{"id":1214,"date":"2024-04-26T14:14:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/?page_id=1214"},"modified":"2024-06-22T17:32:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T17:32:31","slug":"ecom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/projects\/ecom\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-3\"><div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-2\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p class=\"vf-lede\">Experimental coevolution of microbial predator-prey communities.<\/p>\n<!--\/vf-lede-->\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coexisting microbes often coevolve: through direct or indirect interactions, microbes can affect each other\u2019s ecology and hence evolution. For example, in soils, protozoan predation can drive rapid evolution of bacterial prey and trigger a predator-prey arms race. Despite the major importance of predation for soil functioning, it remains largely unknown how coevolution affects soil communities in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"444\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ECOM-JordiVanGestel.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ECOM-JordiVanGestel.png 512w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ECOM-JordiVanGestel-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, we address this knowledge gap by performing a long-term coevolution experiment. By evolving a genetically-tractable synthetic soil community of protozoan predators and bacterial prey, we will for the first time quantify the impact of reciprocal adaptation on community composition, functioning and diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaborators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/research\/lees\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/research\/lees\/\">Lees Group<\/a>, EMBL-EBI Hinxton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vf-u-margin__bottom--800\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project lead<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-content-hub-html\" data-cache=\"056b4256\">\n      <!-- Generated by: http:\/\/content.embl.org\/api\/v1\/pattern.html?filter-content-type=person&amp;filter-field-contains%5Bfield_person_full_name%5D=van%20gestel&amp;filter-fields-empty=field_person_visible_internally&amp;filter-ref-entity%5Bfield_person_positions%5D%5Btitle%5D=&amp;filter-ref-entity%5Bfield_person_positions%5D%5Bfield_position_primary%5D=1&amp;hide%5Bteam%2Corcid%5D=1&amp;limit=1&amp;pattern=vf-profile-inline -->\n                \n                            <article class=\"vf-profile vf-profile--very-easy vf-profile--medium vf-profile--inline\" data-embl-js-conditional-edit=\"160955\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vf-profile__image\" src=\"https:\/\/content.embl.org\/\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/persons\/CP-60038780.jpg?itok=JdyytWMo\" alt=\"image of Jordi van Gestel\" \/>\n      \n              <h3 class=\"vf-profile__title\">\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/people\/person\/jordi-vangestel\" class=\"vf-profile__link\">Jordi van Gestel<\/a>\n                  <\/h3>\n      \n              <p class=\"vf-profile__job-title\">\n          Group Leader\n        <\/p>\n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n      \n            <a class=\"vf-text vf-text--body-r vf-link embl-conditional-edit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/node\/160955\/160955\" target=\"_blank\">\n        Edit\n      <\/a>\n    <\/article>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":714,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-title-left-aligned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-1214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2733,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214\/revisions\/2733"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"embl_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/planetary-biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embl_taxonomy?post=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}