The QS Lab was recently awared a full-term grant by the NSF to exploring microbial predation. Our charismatic focal organism Dictyostelium discoideum is a super-generalist predator, readily eating the majority of bacteria it is encounters in nature. We’ll be investigating the mechanisms underpinning this remarkable ability at multiple levels, employing methods from animal behaviour, experimental evolution, transcriptomics, genetics and more! Check out more details on the grant here.