S. Krenek

Predicting evolution in experimental range expansions of an aquatic model system

The paper predicts range expansion dynamics in Paramecium caudatum using experimental evolution and mathematical modeling, finding that short-term evolution is driven by dispersal and growth selection, with long-term emergence of a dispersal syndrome.

Outwitting planarians antibacterial defence mechanisms: Rickettsiales bacterial trans-infection from Paramecium multimicronucleatum to planarians

The paper demonstrates that a Rickettsia-like endosymbiont from a ciliate can be trans-infected into planarians, detected up to day 7 post-infection.

When enemies do not become friends: Experimental evolution of heat-stress adaptation in a vertically transmitted parasite

This study shows vertically transmitted parasites can evolve heat stress adaptations that harm hosts without improving their survival.