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Lucas is an evolutionary biologist who uses mathematical models and computer simulations to investigate mechanisms leading to social evolution across biological scales.
Lucas completed his doctoral studies in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville), USA. During his doctoral studies, Lucas developed population genetics models and individual-based simulations to understand the effect of partial privatization on microbial evolution of cooperation in surface-attaching populations (biofilms) and cell-cell communication (quorum sensing).
Now at IceLab, Lucas focuses on a key event during the evolution of life: endosymbiosis. Despite its significance, little is known about the likelihood and adaptive consequences of acquiring an organelle like the mitochondrion. In collaboration with Eric Libby, Lucas will use a mathematical approach combined with a unique data set to address questions related to the evolution of a beneficial prokaryotic endosymbiosis.
Lucas loves coffee and sweets, making him a suitable fit for the Swedish tradition of Fika.
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IceLab opens project call for shared postdoctoral fellows
IceLab opens project call for shared postdoctoral fellows IceLab invites multidisciplinary research teams to propose projects for a shared postdoctoral fellow, funded by Kempestiftelserna. Project proposals can now be submitted, until May [...]
March 27th Lunch Pitch: Anders Garpebring, Sophia Harlid and Jian-Feng Mao
March 27th Lunch Pitch: Anders Garpebring, Sophia Harlid and Jian-Feng Mao March 27, 2024 AI for image processing, understanding breast cancer risk and unravelling the complexity of plant genomes were the [...]
March 13th Lunch Pitch: Aftab Nadeem, Barbora Parizkova and Jakob Hultgren
March 13th Lunch Pitch: Aftab Nadeem, Barbora Parizkova and Jakob Hultgren March 13, 2024 Insert favorite scientific problem here:in search of image data for signal processing, machine learning tools for root [...]
New faculty for Stress Response Modeling excellence center
New faculty for Stress Response Modeling excellence center Two faculty positions are now open for application within the excellence center “Stress Response Modeling at IceLab”. IceLab seeks candidates who combine quantitative [...]
February 28th Lunch Pitch: Cemal Erdem and Elin Chorell
February 28th Lunch Pitch: Cemal Erdem and Elin Chorell February 28, 2024 Cemal Erdem introduced his use of machine learning and mechanistic modeling in cancer and disease research, while Elin Chorell [...]
Microbial eco-evolutionary research collaboration with Korea
Microbial eco-evolutionary research collaboration with Korea A STINT-funded research collaboration exchange between IceLab and Korean researchers from Inha University kicks off with a visit to Incheon, Korea February 19th-28th. The research [...]