80,000 Generations: New Olympic Record
On August 7th, we froze down the 80,000-generation* populations of the LTEE. We’re pretty sure this is both a new Olympic Record and World Record… Read More »80,000 Generations: New Olympic Record
Jeffrey Barrick
LTEE Eclipsed
Austin was in the path of totality for the Great North American Eclipse. The weather was cloudy, unfortunately, but the crescent sun peeked through enough… Read More »LTEE Eclipsed
Darwin Day 2024 in Tyler, TX
Earlier this spring, I had a fantastic visit to Tyler Junior College (TJC) and UT Tyler to give two public presentations as part of their… Read More »Darwin Day 2024 in Tyler, TX
LTEE on Big Picture Science
I recently had a great time discussing the long-term evolution experiment and more with Molly Bentley in an interview for an episode of the podcast… Read More »LTEE on Big Picture Science
By JoVE, we’ve done it!
We recently published an open access video protocol in the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) covering some of the core procedures we use in the… Read More »By JoVE, we’ve done it!
77,000 Generation Update: Population Switcheroo and Acinetobacter Interloper
We just discovered and dealt with our first major hiccups in continuing to propagate the LTEE at UT Austin. We mistakenly swapped two of the… Read More »77,000 Generation Update: Population Switcheroo and Acinetobacter Interloper
The First Thousand Generations at UT
We’re now through the first 150 days of continuing the LTEE at UT Austin. I want to take this opportunity to introduce and thank the… Read More »The First Thousand Generations at UT
LTEE Kickoff at UT Austin
Today we revived frozen samples of the 12 LTEE populations in the Barrick lab at the University of Texas at Austin to continue the Long-Term… Read More »LTEE Kickoff at UT Austin
Nature News Q&A on the LTEE Handoff
Richard Lenski and Jeffrey Barrick spoke to Ewen Callaway about the history of the Long-Term Evolution Experiment and its move from MSU to UT Austin.… Read More »Nature News Q&A on the LTEE Handoff
BEACON Celebrates Lenski’s 60th Birthday
Many past and present LTEE researchers gathered at Michigan State University to celebrate Richard Lenski’s 60th birthday in conjunction with the annual Congress of the… Read More »BEACON Celebrates Lenski’s 60th Birthday