Projects

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  Viral infection changes the outcome of bacterial evolution

  Core Project

  Researchers aim to understand how viruses impact bacterial evolution, focusing on viral fitness in environments where vertical transmission is enforced due to a lack of susceptible hosts.

Publications

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  Kosmacher et al., 2026

  Kosmacher, G.K., Max, D., Rapti, Z., Cáceres, C.E. & Stewart Merrill, T.E. (2026) The Role of Host Immunity and the Environment in Seasonal Disease Dynamics. Bull Math Biol. 88(2):18.

  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-025-01582-3
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  Suttenfield et al., 2024

  Suttenfield, L. C., Rapti, Z., Chandrashekhar, J. H., Steinlein, A. C., Vera, J. C., Kim, T., & Whitaker, R. J. (2024). Phage-mediated resolution of genetic conflict alters the evolutionary trajectory of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lysogens. mSystems, 9:e00801-24.

  https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00801-24