Monthly Archives: June 2011

BEACON Researchers at Work: Speciation in Digital Organisms

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Carlos Anderson. That the structure and laws of our universe enabled the origin of life is an incredible coincidence. Without the gravity that aggregates matter into galaxies, stars, … Continue reading

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolutionary Metagenomics: selection pressures on bacterial communities on soil

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU postdoc Bjørn Østman. We would like to know how soil bacteria evolve. They are important for humans and other living things, as they are involved in chemical processes that are … Continue reading

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Colicin and Immunity Binding: A Love Story.

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Washington graduate student Carrie Glenney. Proteins are the workhorses of life and they play an essential role in just about every biological function, from DNA replication to the immune … Continue reading

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