Category Archives: BEACON Researchers at Work

Bacterial warfare using antibiotics and communication

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Washington research assistant professor Josephine Chandler. Bacteria can compete with one another by making antibiotics Competition occurs all around us, between people and institutions, and in plants and animals. … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Playing games in evolution

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Jory Schossau. Have you ever played the game Rock, Paper, Scissors? Did you know you were mimicking the same sort of interactions that happen in communities of … Continue reading →

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Sun, Sand Dollars, and the Huts: My Summer at Friday Harbor Labs

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This piece is reposted from the Friday Harbor Laboratories newsletter. by Ceri Weber Expected B.S. in Biology at the University of Washington, June 2013 Undergraduate researcher in the Swalla lab 2012 FHL BEACON/BLINKS/NSF REU Intern I had the wonderful opportunity … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Phenotypic Plasticity and Evolution

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Shampa M. Ghosh. It has been four decades since Thedosius Dobzhansky wrote “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” It soon became a favorite … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Trying to Bottle Natural Evolution’s Creativity

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Texas at Austin postdoc Joel Lehman.  Something that both fascinates me and drives my research is the creativity of natural evolution. If you asked me to solve a particular … Continue reading →

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