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Eric Libby

@elibbyscience.bsky.social

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I am a mathematical biologist interested in microbial evolution and the evolution of complexity. My base is in IceLab at Umeå University in Sweden.

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Eric Libby @elibbyscience.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

At my group meeting some very cool new arxiv papers were presented including this one by @kostchristian.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Obligate cross-feeding of metabolites is common in soil microbial communities

Many microorganisms are refractory to laboratory cultivation. One possible explanation, known as the great plate count anomaly, is metabolic dependencies among community members. However, systematic s...

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IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Have #computational modeling skills & interest in ecological communities' response to #climate stress? There's a #FundedPhD for you at IceLab with @elibbyscience.bsky.social @mrosvall.bsky.social & Rubén Bernardo Madrid. Apply by Feb 16 www.umu.se/en/work-with... #netsci #complex #phdsky #ecoevo

Poster for a funded PhD position with a QR code in the center top leading to the application website.

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IceLab @icelabumu.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Have #computational modeling skills & interest in understanding how cells coordinate their internal structures under stress? #FundedPhD for you at IceLab with Ludvig Lizana, Åsa Strand & @elibbyscience.bsky.social ! Apply by Feb 16 www.umu.se/en/work-with... #plantsci #complex #phdsky #ecoevo #3body

A poster advertising a fully funded PhD position. There is a QR code to the application page on the top center area.

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Eric Libby @elibbyscience.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I am happy that my first post on bluesky is to congratulate my former PhD student Hanna Isaksson for publishing work from her thesis on multicellularity in PNAS (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...).

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Adaptive evolutionary trajectories in complexity: Transitions between unicellularity and facultative differentiated multicellularity | PNAS

Multicellularity spans a wide gamut in terms of complexity, from simple clonal clusters of cells to large-scale organisms composed of differentiate...

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