Experimental Evolution of Communities
Our group uses theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of species interactions and disease. We integrate eco-evolutionary processes in dynamical landscapes, which incorporates issues such as spatio-temporal variation in environmental conditions, disturbance and connectivity (dispersal). We also study cancer evolution, the evolution of social strategies and innovations. Our main experimental systems are protozoan model species (Tetrahymena, Paramecium) and their natural enemies (Didinium, Holospora), as well as bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and their lytic phages.
Current EEC denizens
- Alison B. Duncan(CNRS researcher)
- Emanuel A. Fronhofer(CNRS researcher)
- Michael Hochberg(CNRS researcher)
- Oliver Kaltz(CNRS researcher)
- Flore Zélé(CNRS researcher)
- Claire Gougat-Barbera(CNRS research assistant)
- Giacomo Zilio(Postdoc)
- Miguel A Cruz(PhD)
- Jessica Teodoro-Paulo (PhD)
- Jhelam Deshpande(PhD)