Richard Lenski
@relenski.bsky.social
Evolving better E. coli for 75,000 generations. Prof at MSU, but opinions my own. (Ok, I also speak for billions -- er, TRILLIONS -- of E. coli.)
Website for LTEE: the-ltee.org
Banner pic from NYC, shared by Darwin. (The microbiologist, not the other one.)
Website for LTEE: the-ltee.org
Banner pic from NYC, shared by Darwin. (The microbiologist, not the other one.)
Mike Travisano back at MSU to give EEB Distinguished Alumni Lecture on "The major consequences of micro-evolution"
Mike a key player in establishing #LTEE and microbial expt'l evolution more generally. Here we are with LTEE lines in the incubator & Mike holding y'day flasks w/ @ofria.bsky.social
Mike a key player in establishing #LTEE and microbial expt'l evolution more generally. Here we are with LTEE lines in the incubator & Mike holding y'day flasks w/ @ofria.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Mike Travisano back at MSU to give EEB Distinguished Alumni Lecture on "The major consequences of micro-evolution"
Mike a key player in establishing #LTEE and microbial expt'l evolution more generally. Here we are with LTEE lines in the incubator & Mike holding y'day flasks w/ @ofria.bsky.social
Mike a key player in establishing #LTEE and microbial expt'l evolution more generally. Here we are with LTEE lines in the incubator & Mike holding y'day flasks w/ @ofria.bsky.social
Truth in advertising ... or poorly designed sign?
October 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Truth in advertising ... or poorly designed sign?
The late, great Cleopatra.
July 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The late, great Cleopatra.
Monarch enjoying our milkweed garden -- started from volunteers, second year in and thriving.
July 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Monarch enjoying our milkweed garden -- started from volunteers, second year in and thriving.
At the #StandUpForScience rally outside the #Michigan Capitol building. Good turnout (especially with MSU on spring break) -- I'd estimate 800 to 1000 folks.
Great speakers from MSU, UM, and Wayne State and representing all career stages and many fields. Lots of clear and clever homemade signs.
Great speakers from MSU, UM, and Wayne State and representing all career stages and many fields. Lots of clear and clever homemade signs.
March 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
At the #StandUpForScience rally outside the #Michigan Capitol building. Good turnout (especially with MSU on spring break) -- I'd estimate 800 to 1000 folks.
Great speakers from MSU, UM, and Wayne State and representing all career stages and many fields. Lots of clear and clever homemade signs.
Great speakers from MSU, UM, and Wayne State and representing all career stages and many fields. Lots of clear and clever homemade signs.
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Frequent Q is how mirror bacterium could persist in nature. Marine Prochlorococcus good example. Little downside in terms of competitiveness + resistant to protists and phages. Net positive growth allows invasion.
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
Frequent Q is how mirror bacterium could persist in nature. Marine Prochlorococcus good example. Little downside in terms of competitiveness + resistant to protists and phages. Net positive growth allows invasion.
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
December 13, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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Frequent Q is how mirror bacterium could persist in nature. Marine Prochlorococcus good example. Little downside in terms of competitiveness + resistant to protists and phages. Net positive growth allows invasion.
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
Frequent Q is how mirror bacterium could persist in nature. Marine Prochlorococcus good example. Little downside in terms of competitiveness + resistant to protists and phages. Net positive growth allows invasion.
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
Frequent Q is how mirror bacterium could persist in nature. Marine Prochlorococcus good example. Little downside in terms of competitiveness + resistant to protists and phages. Net positive growth allows invasion.
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
December 13, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Frequent Q is how mirror bacterium could persist in nature. Marine Prochlorococcus good example. Little downside in terms of competitiveness + resistant to protists and phages. Net positive growth allows invasion.
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
Mirror marine Prochlorococcus is one example. Little downside in terms of competitiveness, and resistant to protists and phages. Net positive growth allows invasion.
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
December 13, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Mirror marine Prochlorococcus is one example. Little downside in terms of competitiveness, and resistant to protists and phages. Net positive growth allows invasion.
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
See Chapter 8 of technical report here:
purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
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October 15, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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October 14, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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October 13, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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October 12, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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Day 16
October 11, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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Day 16
Aurora borealis now visible in mid Michigan.
October 11, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Aurora borealis now visible in mid Michigan.
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October 10, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Day 14
October 9, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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Day 13 (a little early)
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Day 13 (a little early)
October 8, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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Day 13 (a little early)
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October 7, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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Day 11
October 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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Day 10 (a couple of hours early)
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Day 10 (a couple of hours early)
October 5, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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Day 9
October 4, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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Day 8
October 3, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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Day 8
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Day 7
October 2, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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Day 7
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October 1, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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September 30, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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