Christopher R. L. Thompson

The paper models lineage priming and cell fate choice in Dictyostelium discoideum, showing stochastic and deterministic factors both influence cell type proportioning.

The paper develops a model showing that altruistic public goods investment can exclude cheaters unless altruists are overly generous, and local competition prevents stable coexistence.

This study identifies novel environmental chlamydiae in wild amoebae, revealing their host specificity and expanding the known chlamydial host range.

The paper develops REMI-seq methods to generate mutants and enable phenotyping in Dictyostelium, identifying novel regulators of cell migration and phagocytosis.