Nandita Garud
@nanditagarud.bsky.social
Associate prof. at UCLA
garud.eeb.ucla.edu
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Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols.
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Excited to share a new preprint w/ the Sonnenberg lab, led by Matt Carter, @zzzhiru.bsky.social & @mattolm.bsky.social. We analyzed the microbiomes of two non-industrialized populations from opposite sides of the globe to try to reconstruct the recent evolutionary history of our gut microbiota.
Prehistoric Global Migration of Vanishing Gut Microbes With Humans
The gut microbiome is crucial for health and greatly affected by lifestyle. Many microbes common in non-industrialized populations are disappearing or extinct in industrialized populations. Understand...
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August 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Excited to share a new preprint w/ the Sonnenberg lab, led by Matt Carter, @zzzhiru.bsky.social & @mattolm.bsky.social. We analyzed the microbiomes of two non-industrialized populations from opposite sides of the globe to try to reconstruct the recent evolutionary history of our gut microbiota.
I am seeking a postdoc for my group at UCLA. We work at the intersection of population genetics x microbiome (garud.eeb.ucla.edu). If interested, please message me!
Garud Lab
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July 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I am seeking a postdoc for my group at UCLA. We work at the intersection of population genetics x microbiome (garud.eeb.ucla.edu). If interested, please message me!
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The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
Junior, Assistant, or Associate Specialist – Xue Lab
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
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July 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Xue lab at UC Irvine is looking for a staff scientist to support our work investigating how microbes interact and evolve in the gut microbiome! Open to a wide range of previous experience levels, see ad for more.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09601
So excited to see @alisonfeder.bsky.social among the winners of the freeman hrabowski award!! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
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June 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
So excited to see @alisonfeder.bsky.social among the winners of the freeman hrabowski award!! www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
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Super excited to share my latest preprint with @klohmueller.bsky.social! Here we leverage the unique signature that recessive deleterious variants can lead to an increase in archaic ancestry to tackle a classic question - the dominance distribution on the human genome www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neanderthal introgressed ancestry reveals human genomic regions enriched with recessive deleterious mutations
Negative natural selection on deleterious mutations plays a key role in shaping human genetic variation. Understanding the dominance of deleterious mutations is critical as it can fundamentally impact...
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May 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Super excited to share my latest preprint with @klohmueller.bsky.social! Here we leverage the unique signature that recessive deleterious variants can lead to an increase in archaic ancestry to tackle a classic question - the dominance distribution on the human genome www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We are thrilled to share that our paper entitled "Inference of the demographic histories and selective effects of human gut commensal microbiota over the course of human history" is officially out in MBE! academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...
Inference of the demographic histories and selective effects of human gut commensal microbiota over the course of human history
Abstract. Despite the importance of gut commensal microbiota to human health, there is little knowledge about their evolutionary histories, including their
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January 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We are thrilled to share that our paper entitled "Inference of the demographic histories and selective effects of human gut commensal microbiota over the course of human history" is officially out in MBE! academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...
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Thrilled to share my Perspective piece "Assembly Graph as the Rosetta Stone of Ecological Assembly" in Environmental Microbiology! Huge thanks to @asanchezlab.bsky.social for the invite & reviewers for insightful feedback.
Assembly Graph as the Rosetta Stone of Ecological Assembly
This paper introduces the assembly graph as an integrative lens to unify ecological assembly theories across dynamical, informational, and probabilistic approaches. In addition to theory, it also pre...
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January 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thrilled to share my Perspective piece "Assembly Graph as the Rosetta Stone of Ecological Assembly" in Environmental Microbiology! Huge thanks to @asanchezlab.bsky.social for the invite & reviewers for insightful feedback.
UCLA QCBIO is looking for its next director! Please consider applying! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10007
Director, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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January 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
UCLA QCBIO is looking for its next director! Please consider applying! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10007
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Finally, our paper, "A Conserved Bacterial Genetic Basis for Commensal-Host Specificity," has been officially published in Science.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A conserved bacterial genetic basis for commensal-host specificity
Animals selectively acquire specific symbiotic gut bacteria from their environments that aid host fitness. To colonize, a symbiont must locate its niche and sustain growth within the gut. Adhesins are...
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December 23, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Finally, our paper, "A Conserved Bacterial Genetic Basis for Commensal-Host Specificity," has been officially published in Science.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Apply to work with Katherine! A fantastic opportunity!
Hi friends new and old! I study how microbes interact and evolve in complex communities like the human gut microbiome.🦠🧬💩 I'm thrilled to share that I'm starting a lab at UC Irvine in April 2025 and am recruiting at all levels - please spread the word! kxuelab.com More about my work below...🧵1/n
Xue lab at UC Irvine
Ecology and evolution in the human gut microbiome
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November 20, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Apply to work with Katherine! A fantastic opportunity!
