Bartlomiej Waclaw

The paper uses computer models to show that the conjugative junction stabilizes bacterial mating pairs, increasing conjugation rates.

This study investigates how the accessibility of fitness landscapes changes with the number of units (K) in genotypes, showing increased accessibility for higher K values.

The paper shows that allele surfing in microbial range expansions increases mean fitness by promoting soft selective sweeps from standing variation, enhancing adaptation rates per biomass.

The paper develops a spatial model showing that short-range cell migration and turnover explain reduced intra-tumor heterogeneity and rapid clonal expansion in cancers.