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Journal Article for 17 – August – 2011

Posted on August 11, 2011 by abenaa07

Since a few members of our lab group will be gone due to the Dicty conference we decided to put on hold Andrew Bourke’s book and instead read a paper that was suggested by Devin Dobias. The title of the … Continue reading →

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Journal Club

Posted on August 9, 2011 by abenaa07

Please be aware that we have changed our journal club time from 5pm to 4pm. We will still meet in Wilson Hall 301 and anyone is welcomed to join us.

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Lab Meeting 9-August-2011

Posted on August 8, 2011 by abenaa07

Lab meeting this week will be conducted by Jeff Smith. He will be talking about his current and future goals in the lab.

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Journal Article for 10-August-2011

Posted on August 8, 2011 by abenaa07

We will be reading Joao B. Xavier’s paper titled A molecular mechanism that stabilizes cooperative secretions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Please click the link in order to have access to the paper.

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Lab Meeting 2-August-2011

Posted on July 28, 2011 by abenaa07

Lab meeting for this week will be conducted by Xiangjun Tian. He will give a brief background on his previous works and also talk about his future goals.

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Lab Meeting 26-July-2011

Posted on July 21, 2011 by abenaa07

Lab meeting for this week will be conducted by Neil Buttery. He will give a brief background on his previous works and also talk about his future goals. Neil wrote about his lab meeting experience: http://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/missing-neils-brain/.

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Journal Article for 28-July-2011

Posted on July 21, 2011 by abenaa07

We are going to continue to read Andrew F. G. Bourke’s  book. We will read half of Chapter 2 (till page 47).

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Journal Article for 20-July-2011

Posted on July 18, 2011 by abenaa07

Chapter 1 of The Principles of Social Evolution titled An Expanded View of Social Evolution by Andrew Burke.

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What is going on in the lab?

Posted on July 18, 2011 by abenaa07

Well first and foremost, we have a new website and also a lab blog which will help the public have a better understanding of what it means to be a social evolutionary biologist. Secondly, we will begin having structured lab … Continue reading →

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Self-Recognition in Social Amoebae Is Mediated by Allelic Pairs of Tiger Genes

Posted on July 18, 2011 by abenaa07

Instead of regular lab meeting, we will be discussing this paper recently published in Science by one of our collaborators. For the full text please visit http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/06/22/science.1203903.abstract. As a warning you need to have subscription to this magazine. Read the … Continue reading →

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