MEET THE GROUP
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL TEAM
Hande Acar, Dr. (Postdoctoral Research Associate; University of liverpool)
Working on understanding the selective barriers to horizontal gene transfer using a novel experimental approach.
Rama Bhatia (PhD Student; University of liverpool)
Working on horizontal gene transfer and the role of the environment in determining selective barriers.
Jonathan P. Bollback, Dr. (PI; University of liverpool)
Working on horizontal gene transfer, bacterial immunity, gene regulation, and phylogenomics.
Jack Fitzpatrick (PhD Student; University of liverpool)
Working on the role of epistasis within bacterial operons as a barrier to horizontal gene transfer.
Pavel Payne, Dr. (Postdoctoral Research Associate; University of liverpool)
I am interested in understanding the role of Cas/CRISPR in bacterial evolution.
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IST AUSTRIA TEAM
Claudia Igler (PhD candidate, IST Austria)
Working on gene regulation, specifically cross-talk, tuneability, evolvability, and robustness in transcription factors.
Isabella Tomanek (PhD candidate, IST Austria)
Working on genome amplification and fluctuating environments in bacterial adaptation.