Casey Dunn's laboratory in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University.

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