Matthew Asker
@masker.science
Statistical physicist in theoretical biology 🦠
Interested in understanding evolutionary dynamics, particularly relating to AMR and cancer.
Postdoc – MPI for Evolutionary Biology
PhD – University of Leeds
UG – University of Manchester
masker.science
Interested in understanding evolutionary dynamics, particularly relating to AMR and cancer.
Postdoc – MPI for Evolutionary Biology
PhD – University of Leeds
UG – University of Manchester
masker.science
Pinned
Matthew Asker
@masker.science
· Apr 14
How do bottlenecks affect mutant takeover in spatial metapopulations?
Our pre-print reveals that bottleneck strength, frequency, and cell migration intricately drive fixation and extinction - even leading to interesting non-monotonic behaviour.
Check it out: doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.08433
Our pre-print reveals that bottleneck strength, frequency, and cell migration intricately drive fixation and extinction - even leading to interesting non-monotonic behaviour.
Check it out: doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.08433
How do bottlenecks affect mutant takeover in spatial metapopulations?
Our pre-print reveals that bottleneck strength, frequency, and cell migration intricately drive fixation and extinction - even leading to interesting non-monotonic behaviour.
Check it out: doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.08433
Our pre-print reveals that bottleneck strength, frequency, and cell migration intricately drive fixation and extinction - even leading to interesting non-monotonic behaviour.
Check it out: doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.08433
April 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
How do bottlenecks affect mutant takeover in spatial metapopulations?
Our pre-print reveals that bottleneck strength, frequency, and cell migration intricately drive fixation and extinction - even leading to interesting non-monotonic behaviour.
Check it out: doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.08433
Our pre-print reveals that bottleneck strength, frequency, and cell migration intricately drive fixation and extinction - even leading to interesting non-monotonic behaviour.
Check it out: doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.08433
Had a great time at the @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social conference in Harrogate this year! Really fantastic to see all the good work ongoing and the community thriving, particularly the ECR part 😄
March 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Had a great time at the @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social conference in Harrogate this year! Really fantastic to see all the good work ongoing and the community thriving, particularly the ECR part 😄
If you're at the @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social Physics of Life 2025 conference, come talk to me at my poster (#23) later on today! I'm looking at fixation and extinction on time-fluctuating metapopulations 🦠
March 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
If you're at the @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social Physics of Life 2025 conference, come talk to me at my poster (#23) later on today! I'm looking at fixation and extinction on time-fluctuating metapopulations 🦠
Reposted by Matthew Asker
We're advertising a fully-funded PhD project at Durham in understanding microbial ecology from a theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective! More details below. Feel free to email me, Denis Patterson, or @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social. March 31st deadline.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Metals, Microbes, and Mathematics: Understanding Coexistence with Toxic Nutrients at Durham University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Metals, Microbes, and Mathematics: Understanding Coexistence with Toxic Nutrients at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We're advertising a fully-funded PhD project at Durham in understanding microbial ecology from a theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective! More details below. Feel free to email me, Denis Patterson, or @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social. March 31st deadline.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Reposted by Matthew Asker
Our framework explaining why ecological interactions change between contexts is out in Ecology Letters!
A lovely collaboration with @saramitri.bsky.social which provides experimentally-testable links between the physiology and ecology of microbes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A lovely collaboration with @saramitri.bsky.social which provides experimentally-testable links between the physiology and ecology of microbes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Environment‐Organism Feedbacks Drive Changes in Ecological Interactions
Ecological interactions are central to our understanding of the composition and function of communities, but attempts to use them as a theoretical foundation for experimental ecology have been confou....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Our framework explaining why ecological interactions change between contexts is out in Ecology Letters!
A lovely collaboration with @saramitri.bsky.social which provides experimentally-testable links between the physiology and ecology of microbes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A lovely collaboration with @saramitri.bsky.social which provides experimentally-testable links between the physiology and ecology of microbes.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Matthew Asker
Our (@vishuguttal.bsky.social and I) Synthesis of the effects of demographic stochasticity on eco-evolutionary dynamics is now out in @asn-amnat.bsky.social ! Feel free to message/email me if you need a copy or want to chat about the paper :)
🧬🌍🧪
🧬🌍🧪
Does evolution always favor individuals with higher fitness? Bhat & Guttal generalize standard equations of evolution to show that populations experience a novel force called noise-induced biasing that can reverse the predicted direction of evolution.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics for Finite Populations and the Noise-Induced Reversal of Selection | The American Naturalist: Vol 205, No 1
Abstract Theoretical studies from diverse areas of population biology have shown that demographic stochasticity can substantially impact evolutionary dynamics in finite populations, including scenario...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
January 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Our (@vishuguttal.bsky.social and I) Synthesis of the effects of demographic stochasticity on eco-evolutionary dynamics is now out in @asn-amnat.bsky.social ! Feel free to message/email me if you need a copy or want to chat about the paper :)
🧬🌍🧪
🧬🌍🧪
Found a lovely copy of "On the Origin of Species" over the break. Surprisingly entertaining to read with a modern evolutionary biology perspective! Absolutely nails certain points despite no knowledge of genetics. Can't believe I hadn't tried reading it sooner.
