Welcome to the Laboratory of Quantitative Evolutionary Microbiology, led by Dr. Michael Manhart. We study how microbes grow, interact, and evolve, using a combination of laboratory experiments, data analysis, and computational modeling.
We are based in the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine at Rutgers University and affiliated with the Rutgers University Microbiome Program.
Recent news
- New preprint from Justus and Michael on quantifying microbial fitnessWhat is the best way to quantify fitness in laboratory measurements of microbes? Justus and Michael have posted a bioRxiv preprint about this titled “Quantifying microbial fitness in high-throughput experiments.”
- Shreya leaves the labAfter a great summer as an undergraduate researcher in the Aresty program, Shreya is leaving the lab to continue her undergraduate education at Cornell. Congratulations on the start of her research career, and best wishes for her next phase at Cornell!
- Rachana attends GRC on Microbial Stress ResponseRachana attended the 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Stress Response in South Hadley, MA, USA. She presented a poster on “Limiting microbial growth: The interplay of antibiotic stress and nutrient colimitation.”
- Justus leaves the lab for his next positionAfter five outstanding years as a Ph.D. student and then a postdoc, Justus has left the QEM Lab to start his next position as an HFSP postdoctoral fellow at Caltech in the lab of Victoria Orphan. We wish him congratulations on all his accomplishments and best wishes for the next stage of his career!
- Duhita and Michael attend ASM MicrobeDuhita and Michael attended the 2024 American Society for Microbiology Microbe meeting in Atlanta, GA, USA. Duhita gave a talk on “The Effect of Cross Feeding Interactions on Mutant Fitness in Communities of E. coli“ (joint work with lab members Atharv and Tomas) in the session on Microbial Experimental Evolution, and Michael gave a talk… Read more: Duhita and Michael attend ASM Microbe