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Hi friends new and old! I study how microbes interact and evolve in complex communities like the human gut microbiome.🦠🧬💩 I'm thrilled to share that I'm starting a lab at UC Irvine in April 2025 and am recruiting at all levels - please spread the word! kxuelab.com More about my work below...🧵1/n
Xue lab at UC Irvine
Ecology and evolution in the human gut microbiome
kxuelab.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Hi friends new and old! I study how microbes interact and evolve in complex communities like the human gut microbiome.🦠🧬💩 I'm thrilled to share that I'm starting a lab at UC Irvine in April 2025 and am recruiting at all levels - please spread the word! kxuelab.com More about my work below...🧵1/n
Delighted to share that our paper on discovering selective sweeps with haplotype statistics in aDNA is now out in Nat. Comm! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wonderful collaboration with Vagheesh Narasimhan, Devansh Pandey, and @mharris.bsky.social
Wonderful collaboration with Vagheesh Narasimhan, Devansh Pandey, and @mharris.bsky.social
Leveraging ancient DNA to uncover signals of natural selection in Europe lost due to admixture or drift - Nature Communications
Large-scale ancient DNA (aDNA) studies offer the chance to examine genomic changes over time, providing direct insights into human evolution. Here the authors use aDNA from 708 European samples to ide...
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November 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Delighted to share that our paper on discovering selective sweeps with haplotype statistics in aDNA is now out in Nat. Comm! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wonderful collaboration with Vagheesh Narasimhan, Devansh Pandey, and @mharris.bsky.social
Wonderful collaboration with Vagheesh Narasimhan, Devansh Pandey, and @mharris.bsky.social
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Hi all! I'm excited to announce a tenure track faculty position in conservation genomics in EEB at UCLA! We're looking for candidates who use genomic tools to study evolutionary processes related to conservation. Note, the actual application deadline is Nov 29. recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09875
Conservation Genomics Faculty Position
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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November 12, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Hi all! I'm excited to announce a tenure track faculty position in conservation genomics in EEB at UCLA! We're looking for candidates who use genomic tools to study evolutionary processes related to conservation. Note, the actual application deadline is Nov 29. recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09875
Job alert! We are searching for a faculty member to join us @UCLAEEB in the area of Conservation Genomics. I have had very positive experiences here at UCLA and would be happy to chat with you if you are interested! Please apply and be my colleague! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09875
Conservation Genomics Faculty Position
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
October 23, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Job alert! We are searching for a faculty member to join us @UCLAEEB in the area of Conservation Genomics. I have had very positive experiences here at UCLA and would be happy to chat with you if you are interested! Please apply and be my colleague! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09875
The UCLA Goodman-Luskin Endowed Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbiome Research ($100K in salary + supplies) deadline is June 1. Get in touch if you would like to write a proposal together!
And, get in touch even if your timeline is different - I am looking for a postdoc!
And, get in touch even if your timeline is different - I am looking for a postdoc!
April 16, 2024 at 8:57 PM
The UCLA Goodman-Luskin Endowed Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbiome Research ($100K in salary + supplies) deadline is June 1. Get in touch if you would like to write a proposal together!
And, get in touch even if your timeline is different - I am looking for a postdoc!
And, get in touch even if your timeline is different - I am looking for a postdoc!
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Excited (and relieved!) to share that my 1st paper in grad school finally came out in PLOS Biology! We were motivated by a very basic question: how fast, really, do bacteria exchange DNA in the human gut? (1/n)
Dynamics of bacterial recombination in the human gut microbiome
Recombination is a ubiquitous force in bacterial evolution, but its dynamics are poorly characterized in many natural populations. This study presents a metagenomic approach for quantifying the landsc...
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February 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Excited (and relieved!) to share that my 1st paper in grad school finally came out in PLOS Biology! We were motivated by a very basic question: how fast, really, do bacteria exchange DNA in the human gut? (1/n)
Really proud of this work with Richard Wolff on detecting selective sweeps that have spread across host microbiomes. I leave for you an animation we made featuring the highlights of our paper. Ricky has done a great job sharing some highlights of the paper below. garud.eeb.ucla.edu/pervasive-se...
January 10, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Really proud of this work with Richard Wolff on detecting selective sweeps that have spread across host microbiomes. I leave for you an animation we made featuring the highlights of our paper. Ricky has done a great job sharing some highlights of the paper below. garud.eeb.ucla.edu/pervasive-se...
We are delighted to share our work on “Inference of the demographic histories and selective effects of human gut commensal microbiota over the course of human history”! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Please check out the full tweet thread and GIF here: twitter.com/nanditagarud...
November 14, 2023 at 9:29 PM
We are delighted to share our work on “Inference of the demographic histories and selective effects of human gut commensal microbiota over the course of human history”! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Please check out the full tweet thread and GIF here: twitter.com/nanditagarud...
I am looking for a graduate student and a postdoc to join my group! We are a computational group working on understanding evolution in natural populations with a large emphasis on the microbiome. Please get in touch by dm or email! garud.eeb.ucla.edu
October 19, 2023 at 5:52 PM
I am looking for a graduate student and a postdoc to join my group! We are a computational group working on understanding evolution in natural populations with a large emphasis on the microbiome. Please get in touch by dm or email! garud.eeb.ucla.edu