Author Archives: tjscott16

New research has come out recently! First, a paper from James Medina’s PhD research on how D. discoideum can protect symbionts from competition has been published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology. This paper was a collaboration with former postdoc Justine Garcia. … Continue reading →

The Stalker Award is given to a graduating senior that combines achievements in the sciences with those in the arts and the humanities. Sindhuri has worked in the lab with postdoc Laura Walker on D. discoideum and Paraburkholderia genomics while … Continue reading →

Graduate student Israt Jahan won both the people’s choice and first place in the McDonnell International Scholars Academy 3 minute thesis competition! She talked about

Postdoctoral position in ecology, evolution, and genetics of Dictyostelium discoideum and its bacteria The Queller-Strassmann group at Washington University in St. Louis has a postdoctoral position for a highly motivated individual interested in exploring this fascinating microbial system. Current funding is for … Continue reading →

James Medina defended his PhD titled “Cooperation and conflict in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum and its Paraburkholderia endosymbionts.”

Laura Walker and Trey Scott have new preprints on bioRxiv. Laura’s paper is on the role of the grlG gene in the loss of altruism. Trey’s paper is on the role of food bacteria in the Dictyostelium–Paraburkholderia symbiosis.