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PhD opportunity: the role of natural antimicrobials in selection for antibiotic resistance

Posted on October 18, 2016 by An Bollenessor

The NERC GW4 Universities Doctoral Training Program is currently advertising PhD projects. This is a slightly complicated process, but basically comes down to prospective students picking a project offered by scientists working at participating universities and institutions and applying to … Continue reading →

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Re-post: Pitch: a Guide to the Bacteria and Archaea

Posted on September 19, 2016 by An Bollenessor

The blog is a bit inactive at the moment and I hope to turn that around soon. In the mean time, I decided to re-post a blog entry from early last year to hopefully breath new life into this idea. … Continue reading →

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paper out: Adaptation in Natural Microbial Populations

Posted on December 29, 2015 by An Bollenessor

A review paper by Britt Koskella (now at Berkeley) and myself recently came out ‘adaptation in natural populations’; I have lazily copied the Abstract below: Although their diversity greatly exceeds that of plants and animals, microbial organisms have historically received … Continue reading →

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A visit to Gabriel Perron at Bard College

Posted on June 26, 2015 by An Bollenessor

This week I have made a short trip to see NERC collaborator Gabriel Perron at Bard College. (Gabe visited the ECEHH last year, see here.) Bard is a small liberal arts college located in the beautiful Hudson Valley about an … Continue reading →

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Personal pages updated

Posted on May 6, 2014 by An Bollenessor

Long overdue, but I have updated the personal pages (black bar under the header picture) of everyone working with Will and/or myself. I have also added a list of Past Lab members. (This made me realize that I have not … Continue reading →

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Tromsø

Posted on April 10, 2014 by An Bollenessor

Last week I had the pleasure of being the guest of Pål Jarle Johnsen at the University of Tromsø, the northernmost university in the world. I have recently been awarded a NERC ‘pump priming’ grant on incipient bacterial speciation for … Continue reading →

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Citation counts: Google Scholar vs. Web of Science

Posted on January 8, 2014 by An Bollenessor

As most scientists do, I occasionally find myself talking to colleagues about scientific impact. This discussion often centers on the prestigiousness of journals and their Impact Factors (for a very good discussion on this subject see this blog post). The … Continue reading →

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Lab up and running!

Posted on April 8, 2013 by An Bollenessor

Way too long since I last posted on the blog….one excuse was being occupied with moving lab kit and consumables, installing equipment and getting organized in general. A couple of lab issues still have to be resolved, e.g. our water-cooled … Continue reading →

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Tomato Agar

Posted on January 23, 2013 by An Bollenessor

Pawel

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2012 in review

Posted on January 2, 2013 by An Bollenessor

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 6,400 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading →

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