genetics of adaptation: insights from microbial experimental evolution

Abstract. A general theory of adaptation is one that accounts for both the quantitative and functional properties of adaptive evolution. To date, the field

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Quickening the pace (of evolution). Spatial structure speeds up adaptation to antibiotics. Great work by Partha Chakraborty just out: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Accelerated evolution in networked metapopulations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Centralized migration accelerates adaptation and drives parallel evolution, emphasizing the key influence of spatial organization on evolutionary dynamics across systems from pathogen transmission to ...

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Congrats to both of you. The GRS is in good hands.

Noah Houpt@noahhoupt.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to get to work on GRS 2027 with @duhitasant.bsky.social!! Hit me up here or via email if you have any feedback or ideas for the next Micro Pop Biol GRS!

For those who saw this earlier, make sure to follow the most recent additions! For those who'd missed it, follow all these amazing folks! This was such a great meeting this year, thanks to everyone who organized and attended, already looking forward to the next one!

Mike Blazanin@mikeblazanin.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking forward to seeing everyone, new and old, at the Microbial Population Biology GRS + GRC in just a couple days! go.bsky.app/GGxRjzC

One week left to submit your abstract to @microbiologysociety.org meeting on “Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics” at Liverpool 26-27 November Lots of spaces for ECR talks and posters! microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

Still evolving after all these years. Thanks for making this an amazing meeting - outstanding science and incredible people. Awesome. @lcatherines.bsky.social @mikeblazanin.bsky.social @drhhnz.bsky.social and Christina Burch.

It maybe a joint project @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social ?

Jesse Shapiro@bjesseshapiro.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you a recent PhD (or soon to be PhD) from outside Canada looking to do a postdoc in Quebec? Get in touch if you are excited about microbes, evolution, ecology, genomics (or all of the above!) and I'd be happy to help develop a project together! www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/...

With thanks the Cheryl Andam www.albany.edu/biology/facu... for the opportunity to collaborate.

Michael Brockhurst@brockhurstlab.bsky.social · last yr.

Good Pseudomonas aeruginosa comparative genomics study by @reeskassen.bsky.social &co journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

And are hopefully now corrected (trying to feverishly remember if the edits were done)

Mike Wiser@drmikewiser.bsky.social · last yr.

It, um, turned out that (some of) the published calculations were incorrect.

It, um, turned out that (some of) the published calculations were incorrect.

Application review for the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology begins on Jan 20. Maximize your chance of acceptance and $ support by submitting your application with a poster abstract before that date! Details: www.grc.org/microbial-po...

Hard copies, finally. What little things tell us about evolution and biodiversity. Thanks to Chris Griffin for the cover. Check out his work at www.christophergriffin.ca

Not that anyone here wants my views on SARS-CoV-2 origins, but just in case, letting experts like @eddieholmes.bsky.social and the f'ing DNI speak on this: 1. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... 2. www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d... (as opposed to crazy 8chan stuff and sloppy op-editors)

What little things tell us about big questions (in biology). New edition of ‘Experimental Evolution & the Nature of Biodiversity’ out today. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Registration and abstract submission for the 3rd Joint Congress (@eseb.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social, SSB) on Evolutionary Biology is now open! To register: www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration... Further details: www.evolutionmeetings.org

Using little things to answer big questions. Second edition of Experimental Evolution and Nature of Biodiversity due out in April 2024 from OUP. Thanks to Chris Griffin www.christophergriffin.ca for the cover.

Hey @noahhoupt.bsky.social you’re in the news!

American Naturalist / ASN 🐌@asn-amnat.bsky.social · 3y ago

As populations diversify, what kind of interactions evolve? In this paper, Houpt & Kassen investigate how the evolution of interactions in microbial communities depends on environmental complexity. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Can spatial subdivision of a population accelerate adaptation? Yep. Check out our new study with @ppc_bio & @BiophysicsFL for more details: doi.org/10.1093/evle... @EvolLetters

Rees here. Evolutionary biologist with a focus on microbes. I also do things at the science-society interface. In Montreal and Ottawa, with a toe in BC

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 3y ago

Science on Bluesky is growing rapidly! Science friends, introduce yourselves below and I’ll share! Who are you? What do you work on? Where are you based? I’ll go first. I’m David, and I study sharks and their conservation. I’m based in the Washington, DC area. 🧪🦑🌎🦈🐡