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Research

Our research currently focuses on the three topics listed below, in particular antibiotic resistance. We also collaborate extensively with Andrew Letten’s lab (e.g., on species coexistence under resource fluctuations) and Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos’ lab (on the genomics of adaptation and speciation in the Australian wildflower Senecio lautus). In the past, we have also worked on the evolution of sex and recombination in animals and on sex chromosome evolution.

Our research is very quantitatively oriented, often involving mathematical models and computer simulations. We strive for research that is ethical and highly reproducible.

Ecology and evolution of antibiotic resistance
The global rise in antibiotic resistance, the most prominent form of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), is a major threat to public health and agriculture. At the same time…

Host-parasite coevolution
Parasites and their hosts are locked in an ongoing evolutionary arms race, often referred to as ‘Red Queen’ dynamics. Moreover, many parasites are not confined to a single…

The evolutionary dynamics of integrons in changing environments

Evolution of recombination and gene exchange
Bacteria reproduce asexually, but many can exchange genetic material, for example by taking up DNA from their environment (natural transformation) or through mobile genetic…
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