Olivia Schakel
@ofsheff.bsky.social
PhD student Microbiology at Indiana University.
Feeding the world starts in its soil!
Feeding the world starts in its soil!
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This project always needed the right person: Congrats to Dr. @ofsheff.bsky.social for taking it on and seeing it through. Thanks also to our excellent collaborator and co-corresponding author Prof. Sima Setayeshgar.
Microbial cross-feeding stabilized by segregation of a dependent mutant from its independent ancestor
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Microbial cross-feeding stabilized by segregation of a dependent mutant from its independent ancestor
Abstract. Microbial gene loss is hypothesized to be beneficial when gene function is costly, and the gene product can be replaced via cross-feeding from a
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June 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This project always needed the right person: Congrats to Dr. @ofsheff.bsky.social for taking it on and seeing it through. Thanks also to our excellent collaborator and co-corresponding author Prof. Sima Setayeshgar.
Reposted by Olivia Schakel
Congrats to Dr. Olivia Schakel @ofsheff.bsky.social on a successful PhD defense last Friday! Read about Olivia's work at: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Congrats to Dr. Olivia Schakel @ofsheff.bsky.social on a successful PhD defense last Friday! Read about Olivia's work at: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Olivia Schakel
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Low-cost PDF available for educational use on request.
20%-off launch sale until March 31.
42 pages of microbial adventure + 20-page appendix.
Normal price: $30 USD, $43 CAD, $29 EUR, $46 AUD
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Low-cost PDF available for educational use on request.
March 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A Bacterium in Bangladesh is available today at Lulu.com!
20%-off launch sale until March 31.
42 pages of microbial adventure + 20-page appendix.
Normal price: $30 USD, $43 CAD, $29 EUR, $46 AUD
www.lulu.com/shop/james-m...
Low-cost PDF available for educational use on request.
20%-off launch sale until March 31.
42 pages of microbial adventure + 20-page appendix.
Normal price: $30 USD, $43 CAD, $29 EUR, $46 AUD
www.lulu.com/shop/james-m...
Low-cost PDF available for educational use on request.
First First-Author Paper Alert! Thrilled to share our work on R. palustris & V. natriegens! Loss-of-function nitrogenase mutants thrive when separated from their competitive ancestor-showing how microbial interactions can shape biodiversity!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
First First-Author Paper Alert! Thrilled to share our work on R. palustris & V. natriegens! Loss-of-function nitrogenase mutants thrive when separated from their competitive ancestor-showing how microbial interactions can shape biodiversity!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...