

Owen Hale
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@owenmicro
Grad student in @megbehri's lab studying the ecology, evolution, and health impacts of the human microbiome. GT alum 🐝









We're so excited for #Evol2024! Folks from the @RokasLab, @Ann_T_Tate lab, @megbehri lab, @CreanzaLab, @DeSantisLab, and @giannicast lab will all be in attendance! Don't forget to stop by our booth - hopefully our swag will make it over the border🤞😁







Fwd: Job: VanderbiltU.ResearchTech.ExperimentalEvolution ift.tt/076sgUK




Evolution of pH-sensitive transcription termination during adaptation to repeated long-term starvation. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

We're excited to announce the winner of the 2023 Zuckerkandl prize, given to the top paper in JME in the calendar year: “Case Studies in Microbial Fitness: Seemingly Subtle Changes Can Have Major Effects on Phenotypic Outcomes”, by @sb_worthan, Robert McCarthy, and @megbehri!






Excited to share our most recent paper led by postdoc @sb_worthan discussing case studies from assessing outcomes of exp. evolution. link.springer.com/article/10.100… One of most interesting findings: plastic & glass tubes are not interchangeable, E. coli acidifies LB in plastic tubes 🤯


Differential adenine methylation analysis reveals increased variability in 6mA in the absence of methyl-directed mismatch repair biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

Differential adenine methylation analysis reveals increased variability in 6mA in the absence of methyl-directed mismatch repair biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio







