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Evolutionary Applications | Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley
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Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley. Understanding coevolution of hosts and their parasites in the lab and in the field. Category Archives: Evolutionary Applications. The utility of model system research for applied evolutionary questions. July 1, 2014. For this month’s Evolutionary Application’s research highlights. I look at recent work exemplifying the use of model systems in addressing questions of applied interest:. In terms of real life application, the model yeast. Ie, strains with deficiencies in so-call...
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Tree diseases | Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley
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Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley. Understanding coevolution of hosts and their parasites in the lab and in the field. Category Archives: Tree diseases. Tree diseases are in the headlines a lot these days, but are they new? Or have they been around since the dawn of trees? The answer is clearly all of the above, but what is it about now that is making them so prominent and capable of knocking out whole stands of trees? Tree disease of the month – Ash dieback. December 27, 2012. Have a happy holiday!
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Being a scientist | Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley
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Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley. Understanding coevolution of hosts and their parasites in the lab and in the field. Category Archives: Being a scientist. To share or not to share. May 27, 2015. I recently (i.e. six weeks ago) had a baby. A perfect, all-consuming bundle of delight. This did not come as a surprise. In fact, I had over nine months to prepare for this particular wrench in the works. I submitted all of the manuscripts I’d been working on except one; sorry coauthors! Happy for you that you are of...
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Phage therapy | Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley
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Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley. Understanding coevolution of hosts and their parasites in the lab and in the field. Category Archives: Phage therapy. Guest post by Sean Meaden. May 10, 2014. Do we need to watch what we spray? A summary of our recent review on the potential dangers of phage biopesticides. Guest post by Sean Meaden, PhD student at University of Exeter working on phage-. 4] In our recent review. 1) Implications of evolved resistance. 2) Phage mediated attenuation of bacterial resistance. This ...
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Methods | Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley
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Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley. Understanding coevolution of hosts and their parasites in the lab and in the field. Occasionally I will post about methods I have used or tools that I find helpful in my daily life as a researcher. December 1, 2012. I know there are various theories about Google’s attempts to take over the world and enslave us all in a world of consumption, but I would like to take a moment today to celebrate the unsung hero of Google: Google Scholar. Follow me on Twitter. Join 52 other follo...
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News | Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley
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Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley. Understanding coevolution of hosts and their parasites in the lab and in the field. New paper by Sean Meaden in Environmental Microbiology Reports examining the microbiota of English Oak in Wytham Woods May 2016. Congratulations to Cathy Hernandez on her NSF graduate research fellowship! Congratulations to DR Sean Meaden! What a great few years it’s been, and best of luck with all of your future sciencing. We will miss you! Phage (in tomato leaf) cake! We emphasize the need t...
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Teaching | Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley
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Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley. Understanding coevolution of hosts and their parasites in the lab and in the field. September 26, 2013. Calvin always says it best! For now, after rearranging post-it notes ad. I have decided on the following topics and associated readings:. Trends in ecology and evolution. 4) Lecture on plant-pollinator interactions. Readings: Micheneau, C., Johnson, S. D., and Fay, M. F. (2009). Orchid pollination: from Darwin to the present day. Botanical Jo...6) Lecture on host-parasite i...
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Evolution | Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley
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Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley. Understanding coevolution of hosts and their parasites in the lab and in the field. I am an evolutionary biologist, and so am biased of course, but I think this field is the most exciting and intriguing field in Science (although quantum physics is a close call! In these posts, I’ll explain why I study evolution, what evolution can tell us about the world, and how we might apply evolutionary theory to medical, agricultural and natural problems. April 24, 2014. Becklin, K....
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Britt Koskella | Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley
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Koskella Lab at UC Berkeley. Understanding coevolution of hosts and their parasites in the lab and in the field. Author Archives: Britt Koskella. Tree diseases (old posts). March 18, 2016. Tree disease update: Ash dieback. Published Dec 26, 2012). Photo: Courtesy of The Danish Nature Agency/HEATHCLIFF O’MALLEY. This is very bad news indeed for our woodlands, as ash trees make up over 10% of the trees we have. 2) How is it transmitted? 3) Why is it becoming a problem now? 4) What are the symptoms? As with...