So happy that my contribution to the Paleobiology Special Issue on the 50th Anniversary of Punctuated Equilibria has just been published online! Thanks to all! Reflections on punctuated equilibria | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3xYp4Bk

Promoter recruitment drives the emergence of proto-genes in a long-term evolution experiment with Escherichia coli Md. Hassan uz-Zaman, Simon D’Alton, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Howard Ochman journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… #LTEE #science #evolution #genetics #genomics #microbiology

That study would have been in my book had it appeared earlier! Amazing study of how new genes may emerge over time, with us being able to watch as it happens!

More #Aurora

The Big Dipper and the Northern Lights.

Richard Lenski Super cool in Ann Arbor and Dexter x.com/jenkins_paul/s…

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Had a lovely podcast session with Nkrumah Grant for #MattersMicrobial today. So inspirational. We talked about Richard Lenski and many other topics. Episode #46! Univ. of Puget Sound ASM

Write a battle rap that references disease-causing bacterial species ✅ Killer collab with Mark Pallen Prof Icarus R. Waterfield and Applied Microbiology International (formerly SfAM) plus Richard Lenski on this song and video, track produced by Tom Caruana and animation by Dave Anderson daveandersonart.com

Delighted to share #MattersMicrobial Episode #46 with all #MicrobialEnthusiasts. A great episode with Nkrumah Grant on his research and path to microbiology. Shout outs to Richard Lenski and #LTEE. Univ. of Puget Sound ASM #MicrobeTV youtu.be/g8lcklGGbMs?si…

Kamala's mother immigrated from India to pursue a PhD & stayed to work as a cancer researcher Kamala's father immigrated from Jamaica to pursue a PhD & stayed to work as a professor Immigrant scientists contribute not only to science but to society at large -- for generations

I ran into my own 6-year old footprints on Ellesmere Island in 2008. I walked this spot in 2002 cold, wet, and questioning my judgement about looking for a fishapod in this place. What a fragile and special part of our world!

A new #Olympics record for the #LTEE! h/t Jeffrey Barrick the-ltee.org/80000-generati… #science #microbiology #evolution

I am excited to share that I will be starting a lab at Emory University this September. We will aim to understand evolution by studying genomes of things ranging from viruses to humans. Looking for talented students and postdocs to do computational genomics. Get in touch! 1/2

How E. coli Rose to Prominence – An Addendum by Roberto — In an era of microbiology largely dominated by research surrounding previously unimaginable extent of microbial diversity, here at STC we still have a strong affection for the advance... Read more > tinyurl.com/yh8nn2nb

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