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Ongoing evolution of the #COVID19 virus Is the #COVID19 virus evolving? How many strains are there? What do the mutations mean? Should I worry (no!)? What can we learn from…

An Educational Video By Dr. Vaughn Cooper Where did #COVID19 come from? Where’s it going? This video discusses: source of SARS-CoV-2, relatedness to other CoV, how it’s currently evolving but…

GENETICS-BASED DIGITAL DATING: SCIENCE BEHIND GENETIC MATCHMAKING Author: Stefan Andjelkovic This article originally appeared as a student blog post from the Evolutionary Biology of Human Disease class. At the turn…

The Pittsburgh Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine (CEBaM) is pleased to announce its Catalyst Award Program. The Mission of the Center is to advance the fields of evolutionary biology…

Evolution is a fundamental unifying principle of biology. This class takes a broad approach to illustrate…

Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis was nominated Outstanding New PI of the Month by New PI Slack (NPIS), an international group of early stage faculty. For more information, and the full article, please…

Bacterial Lifestyle Alters the Evolution of Drug Resistance 10/23/2019 PITTSBURGH – How bacteria live — whether as independent cells or in a communal biofilm — determines how they evolve antibiotic resistance,…

Dr. Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis was recently featured in Nature and Science magazine articles which highlighted her work on de novo gene birth. While one talks about how evolution builds new genes…

Evolution is a fundamental unifying principle of biology. This class takes a broad approach to illustrate how an evolutionary perspective augments medical research and practice. Topics covered range from the…