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Burkholderia vs. C.elegans The SCBI story (by Feseha) SCBI stands for Serratia Ceanorhabditis briggsae Isolate: A tentative name for a bacterium that was isolated from a Galleria mellonella trapped...

Adaptation to life in biofilms (supported by NIH 1R15AI082528, DOE JGI Community Sequencing Award). We are studying the causes and dynamics of evolutionary adaptation to the biofilm lifestyle,...

1. Does chromosome position affect gene evolutionary rate? 2. How does gene family presence define species groups? What gene families define the Bcc, Bps, and Burk complexes in general, and what...

Vaughn S. Cooper, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Genetics University of New Hampshire 212 Rudman Hall, 46 College Rd Durham, NH 03824 (603) 862-3422 fax (603) 862-2621 email:...

I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Genetics in Vaughn Cooper's laboratory at UNH. My research interests are as follows: Sudden expansion of host range has been the cause of numerous bacterial outbreaks and...

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We study the causes and consequences of bacterial adaptation to new environments Adaptation to a biofilm lifestyle Distribution of pleiotropic effects Bacterial-nematode interactions: from...

Identifying the Adaptive Mutations that Allow for Increased Biofilm Formation by Burkholderia cenocepacia Populations of B. cenocepacia evolved in the laboratory (by Steffen Poltak) under...

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Technician Wendy Carlson Graduate students Laura Benton Crystal Ellis Kenny Flynn Steffen Poltak Feseha Abebe-Akele Jarret Morrow Undergraduates Chuck Traverse Rachel Staples AJ...

The small subset of mutations that are beneficial in any given environment are the underappreciated gems of the mutational spectrum. This should be surprising given their importance to countless...

Cooper, V.S. 2007. Experimental evolution of pathogens. In: Encyclopedia of Infectious Disease, Michel Tibayrenc, editor. Wiley, New York. Cooper, V. S. 2006. The study of microbial adaptation by...

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It is unclear whether pathogenic adaptation to a new host typically broadens or compromises host range, yet the answer bears on the fate of emergent pathogens. We are investigating this dynamic...

Research Interests Evolution and development of Burkholderia biofilm communities Questions: What happens in bacterial populations after prolonged selection in a biofilm environment? Does selection...

Research Interests biofilm pleiotropy nematodes genomes host adaptation vibrios colleagues contact cv personal

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A collaboration with Cheryl Whistler (ude.hnu|reltsihw.lyrehc#ude.hnu|reltsihw.lyrehc) and Steve Jones (ude.hnu.xinusic|jhs#ude.hnu.xinusic|jhs) PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESES Our...

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