Thrilled to share our new story. While cooperation can evolve from autonomy, can a mutualistic cooperation reversely evolve to autonomy? We observed this reversion in experimental evolution of a microbial consortium, mediated by HGT! Summary thread below doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…

Check this video project led by talented undergrad student Ashton Craven illustrating the power of dance to communicate our scientific research to a broader audience. Please share your feedback here or on YouTube! youtu.be/Plv5pzK0nw0

“Like desert wildflowers that bloom after rain, soil bacteria have evolved life strategies that determine when and where they grow” DOE Office of Science highlights our recent global study of soil bacteria: bit.ly/4aP41Q8 Picture by Steven Allison

Great to have colleagues UCI Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences who are not only into biology but also running marathons (and half marathons)! bio.uci.edu/eeb-run-club-m…

Short-term dietary fiber interventions produce consistent gut microbiome responses across studies EIC Jack Gilbert by Cynthia I. Rodriguez et al with Jennifer Martiny journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…

Want to gain mechanistic insights on major outstanding ecological and evolutionary questions? Register now for the 2024 edition of the #EMBOEvoEco Workshop. It will take place 8-11 October 2024 in Heidelberg EMBL Events. Only few weeks left for abstract submission (10 July).

Can't wait to see the amazing science arising from the Microbial Ecosystems Lab led by fantastic Glen D'Souza 😀

Join us for the 10th (!) SoCal Microbiome Symposium on Friday Sept 20, 2024! UCR-Microbiome Initiative Ami Bhatt, MD Peter Jorth Jason Rothman ZBiotics Justin Meyer Smruthi Karthikeyan Dr Sydney Glassman Matt Griffin microbiome.uci.edu/event/10th-ann…

This award is so well-deserved! Jen is not only an amazing scientist but she is also one of the best persons I have ever known. Supportive, kind and overall a great mentor.

Job alert!! Join Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. We are hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of global change biology with emphasis on the Ecology and Evolution of Host-Microbe Interactions (pathogens, mutualists, microbiomes). aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04476

New in NatureEcoEvo: We find that fluctuations alter fitness of adaptive mutants through environmental memory, with Shaili Mathur (she/her) and Dmitri Petrov. A pattern in these changes shows that fitness tradeoffs lead to more memory. Shareable PDF here: rdcu.be/dN4Mr (1/3)

Very proud to see this paper now out in Evolution Letters ! "The evolution of reduced facilitation in a four-species bacterial community" academic.oup.com/evlett/advance… Congratulations again to all co-authors! Check out the thread from the pre-print for details...

We have a new open postdoc position in our group to work on marine microbial communities as part of the PriME - Principles of Microbial Ecosystems! Please spread to whoever is interested! jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_…

New KITP Program! #MICROECO26 Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments Dates: 5/18/26-6/18/26 kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/mic…

New professor position - please RT. We are looking for an Assistant (tenure-track) or Associate Professor to join our Department of Plant Sciences in Geneva, Switzerland (biveg.unige.ch). Deadline for applications: Oct. 31, 2024. Biologie - UNIGE #plantscijobs

So cute clip. 😂