Category Archives: Lab Meeting

Article chosen by Cassie Vernier: “Altruism can evolve when relatedness is low: evidence from bacteria committing suicide upon phage infection” Dominik Refardt, Tobias Bergmiller and Rolf Kümmerli

Jousset A, Rochat L, Scheu S, Bonkowski M, Keel C (2010) Predator-Prey Chemical Warfare Determines the Expression of Biocontrol Genes by Rhizosphere-Associated Pseudomonas fluorescens. Appl Environ Microbiol 76:5263–5268.

Journal article chosen by Jason Scott: Blount et al. (2012). Genomic analysis of a key innovation in an experimental Escherichia coli population. Nature. 489: 513-518. Also, check out the News and Views for this article: Hendrickson, H., & Rainey, P.B. (2012). How the unicorn … Continue reading →

David Queller picked the journal article for this week: Rand, D.G., Greene, J.D., & Nowak, M.A. (2012). Spontaneous giving and calculated greed. Nature, 489, 427-430.

Jason Scott chose the journal articles for this week. They are titled Ecological Populations of Bacteria Act as Socially Cohesive Units of Antibiotic Production and Resistance by Otto X. Cordero et al. & Microbial Cooperative Warfare by Helene Morlon.

We will not have journal club this week.