Inside cells, DNA is intimately associated with proteins, forming chromatin. The protein constituents of chromatin vary across the tree of life: histones are the principal building blocks of chromatin...

Abstract. The repeatability of evolution is fundamentally important for understanding the origin and diversification of life as well as for developing evol

The regulation of messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein abundances is well-studied, but less is known about the evolutionary processes shaping their relationship. To address this, we derived a new phylogen...

In January of 2025, at the ICTP ICTS winter school at NCBS, Priyanga Amarasekare offered to take me and a few other students out for my birthday. She didn't have to do that.

Plasmids are extrachromosomal DNA molecules that spread by horizontal transfer and shape bacterial evolution. Plasmids are typically present at mul...

In Defense of Plants' Matt Candeias talks with Microbial Ecologist Dr. Leonora Bittleston about the leaf microbiomes of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentat) and pitcher plants (Sarracenia, Nepenthes, and C...

Despite Earth’s oxygen-free origins and the abundance of microorganisms that thrive without oxygen, little is known about the rates and patterns of mutations in anaerobic species. This study directly ...