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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: March 2016
- Irina Chan is awarded an NSERC USRA for the summer of 2016 to explore cancer's evolutionary vulnerabilities
January 2015
- Alex May joins the lab as an Exchange MSc Student (February - August) from the Free University of Amsterdam
September 2014
- Irina Chan joins the lab as a Work-Study Student
June 2014
- Aleatha is awarded an EDEN Research Exchange Gant for a 3-month visit in the laboratory of Dr. Brad Olson at Kansas State University
October 2013
- Jennifer Earle joins the lab as a Work-Study student
August 2013
- Aleatha Lee is accepted as a MSc student in our lab
March 2013
- Linna Meng will join our lab this summer as an NSERC USRA
- Matheus Lima will join our lab this summer as an international exchange student (from Brazil), for a 3-month internship
November 2012
October 2012
- Amal Alahmadi joins the lab as a Volunteer undergraduate assistant
September 2012
- Aleatha Lee continues her Research Assistant position (through the Work-Study Program) for another year
April 5, 2012
- Jassy Meng successfully defends her Honours Thesis on Testing Theories of Aging in Volvox
March 30, 2012
- Stepahn Koenig successfully presents his PhD research seminar on the Evolution of Cell Differentiation in Volvox
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
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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