Worth noting that here interactions are defined statistically. Functional additivity can arise despite strong "microscopic" interactions between strains. This is the case in the analyzed communities that came from our lab. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

End of an era McGill Biology McGill University Graham Bell gave an awe inspiring and emotional retirement “exit” seminar - One of the most extraordinary evolutionary biologists of the past 50 years. No one has done more for ecology and evolution in Canada 🇨🇦

Anytime you think you understand #viruses, they get weirder. Meet Jingmen tick virus (JMTV), the 1st multipartite virus of primates discovered. What's weird about it? Imagine a group of people who travel everywhere together, but in different cars. That's the JMTV genome.

Update: Abheepsa Nanda now starting as a Masters' student in Environmental Science ETH Zurich; Rashi Jindal now a research associate Yale University. The work they led was also published recently in CSBJ, in close collaboration with @JSomarelli Andrew Armstrong: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Life update: I graduated today with a BS degree from IISc Bangalore... I learned and experienced a lot over the past 4 years here and hope to continue the same in my Masters in Environmental Sciences ETH Zurich!

To no one's surprise, the Nobel Prize goes to Claudia Goldin Here are 3 things from her to start your dive into her work:

Honoured to be part of such a great department!

Applications open (due: Jan 10, 2024) for a 7-week undergraduate summer internship in mathematical oncology featuring classes, interdisciplinary research projects & hands-on tutorials. shorturl.at/arsR8 Plz RT Deepak Modi Abhijit Majumder Sutirth Dey Biopatrika ICGA Foundation

2 weeks left to apply for this first 2-week workshop in India in mathematical oncology at ICTS. Plz RT Living Machines-NCBS Collective Dynamics of Living Systems Ranjith Padinhateeri Areejit Samal @amitn_biolphy Supreet Saini Sreenath Balakrishnan RBC-DSAI@IITM @rajatdesikan Meghna Verma, PhD Vishu Guttal !! ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ ಗುತ್ತಲ್ IndiaBioscience.org

(1/n) Announcement: Just like every Jan, I will be teaching "Frugal Science" a global collaborative course focused on skills to tackle challenges in global health, scienceEd & climate action (new). docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Academics will spend a full work day reading half an article then take 3 books onboard a 2 hour flight

After 7 years, #Kashmir is again experiencing #snowless #winter. The snow in #chillaikalaan, the 40-day severest part of winter b/w 21 Dec and 29 Jan, is important for regulating glacier health and streamflows.+

Thrilled to announce that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor and Curator at the University of Michigan in Jan 2025. My time will be split between UMich Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and UM Paleontology I will soon be looking for graduate students and postdocs. Please spread the word! 📣📣

We have an opening for a PhD student in my group. Project: Understanding the mechanisms of synergistic coevolution. Approach: Coculture experiments, microscopy, analyses of fitness/ mutational effects. Deadline: 28.07.24 Please RT More info: shorturl.at/5ZP7R

Insufficient pollinator visitation often limits yield in crop systems worldwide rdcu.be/dMCQi

#Alpine plant #biodiversity at peak bloom. Plants heavily invest into their flowers--much more than lowland congeners-- to attract insect pollinators during short summer These ecosystems depend on extensive traditional farming practices, yet threatened by landuse intensification

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump would sign a national abortion ban and restrict access to contraception if given the chance. That is what’s at stake in November. We will stop him.

Between 2019 and 2024, the no. of projects recommended within a sanctuary / national park has increased from 71 to 421, acc to a lok sabha response. We tracked this increasing trend at Scroll.in last year and how this impacts wildlife: scroll.in/article/105761…

PI's in Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio recruiting grad students for Fall 2025 - this is your reminder to advertise broadly! Enter your position info here: forms.gle/MHFCyFhfbcqn69…… Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) - share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

whenever I have to send one of my python scripts to someone else