H. Nichols

Reproductive restraint to avoid the costs of reproductive conflict in a cooperatively breeding mammal

The paper examines how male banded mongooses adjust reproductive activity to avoid costs of reproductive conflict, finding that older males have higher paternity and younger males face survival costs.

Glucose promotes resistance of human commensal Escherichia coli against contact-killing by pandemic Vibrio cholerae

This study shows glucose enhances E. coli resistance to T6SS attacks from V. cholerae through CRP-mediated metabolic changes, independent of immunity proteins.