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BEACON Researchers at Work: Mathematical modeling of evolution
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Masoud Mirmomeni. I bet that the very first time you saw this kind of picture, an unconscious “ahh!” came out. Well, it worked on me. But now, I … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: The social lives of bacteria
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Eric Bruger. Why play well with others when you can get away with just looking out for your own self-interest? This is a sentiment not only left to … Continue reading
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BEACON co-sponsors math and science day for middle school girls at MSU
MSU graduate student Michelle Vogel, writer of this post, was one of several BEACONites who participated in this event. While the undergrads were vacant from MSU last week, local middle schoolers descended on campus to learn about science. The Graduate … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Tadpole sibling rivalry
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Sara Garnett. If you’ve grown up with siblings, you’re probably familiar with the potential for conflict. Deep down, you love each other and want the other to … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolution of Cooperation in Artificial Systems
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Daniel Couvertier. We have all seen the wonders of evolution in the biological world. We have marveled at the great variety in the creatures that share the … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: What Makes an Attenuated Virus?
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Evin Hildebrandt. While people are often all too familiar with those nasty virulent viruses that cause disease, attenuated viruses do not seem to be as well known … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: Investigating the dynamics of diversification in chipmunks
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Idaho graduate student Brice Sarver. Speciation, the set of processes through which new species arise, is one of the central areas of biological study. It is easy, relatively speaking, … Continue reading
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Third graders take action to save the striped hyena
Recently, MSU postdoc and BEACONite Aaron Wagner received a call from a group of third graders at Riverside Elementary School in Oneonta, New York, asking to talk with him about how to save the striped hyena. Their teacher, Mr. Ken … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Nutrition limitation’s role in phytoplankton evolution
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Megan Larsen. We all know that the world is more complex than the simplified systems and questions we use in laboratories. And yet, as scientists we have … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: If Sticklebacks Could Talk…
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Liliana Lettieri. “My what a red throat you have, and such a blue belly! You’ve got some impressive dance moves, and you’ve built a nice nest.” If stickleback … Continue reading
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