@lafortma

Evolutionary developmental biologist. Postdoc at ETH Zurich • he/him

 Zurigo, Svizzera
Joined June 2010
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Sonja Lehtinen@sonjaklehtinen13 May 2024
We're recruiting! Multiple postdoc and PhD positions at the University of Lausanne. Official adverts will be out soon, but you can have a sneak peek. Informal enquires are encouraged - if you like our papers, we want to hear from you! sites.google.com/view/sonjal…
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Hi Friends, I'm excited to announce that I set up a crowdfunding campaign for my sugar selection system for antibiotic-free cloning! Finally formalizing this project; it's been a dream for too long now. Every penny counts; please RT! 💚🍬🦠 experiment.com/projects/towa…

Toward a Universal, Frugal, and Antibiotic-Free Sugar Selection System for Molecular Cloning

The access to educational resources for hands on biotech in the classroom, globally, is heavily constrained by the exotic and/or regulated reagents used in routine bioengineering protocols. The need...

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Tanentzapf Lab@TanentzapfLab23 Nov 2023
When it comes to publishing, a young scientist can listen to science twitter that talks about the DORA declaration, preprints, & post publication peer review. Or they can listen to ERC consolidator grant reviewers who mostly rewarded people w/ multiple Nature & Cell family pubs.
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📕 New book out! Evolvability: A Unifying Concept in #Evolutionary Biology? 🌱 Read the latest addition to the Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology from the MIT Press open access: kli.ac.at/en/the_kli/news/vi…
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Sara Mitri@saramitri6 Jul 2023
Our latest review paper by @picot, @shota483_IL and @oliMeacock is out! We discuss how to couple experiments and models when measuring inter-species interactions in microbes (1/3) sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Cameron Thrash@jcamthrash25 Sep 2022
MediaDive: the expert-curated cultivation media database academic.oup.com/nar/advance…

MediaDive: the expert-curated cultivation media database

Abstract. We present MediaDive (https://mediadive.dsmz.de), a comprehensive and expert-curated cultivation media database, which comprises recipes, instruc

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Will Ratcliff
@wc_ratcliff21 Jul 2022
Hey folks, if you are interested in reading our new book on the evolution of multicellularity, but you don't have a spare $200- this is for you! We collected the unformatted chapters (copyright belongs to the authors) in the link below. SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE!
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macarena toll-riera@mtoll818 Jul 2022
Finally out! ‘A limit on the evolutionary rescue of an Antarctic bacterium from rising temperatures’ fcld.ly/qnehems, with @olombradam, @francesc_castro and @WagnerEvolution

A limit on the evolutionary rescue of an Antarctic bacterium from rising temperatures

The evolutionary potential of upper thermal tolerance encounters a physiological limit mediated by protein misfolding.

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Very happy to share: #Grainyhead-1, evolutionarily conserved, #drug-inducible #transcription factor linked to #insulin signaling and #lifespan Thanks everyone who participated for the shared effort! nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Aggregative #multicellularity has been described in a few taxa but it is present in all eukaryotic superclades. It seems like an uncommon type of multicellularity. Yes, it does. However, I bet it will be less and less uncommon the more we study different #protists along the tree.
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Bacterial Multicellularity Tips
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Oliver Meacock@oliMeacock13 Dec 2021
Our cell tracking software, FAST, is now publicly available! Watch our summary video below for a quick rundown of its design and capabilities: youtu.be/9rDLSZ2AcQ0
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eLife - the journal@eLife3 Dec 2021
Myxococcus xanthus is a social and predatory soil bacterium. Researchers have just discovered the molecular machinery that lets it kill on contact elifesciences.org/articles/7…
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Yuko Ulrich@YukoUlrich26 Nov 2021
We're looking for a postdoc and a scientist to work on social behaviour in clonal raider ants @MPI_CE. Join us! Please RT. Postdoc: tinyurl.com/25263c44 Scientist: tinyurl.com/2p9ca9wh (photo by Anna Schroll)
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Will Ratcliff
@wc_ratcliff12 Nov 2021
Chapter 6, authored by Greg Velicer, @lafortma and @SBCswordwoman is entitled “Group transformation: On the evolution of aggregative multicellularity”. This chapter focuses on the selective drivers of multicellularity in aggregative organisms. 15/32
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Will Ratcliff
@wc_ratcliff14 May 2021
New paper out today, “Oxygen suppression of macroscopic multicellularity”. nature.com/articles/s41467-0… This work was led by @Ozan_g_b, in collaboration with Chris Reinhard, @SFI_elibby, and @PineauRozenn. Support by @NSF, @NASAAstrobio, and @PackardFdn. A thread.

Oxygen suppression of macroscopic multicellularity

Nature Communications - The evolution of multicellular life is hypothesized to have been promoted by rising oxygen levels. Through experimental evolution and modeling, Bozdag et al. demonstrate...

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PLOS Biology@PLOSBiology14 May 2021
Cell adhesion can lead to the cryptic origination of surface-associated multicellularity, where collectives can't be distinguished by eye but nonetheless express emergent multicellular adaptations; study by @jordivangestel & @WagnerEvolution #PLOSBiology plos.io/3uN5Dox
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Joshua L. Payne@joshualevipayne3 May 2021
New preprint! Led by Paco Majic (@H_hydrochaeris), who continues to push the team in new directions. Colab with Yagmur Erten (@yagmur_erten). biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Samay Pande@iamsamayp1 May 2021
Interested in virus-bacteria interactions? Then have a look at this Supercool paper led by @_lisafreund_ !! Congratulations to Velicer-lab and @marie_vasse royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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Thomas Van Boeckel@thvanboeckel29 Apr 2021
Dear Colleagues, The situation in India is haertbreaking. My friends from Delhi, and former advisor at Princeton (@CDDEP) are working round the clock to help bring OXYGEN to those who need it. If you can donate: oxygenforindia.org/
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