Ana Elena Escalante

This study finds plant domestication does not uniformly reduce root microbiome diversity, showing species-specific and context-dependent effects with increased microbial diversity in many domesticated plants.

This paper develops a multiscale model to study cell fate determination and spatial patterning in Myxococcus xanthus, showing that aggregate size, multistability, and communication are critical for these processes.

The paper quantifies how different genotypes of Myxococcus xanthus express plastic phenotypes in varying substrate stiffness conditions, showing genotype-environment interactions.