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We are addressing Evolutionary questions
(see Research Interests) using the green algal group
Volvocales
(see the Volvocales Information Project) as a model-system
News: October 2011
- Aleatha Lee joins the lab as a Research Assistant (Work-Study Program)
September 2011
- Jassy Meng and Joshua Clowater join the lab as Honours students
March 2011
 | National Center for Genome Resources (USA) and the
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative:
Transcriptome sequencing of marine eukaryotic algae (Co-PI;
with David R. Smith, UBC, Canada) |
March 2011
| A new gls/regA
mutant isolated! |
February 2011
January 2011
- selected by
Faculty of 1000 November 2010
August 2010
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Our paper on the paradigm of altruistic suicide is
in press:
Nedelcu AM, Driscoll WW, Durand PM, Herron M, and Rashidi E. 2010.
On the paradigm of altruistic suicide in the
unicellular world. Evolution |
July 2010
- featured in
This week in Science;
Science news of the week;
Science
Daily
June 2010
June 2009
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Two new papers in press |
Nedelcu AM.
2009. Environmentally-induced responses co-opted for reproductive altruism.
Biology Letters
(in press)
Nedelcu AM, A Blakney and K Logue. 2009.
Functional replacement of a primary metabolic pathway via multiple independent
eukaryote-to-eukaryote gene transfers and selective retention.
Journal of
Evolutionary Biology
(in press)
May 2009
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Emma Logan was accepted to Medical School at Dal -
Congratulations!!!! |
April 2009
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Parth Thakkar will join the lab as a MSc student,
starting September 2009 |
March 2009
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Nedelcu AM. 2009.
Comparative genomics of phylogenetically diverse
unicellular eukaryotes provide new insights into the genetic basis for
the evolution of the programmed cell death machinery. J. Molecular Evolution 68: 256-268. |
October 2008
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Nedelcu AM, I Miles, K Karol, A Fagir.
2008. Adaptive eukaryote-to eukaryote gene transfer: Stress-related genes of
algal origin in the closest unicellular relatives of animals. J. of
Evolutionary Biology
21: 1852-1860 |
September 2008
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The Volvocales Information Project has a new look - click
here |
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Our paper on
Adaptive eukaryote-to eukaryote gene transfer (Nedelcu AM, I Miles, K
Karol, A Fagir) is in press (J Evol Biology) |
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LAB MEETINGS (Mondays 2:30-3:30):
November
7th: Adrian - history of apicomplexan, dinofagellate and heterokont
plastids (Moore et al. Nature 2008; Janouskovec et al 2010)
October 31st: Paper Discussion (On the
programmed/non-programmed nature of ageing within the life histories.
Kirkwood and Melov. Current Biology 2011)
October 24: Stephan - Research (RegA Project - update)
October 17: Jassy - Research (Honours Project update)
October 10th: No meeting - Thanksgiving
October 3rd: Josh - Research (Honours Project update)
September 26: Aurora - Paper Discussion (Non-adaptive origins of interactome complexity. Fernandez and Lynch. Nature 2011)
September 19: Adrian - Research (Chimeric nature of plastid proteome)
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Welcome to the Evo-Volvo Lab