December 29, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Found a lovely copy of "On the Origin of Species" over the break. Surprisingly entertaining to read with a modern evolutionary biology perspective! Absolutely nails certain points despite no knowledge of genetics. Can't believe I hadn't tried reading it sooner.
Reposted by Matthew Asker
PhD studentship alert!
Fully funded, co-supervised with @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and Prof Mike Bromley, University of Manchester
Exploring routes of horizontal gene transfer in pathogenic fungi
Exciting project, will be a bunch of fun! Come & join us 🔬
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Fully funded, co-supervised with @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and Prof Mike Bromley, University of Manchester
Exploring routes of horizontal gene transfer in pathogenic fungi
Exciting project, will be a bunch of fun! Come & join us 🔬
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:06 PM
PhD studentship alert!
Fully funded, co-supervised with @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and Prof Mike Bromley, University of Manchester
Exploring routes of horizontal gene transfer in pathogenic fungi
Exciting project, will be a bunch of fun! Come & join us 🔬
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Fully funded, co-supervised with @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and Prof Mike Bromley, University of Manchester
Exploring routes of horizontal gene transfer in pathogenic fungi
Exciting project, will be a bunch of fun! Come & join us 🔬
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Reposted by Matthew Asker
Resharing my attempt at a #mathbio starter pack for those (millions?!) of people who've joined in the last week!
Please let me know if you'd like to be added (I've not kept up with the incoming hordes well)
go.bsky.app/GVkxwBv
Please let me know if you'd like to be added (I've not kept up with the incoming hordes well)
go.bsky.app/GVkxwBv
November 20, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Resharing my attempt at a #mathbio starter pack for those (millions?!) of people who've joined in the last week!
Please let me know if you'd like to be added (I've not kept up with the incoming hordes well)
go.bsky.app/GVkxwBv
Please let me know if you'd like to be added (I've not kept up with the incoming hordes well)
go.bsky.app/GVkxwBv
Reposted by Matthew Asker
Check out this #SMB #SocietyMathBio starter pack. This was the default Starter Pack set up on our feed, but we can add to this as well to help build the mathematical biology community on BlueSky.
go.bsky.app/2sXtZV4
go.bsky.app/2sXtZV4
November 10, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Check out this #SMB #SocietyMathBio starter pack. This was the default Starter Pack set up on our feed, but we can add to this as well to help build the mathematical biology community on BlueSky.
go.bsky.app/2sXtZV4
go.bsky.app/2sXtZV4
Reposted by Matthew Asker
Join us in Durham for a fully-funded multidisciplinary PhD studying Metals, Microbes, Maths, and Metabolism! Please pass this along to interested candidates who are welcome to contact us directly. Both theoretical and/or experimental backgrounds welcome!
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
November 17, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Join us in Durham for a fully-funded multidisciplinary PhD studying Metals, Microbes, Maths, and Metabolism! Please pass this along to interested candidates who are welcome to contact us directly. Both theoretical and/or experimental backgrounds welcome!
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
Just another part of the mass exodus here starting anew and looking for my people!
I'm Matthew, a PhD student at Leeds working on eco-evolutionary models of biology, particularly regarding AMR and cancer.
I play & watch football, run, and paint Warhammer. Also, Darwin and I are best buds.
I'm Matthew, a PhD student at Leeds working on eco-evolutionary models of biology, particularly regarding AMR and cancer.
I play & watch football, run, and paint Warhammer. Also, Darwin and I are best buds.
November 17, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Just another part of the mass exodus here starting anew and looking for my people!
I'm Matthew, a PhD student at Leeds working on eco-evolutionary models of biology, particularly regarding AMR and cancer.
I play & watch football, run, and paint Warhammer. Also, Darwin and I are best buds.
I'm Matthew, a PhD student at Leeds working on eco-evolutionary models of biology, particularly regarding AMR and cancer.
I play & watch football, run, and paint Warhammer. Also, Darwin and I are best buds.