Evolutionary Dynamics I

Presentations

• Gene Regulation, Phenotypic Memory, and Selection in Fluctuating Environments

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: Pollack D, Nozoe T, and Kussell E. Gene regulation, phenotypic memory, and selection in fluctuating environments. bioRxiv 2025.06.23.661119.

  Presenters

  • Edo Kussell

    • New York University (NYU)

  Authors

  • Dan Pollack

    • New York University

  • Takashi Nozoe

    • The University of Tokyo
    • Univ of Tokyo

  • Edo Kussell

    • New York University (NYU)

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• Maintenance of diversity in the face of long-term eco-evolutionary dynamics in microbial ecosystems

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Zhijie Feng

    • Boston University

  Authors

  • Zhijie Feng

    • Boston University

  • Shing Yan Li

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Akshit Goyal

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

  • Pankaj Mehta

    • Boston University

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• Noise-driven Turing patterns in eco-evolutionary models

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Anton D Lobanov

    • Washington University in St. Louis

  Authors

  • Anton D Lobanov

    • Washington University in St. Louis

  • Stephen Martis

    • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

  • Trevor K GrandPre

    • Washington University in St. Louis
    • Princeton University

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• SHEPHERD: Markov Decision Processes on Wright–Fisher Dynamics to Mitigate Therapeutic Resistance in Evolving Populations

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Publication: Chen P, Pachter JA, Scott JG, Hinczewski M. Stochastic Evolutionary Control of Therapeutic Resistance in Heterogeneous Populations. In preparation (2025)

  Presenters

  • Peng Chen

    • Case Western Reserve University

  Authors

  • Peng Chen

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Jonathan Asher Pachter

    • Case Western Reserve University

  • Jacob G Scott

    • Case Western Reserve University
    • Cleveland Clinic

  • Michael Hinczewski

    • Case Western Reserve University

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• The Adaptation Speed of Bacteria under the Gradient of Antibiotics Concentration

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Publication: None

  Presenters

  • Kento Matsukawa

    • Kyoto Univ

  Authors

  • Kento Matsukawa

    • Kyoto Univ

  • Shin-ichi Sasa

    • Kyoto University
    • Kyoto Univ
    • Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto

  • Namiko Mitarai

    • Niels Bohr Inst., Fac. Sci., Univ. Copenhargen

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• Competition dynamics and evolutionary strategies of bacteriocin-encoding bacteriophages

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Akari Matsuki

    • The Abdus Salam ICTP

  Authors

  • Akari Matsuki

    • The Abdus Salam ICTP

  • Lorenzo Fant

    • Univerisdad de Granada
    • Istituto nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale

  • Jaka J Lazar

    • University of Ljubljana

  • Anna Dragoš

    • University of Ljubljana

  • Jacopo Grilli

    • The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
    • The Abdus Salam ICTP

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• Population genetics in complex ecological communities

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Publication: arXiv:2509.23977

  Presenters

  • Shing Yan Li

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Shing Yan Li

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Zhijie Feng

    • Boston University

  • Akshit Goyal

    • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

  • Pankaj Mehta

    • Boston University

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• The shape of evolving systems: How spatial arrangement drives evolutionary dynamics

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Oana Carja

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  Authors

  • Oana Carja

    • Carnegie Mellon University

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