Thanks to everyone who contributed to this project: @clabreu.bsky.social, @oliviamghosh.bsky.social, @jonascremer.bsky.social and @petrovadmitri.bsky.social !!

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I’m excited to share our new preprint, where we ask: to what extent can evolution in fluctuating environments be predicted? Spoiler: far more than the strong history-dependence of fitness would suggest! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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Out today in @nature.com: our review on how single cells evolve into multicellular organisms. With Ozan Bozdag, @kaitong25.bsky.social, Peter Yunker, and @matthewherron.bsky.social. rdcu.be/9ZuiKow9twKa For an overview, check out the video below.

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Challenge 1: forming groups. Across yeast, algae, bacteria and holozoans, lab evolution shows group formation arises fast (within 100–750 generations) and convergently, often through simple mutations like loss of ACE2 in snowflake yeast.

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