To run their tests, they set up bacteria in 96-well plates, so that each plate contained nearly 100 different ecological communities. Each community was allowed to grow for 12 hours, after which ...

The researchers said that the group’s latest paper provides new insights into the processes and drivers of bacterial evolution. “We know that microbial life has evolved in naturally occurring ...

Lake Mendota reveals revolutionary findings about bacteria evolution A 20-year-old archive of water samples from Lake Mendota in Madison contributed to a “game-changing” study at The ...

Lines of bacterial genome sequences are made to evolve independently by introducing high-activity insertion sequences, each simulating decades of evolution in the wild in just weeks. The genome ...

Away from the world of bacteria and evolution, another one of my passions is children's' literature. In 2022, I sat on the panel of the Royal Society’s Young People’s Book Prize, ...