Come join us at UBC for all things virus-virus interactions & evolution!
Come work/study in a wonderful department with a great group leader!!!
@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
Rowan Green
Rowan Green
Asher Leeks
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
Asher Leeks
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 🧪
Asher Leeks
@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
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 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!
MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester)
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."
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)
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
