How did modernizing cheesemaking change the microbes inside the cheese? By sequencing preserved traditional Alpine cheese wheels spanning 142 years from a single Alpine dairy, Somerville et al. trace ...

The 2027 Gordon Research Seminar on Microbial Population Biology (GRS) will be held in Andover, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.

The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...

Abstract. Microbial populations strongly shape their environment, which can re-route adaptation toward organism-generated fitness optima. However, the cond

The human oral cavity contains a diverse microbial community, but the bacteriophages (phages) that infect many oral bacteria remain poorly characterized. This gap limits our understanding of how phage...

Abstract. A general theory of adaptation is one that accounts for both the quantitative and functional properties of adaptive evolution. To date, the field

The TERM Research Technician is part of the Behringer Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University and is a key member of the research team responsible for supporting the rese...

Abstract. Environmental stress leads to changes in community composition by altering competitive hierarchies and pushing taxa towards extinction. Parasites

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Experimental perturbation of soil pH leads to a generalizable model of the soil microcosm comprising three functional regimes with distinct mechanisms linking environmental change to metabolite dynami...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L.

Scheduled review panels for National Science Foundation grant applications are on pause until Feb. 1. Some researchers believe the pause may be connected to the new administration’s anti-DEI crusade.

The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology will be held in Andover, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.

A new Yale-led study offers insights into the “social lives” of viruses — findings that might advance  the fight against antibiotic resistance.

Bacteriophages are the most abundant and phylogenetically diverse biological entities on Earth, yet the ecological mechanisms that sustain this extraordinary diversity remain unclear. In this study, w...