In new study led by Frances Welsh, we map how mutations to influenza affect neutralization by antibodies from humans of various ages  We find differences in mutation effects among age groups  Virus seems to evolve especially to escape antibodies of teenagers  www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Shaping of the phyllosphere microbiome: we recently sought to manipulate plant #microbiomewww.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
New preprint from our lab: How does coevolving with other species differ from what happens when individual species evolve on their own? A couple of years ago @nittaym.bsky.socialbiorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Awesome â will be cool to see how you are approaching it! & thanks for the connection to sourmash.. hadnât made that link before but youâre right thatâs a very similar problem under the hood (perhaps with some slight diffs re: contiguity)
Very cool! Would be great to do something like this for bacterial metagenomics as wellâŚ
Excited to share some new work led by John McEnany. We generalize random matrix approaches from community assembly theory to predict how the fitness benefits & fates of new mutations should scale with the diversity & metabolic overlap of their surrounding community. We'd love to hear your comments!
Excited to announce a new preprint from the Lieberman Lab @contaminatedsci.bsky.socialwww.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... [1/3]
I'm excited to share our most theoretical work yet, led by 3rd year PhD student Paul Torrillo. We revisit the old observation that dN/dS depends on the distance between compared sequences. We arrive at a radically different conclusion than current prevailing theory. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Come join us here in Emory Biology! Open rank TT position in Theoretical Biology, defined very broadly. Hang out in Atlanta with a great group of colleagues studying the theory and modeling of living systems! If anyone has any questions, feel free to reach out to me! apply.interfolio.com/131940
Hey folks! I'm Bram, a biologist who focuses on building simulations of microbial ecosystems. While these systems are very complex, they are often underpinned by simple rules. With my simulations, which I liken to "virtual laboratories", I attempt to find these simple rules. #intro #sciencetwitter
