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New review paper on cooperation and conflict published
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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How to write a letter of recommendation: 5 essentials
Originally posted on Sociobiology:
I’ve written letters for these three great postdocs. “Kind to pets” is what a colleague calls positive letters of recommendation that don’t really say anything. Even worse is “word salad,” a series of highly predictable sentences…
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Several lab members presented at Evolution 2019!
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
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We were at the Ferguson Farmer’s Market!
Joan and undergraduates Rory, Clarissa, Cara, and Rintsen set up a booth at the Ferguson Farmer’s Market for a science outreach event.
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James and Trey completed a genomics course in Toronto!
James and Trey participated in a two-day Canadian Bioinformatics workshop in Toronto focused on analyzing high-throughput sequencing data. The course included lectures and labs aimed at understanding how to identify variants with sequencing data.
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Alicia is moving to a new position on the med campus!
Alicia is going to be the Sustainability Coordinator for WashU’s medical campus! Congrats on the new job!
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Fred got an Assistant Professor position at UMSL!
A huge congratulations to Fred for getting a job right across town at University of Missouri – St. Louis! They are very lucky to have him as part of their Biology faculty!
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We’re Green Office Certified!
We have received Green Office Certification from the Office of Sustainability here at WashU! Read more about our efforts here: https://wubio.wustl.edu/news/articles/3296 Green Office Program Website – WashU Sustainability
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The Queller/Strassmann Lab 