This Week in Evolution

Nels and Vincent reveal a new choanoflagellate that forms multicellular cup shaped colonies that respond to light to alternate between feeding and swimming behavior.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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• Microbial accomplices in multicellularity (TWiEVO 11)
• Light regulated collective contractility (Science)
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• Letters read on TWiEVO 48
• Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Nels - How to write a great science paper by Cormac McCarthy Vincent - Natural Selection Store

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Nels and Vincent trace the origins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains used to make beer, and find that ales and lagers are made with yeasts that were derived from those used to make European grape wine and Asian rice wine.

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• Origins of beer yeasts (PLoS Biol)
• Chateau Jiahu beer
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Nels - Population fluctuations in 10 biggest cities Vincent - 1.7 million year old rhino tooth (original Nature paper)

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Nels and Vincent analyze the genomes of canine transmissible tumors to provide insight into the worldwide spread of the disease from its origin in a single dog 4000-8500 years ago, and its diversity, mutation, and evolution.

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• Evolution and mutation of canine transmissible cancer (Science)
• Clam cancers (TWiEVO 17)
• Sixth modality of infectious disease (PLoS Path)
• Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Nels - Vasa Museum in Stockholm Vincent - Nobel Museum in Stockholm

Irene - @EndlessFormsand #PlantScienceFascinatesMe #plantsday

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At ASM Microbe in San Francisco, Nels and Vincent meet up with Paul Turner to talk about evolutionary considerations in using bacteriophages to treat infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Paul Taylor

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• Turner Lab at Yale
• Phage therapy: A renewed approach (Cell Host Microbe)
• Phage treatment of aortic graft (Evol Med Pub Health)
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Vincent- Phage therapy for disseminated Mycobacterial infection

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Nels and Vincent continue their discussion of SARS-CoV-2 evolution, including understanding recurrent mutations in the viral genome, and the potential for re-emergence of the virus from an animal reservoir.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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• SARS-CoV-2 genomic diversity (Inf, Genet, Evol)
• Re-emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (bioRxiv)
• Tackling SARS-CoV-2 rumors (virological.org)
• Letters read on TWiEVO 56
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Nels - The Cell in Evolution Vincent - Visual Science

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