Pavel Payne @pavelpayne.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm really excited to share my latest research paper with the world. It has been a long and bumpy road to finish this project and get it published, but finally, it is out! 010
Pavel Payne @pavelpayne.bsky.social · 30/06/2026#SMBE Do you want to know how bacteria have sex and turn bacteriophages into “pollinators”? Come to my Flash talk on Wed (July 1st) at 17:00 in the Open symposium 9: Molecular and genome evolution 4, Main lecture hall. #smbe2026 110
Pavel Payne @pavelpayne.bsky.social · 30/06/2026#SMBE2026 I thought maybe this table-layout of the programme might be handy for more of us: drive.google.com/file/d/1tYF3...drive.google.comSMBE_2026_Tue_Wed_side_by_side_timeblocks_10pt_compact_consecutive.pdf 065
Reposted by Pavel PayneJitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Preprint finally out! I show that eco-evo feedback can drive a tipping point where genetic drift overwhelms adaptation. This can result in a contraction of a species' range border or range fragmentation. Fragmentation is abrupt and arises readily under rapid temporal change. doi.org/10.1101/2025... 17524
Reposted by Pavel PayneJamie Hall @jpjhall.bsky.social · 03/12/2024🆕New in @plosbiology.bsky.social: we show compensatory mutations make plasmids play Rock-Paper-Scissors and turn conjugation into a weapon🛡️💫✂️🦠 w/Rosanna Wright, Jamie Wood, @mbottery.bsky.social, @kmudz.bsky.social, @scottishwormboy.bsky.social, Ellie Harrison & @brockhurstlab.bsky.social #MicroSkyjournals.plos.orgA chromosomal mutation is superior to a plasmid-encoded mutation for plasmid fitness cost compensationPlasmids spread important traits in microbiomes but impose fitness costs on their hosts. This study of the ecological consequences of plasmid-bacterial compensatory evolution reveals benefits to bacte... 38756
Pavel Payne @pavelpayne.bsky.social · 10/11/2024I am excited to share our latest publication looking at the effect of bacteriophage transplantation from wild into captive mice. 🦠 🧬 🐁 academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...academic.oup.comConvergence of gut phage communities but not bacterial communities following wild mouse bacteriophage transplantation into captive house miceAbstract. Bacteriophages are abundant components of vertebrate gut microbial communities, impacting bacteriome dynamics, evolution, and directly interactin 241