Tag Archives: Avida

BEACON Researchers at Work: The Structure of Coevolution

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Luis Zaman.  In my first BEACON blog post, I wrote about how we study the diversity producing effects of host-parasite coevolution in Avida. I used a traffic jam … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Testing Phylogenetic Inference with Experimental Evolution

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Cory Kohn. Skepticism. This is generally an important characteristic of scientists. Why would an attitude that is to be avoided in polite conversation act as a useful, … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: A Tyrannosaurus and a virus walk into a bar…

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Alita Burmeister. … the scientist asks “Hey, what do you two have in common?” This summer I met Sue the T. rex. Her fossil remains are the largest, … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Exploring the evolution of navigation

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Frank Bartlett. Over the years, my research has focused primarily on understanding mechanisms of navigation behavior. My interest in navigation probably stems in part from my complete inability … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Mathematical modeling of evolution

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

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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