THE BACTERIAL ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION LAB

Welcome to the Bacterial Ecology and Evolution (BEE) lab! 

  

The main focus of our lab is understanding how ecological interactions and life-history strategies shape microbial evolution. We combine experimental evolution, microbial ecology, genetics, and genomics to study microbial adaptation using the predatory bacterium Myxococcus xanthus and other bacterial systems.

Our research focuses on four broad themes:

Bacterial predation and antimicrobial resistance: We study how microbial interactions influence antimicrobial resistance.

Dormancy and evolution: We investigate how dormancy shapes adaptation, diversification, and long-term evolutionary dynamics.

Social evolution: We study the evolution and maintenance of cooperation  in microbial populations.

Evolution of development: We study how multicellular development evolves shapes evolutionary outcomes.

  

Please have a look at the research page to learn more about the major themes of research.