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New preprint on bioRxiv

Posted on September 24, 2021 by tjscott16

Trey’s new paper on context-dependence in the Dictyostelium–Paraburkholderia symbiosis is out on bioRxiv.

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Gina Lewin received NIH Pathway to Independence Award

Posted on July 30, 2021 by tjscott16

Gina’s proposal is titled “Probing the role of heterogeneity in streptococcal interactions” and looks at interactions between different bacteria inside the mouth.

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Postdoc Laura Walker was featured on Biology Department webpage

Posted on July 6, 2021 by tjscott16

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New endosymbiont paper published

Posted on June 30, 2021 by tjscott16

Former postdocs published a new paper characterizing the unculturable endosymbionts of amoebae.

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Tyler’s paper published in Evolution

Posted on May 11, 2021 by tjscott16

Tyler Larsen’s new paper using experimental evolution to infer symbiotic adaptations was published in evolution! Here is a link to the paper.

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Our science outreach was featured in Wash U’s biology newsletter

Posted on January 22, 2020 by tjscott16

Our science outreach activities at the Ferguson Farmer’s market were featured in Wash U biology department’s newsletter, Biologue. You can find the article on page 9: Biologue Fall 2019.

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New review paper on cooperation and conflict published

Posted on January 6, 2020 by tjscott16

Three grad students (James, Shreenidhi, and Tyler) collaborated to write a review paper called Cooperation and conflict in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum for the special Dictyostelium issue of the International Journal of Developmental Biology.

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Several lab members presented at Evolution 2019!

Posted on August 15, 2019 by tjscott16

Justine Garcia gave a talk titled Do symbionts benefit from symbiosis?: fitness of facultative symbionts in host and non-host environments under different contexts. You can watch her talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMuO43jlDnc Tyler Larsen gave a talk titled Loss of symbiotic adaptations … Continue reading →