Libby Ward is a junior pre-med student from Englewood, New Jersey double majoring in Biology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Libby began working in the Strassmann/Queller lab after taking Behavior Ecology with Dr. Strassmann in 2013. She is testing the effect of a single cell bottleneck on the evolution of multicellularity in a pseudo-organism. Outside of the lab, Libby enjoys being a General Chemistry PLTL leader, running through Forest Park, and spending time with friends and family.
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Lab News
- New paper: Testing the coordination hypothesis using Dictyostelium
- Congratulations to Dr. Shreenidhi P.M.!
- Listen to Joan talk about Slow Birding to the Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens
- New Paper: Who is left behind when Dicty fruits?
- Calum Stephenson wins 2024 Howard A. Schneiderman Fellowship.
- New paper: Cheating costs dearly, as small stalks reduce dispersal ability in D. discoideum.
- New Paper: Environmental predictability shapes symbiosis.
- David Queller elected to the National Academy of Sciences as part of their 2024 membership intake.
- Read Shreenidhi and Dave’s interview about their recent PNAS paper.
- Dr. Heng Liang joins the lab as a Postdoc.
Listen to Joan Strassmann on the ‘Weekend Birder’ Podcast!
David Queller elected to National Academy of Sciences

Dictyostelium

