Monthly Archives: June 2012

BEACON Researchers at Work: What happens to bacterial communities under selection?

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by Michigan State University postdoc Bjørn Østman. When one gene comes under a new selection pressure, a population can respond by increasing the frequency of the better alleles. This can involve directional … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Speciation and genetic incompatibilities in digital organisms

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Carlos Anderson. This blog post is a follow up to one I wrote last year about my research on speciation with digital organisms. One of my projects tested … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Linking microbial interactions to disease

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Idaho graduate student Daniel Beck.  I am interested in microbial communities for a number of reasons. First, microbial communities are found nearly everywhere, from soil to the surfaces … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Applying evolution to telecommunications

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Matt Rupp. As a researcher, I have never been completely comfortable dedicating myself to a single field of study. My formal background in both computer science and evolutionary … Continue reading →

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