Jeff Gore, Ph.D.

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Jeff Gore, Ph.D.
Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Department of Physics
Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Address
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Building 13-2008
City, State, ZIP
Cambridge, MA 2139
Phone
(617) 715-4251
Email
[email protected]
Website
http://gorelab.homestead.com/
Research field
Biophysics; Evolutionary Biology
Award year
2011

Research

Our laboratory uses microbes as experimental model systems to probe fundamental theories in evolutionary dynamics and quantitative ecology. A core interest of the lab is to explore the conditions required for the evolution of cooperative behaviors. Model systems include the cooperative growth of yeast on the sugar sucrose and the cooperative inactivation of antibiotics by bacteria. We also study how interactions between mutations can constrain the mutational paths available to evolution, as some mutations are beneficial only in the presence of other mutations. Finally, we are using laboratory microbial populations to explore signatures of populations close to extinction.

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