Postdoc studying viral evolution with @asherleeks.bsky.social | previously @mermanchester.bsky.social | mutagenesis | bacteria | viruses | big R nerd 🧬🦠💻
🏳️⚧️ He/Him
Rowan Green
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Come work/study in a wonderful department with a great group leader!!!
Come join us at UBC for all things virus-virus interactions & evolution!
@rowancallumg.bsky.social and @liyamiksovsky.bsky.social demonstrating our newest lab tradition - creating virus snowflakes (designed by @socialinfluenza.bsky.social ) out of submitted grants and fellowships.
🧪 #socialviruses
Great thread! All good, but this does grab the attention:
"our findings with ΔnudJ suggest future anti-evolution drug strategies could suppress spontaneous resistance evolution not only through minimizing resistance mutations but also by specifically limiting access to the fittest mutations."
We had two fantastic visiting speakers today
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
@rowancallumg.bsky.social @knightjar.bsky.social @rokkrasovec.bsky.social et al. study the antimutator ΔnudJ to highlight the value of considering mutation rate and mutational spectrum to understand the evolution of mutation rate-modifying alleles.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf182
#evobio #molbio
Rowan Green
Rowan Green
Asher Leeks
Molecular Biology and Evolution
Zamin Iqbal
MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester)
Abstract. The rate of spontaneous mutation is a key factor in determining the capacity of a population to adapt to a novel environment, for example, a bact
We're recruiting!
We're looking for two graduate students to join us at UBC in Vancouver.
Fully funded and open to global applicants, with flexible start-date. Topics include theory, bioinformatics, and microbiology.
More details: asherleeks.com/apply
#socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪
The Social Lives of Viruses is coming to Vancouver, Canada, from 4th-8th August 2026!
This is a free meeting dedicated to all aspects of virus-virus interactions & evolution.
To apply: socialviruses.zoology.ubc.ca
@sociovirology.bsky.social #socialviruses #evosky #lovevirology #virosky
New paper out @molbioevol.bsky.social on antimutator Ecoli, mutational spectra and the distribution of fitness effects of antibiotic resistance with @knightjar.bsky.social @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and others @mermanchester.bsky.social doi.org/pzfm
Read🧵for highlights and fun stats (1/13)
Asher Leeks
Asher Leeks
Rowan Green
Abstract. The rate of spontaneous mutation is a key factor in determining the capacity of a population to adapt to a novel environment, for example, a bact
