Molecular Evolution Lab at the University of CT. Early Evol of Life, Gene Transfer, Gene Duplications, Molecular Parasites

Joined March 2009
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Research Assistant Professor position in virology (dsDNA virus assembly) at UConn academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…

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Congratulations Dr. Testerman @TheManWhoTests @UConn @UConnMCB Excellent defense today. Excellent @USDA funded work characterizing the microbiome of a trout farm, searching for bacteria that inhibit pathogens and more. #LabTraditions hat & cake. Hat artwork was by @AngelineCasale
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#NewPI I'm so happy! My name and contact information are now on the website of @UConnMCB @UConnCLAS @UConn mcb.uconn.edu/person/michel-…
1/5 #NewPI Super excited to announce that I will be joining the @UConnMCB @UConnCLAS @UConn as an Assistant Professor in #Microbiology this Fall! Our Microbial Ecophysiology Lab will focus on the regulation of cellular processes in #archaea, and their role in #microbiomes.
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I'm looking for another postdoc with background in microbial genomics, evolution, phylogenetics. Send email & CV if interested. Come to Albany, New York! Please RT
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Interested in a University teaching career? My department @UConnMCB has an open teaching position in biology at our Waterbury campus. Come and join us! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…

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A great way to improve the numbers for COVID-19 infections
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Delighted to share our opinion review paper in @Trends_Ecol_Evo, led by my student Isaiah Lee and in collab with the brilliant Peter @Gogarten_Lab and Omar Eldakar. We discuss HGT as driver, product and form of bacterial cooperation cell.com/trends/ecology-evol…
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20 Oct 2021
We had a real moment of joy today in #TinyEarthNCCU when students audibly gasped and gathered round to celebrate a student who finally saw zones of inhibition around this antibiotic producing isolate! 🎉 @TinyEarthNet
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Starting a PhD program? Congratulations!! I have some advice if you'd like it!
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This is amazing! Phagocytosis-like cell engulfment by a Planctomycete... Interesting twist: its genome encodes an Asgard-like actin homolog!
Some bacteria can engulf other cells through a phagocytosis-like mechanism! go.nature.com/2LHnloO
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Elena Hilaro is an #Longreads rockstar. Love her work.
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24 Sep 2019
Faculty search @UConnMCB Tenure track Assist/Assoc Prof in genome biology. Chromosome structure & dynamics, 3D organization, transcriptional control, epigenetics, population genomics, genome stability, genome evolution comparative genomics shorturl.at/jsN12 please RT
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The abstract of that article reads more like clickbait
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So many flies ... doi.org/10.1111/mec.15145

Humans aren’t the only primates flies follow around. fcld.ly/k48mc65
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