Today – Darwin’s 204th birthday – we are happy to “launch” in a more public way MicrobialEvolution.org. Thanks to the excellent work of Chris Engles, the site has been up and running, and I have finally managed to take the time to gather enough material from pestering a few colleagues that the point of the site will hopefully be somewhat clear. We have recently added some new syllabi (from Jonathan Arnold, John McCutcheon, Paul Turner, and Joshua Weitz) and a project designed by Joshua to use a models to study population dynamics that ensue due to CRISPR-mediated host-phage interactions. We have also begun to expand our list of “Investigators” that we hope will give interested students (and PIs) a clearer view of who is in the field. If you are missing please let us know; we have only made it part way through our list from an initial brainstorming. So I hope you enjoy seeing what your other colleagues have put into place, and please consider sharing some of your own. Cheers,
Chris