https://www.kussellgroup.org/publications daily 0.75 2026-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce435d6bea1ed00016ba287/1558964652247-5MWXNMFZVOPGE4TY6U2Q/MHeiderich_ReflexionenZwei-05-copy.jpg Publications https://www.kussellgroup.org/contact daily 0.75 2022-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce435d6bea1ed00016ba287/1558964652247-5MWXNMFZVOPGE4TY6U2Q/MHeiderich_ReflexionenZwei-05-copy.jpg Contact https://www.kussellgroup.org/our-team daily 0.75 2026-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1611004188897-XA206UZ4YZCCN27C9S43/blank_pic.png Our Team - Ankit Vyas Postdoctoral Researcher My work focuses on recombination in bacterial evolutionary dynamics, using methods from statistical physics and population genetics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1611004188897-XA206UZ4YZCCN27C9S43/blank_pic.png Our Team - Miki Umetani Postdoctoral Researcher My work focuses on stochastic switches, antibiotic persistence, and stress responses in bacteria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1611004188897-XA206UZ4YZCCN27C9S43/blank_pic.png Our Team - Spencer Hobson-Gutierrez Biology PhD Student I am studying the evolution and optimization of phenotypic diversification mechanisms using mathematical and computational techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1610256735884-8ZEAP4RDDW9BLGBHRIZO/Kussell%252BHeadshot.jpg Our Team - Edo Kussell Edo Kussell, PhD Professor of Biology and Physics I develop biophysics approaches to study physiological, population, and evolutionary dynamics of microorganisms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1611006938437-LR762H0SBNWOWTA8X5SH/Dan%2BPhoto.jpg Our Team - Dan Pollack Biology PhD Student I study phenotypic memory and stochastic switches in bacteria in fluctuating environments using synthetic biology, microfluidics, and single cell microscopy. https://www.kussellgroup.org/phenotypic-memory daily 0.75 2021-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1610792319598-76OTDAEUM5UFQP1YJ30Y/Image-Chemoflux3.png Phenotypic Memory The chemoflux device. Ref: Lambert & Kussell, PLoS Genetics, 77:102602 (2014). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1610792970400-P7MOOCYWL16H4JCEMV9H/Memory+Plot+1.png Phenotypic Memory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1610793088401-PM4UWKG3X9JZYNIVJK00/Image-Memory1.png Phenotypic Memory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1610793172181-LAYPYSL3Z4CTD7VQKIQB/Memory+Plot+2.png Phenotypic Memory https://www.kussellgroup.org/antibiotic-resistance daily 0.75 2022-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/bb3e34f6-14ee-4e11-a56f-e38c07f1710d/Stochastic+Switch+4.png Antibiotic Resistance Distribution of resistance frequency over populations at different tetracycline pulse periods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/3ea5daa1-40f1-4464-98f8-e8360303ae53/Stochastic+Switch+6.png Antibiotic Resistance Single cell elongation, division, and size dynamics for non-resistant cells under tetracycline pulses (gray bars). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/170857cf-1e6a-4b24-8994-cddfcd3d8540/Stochastic+Switch+2.png Antibiotic Resistance Using the agn43 stochastic switch to control tetracycline resistance. Ref: Lin & Kussell, Current Biology, 26:1486 (2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/f886205d-964f-47b5-bfb2-aaa0a52543bb/Stochastic+Switch+3.png Antibiotic Resistance Dynamics of stochastic resistance emergence in six populations. Gray bars indicate tetracycline exposure periods. https://www.kussellgroup.org/work daily 1.0 2023-01-31 https://www.kussellgroup.org/work/memory monthly 0.5 2021-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1610845425980-D5LXDDXUU9YM6X7RTDE9/Phage+Slide+1.png Projects - Memory, Regulation, and Growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1610785793098-AXVRYZPYXPJICRURIOKS/Image-Memory5.jpg Projects - Memory, Regulation, and Growth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1610798586937-IM3J2EO4P2IAXUNX7LJM/Image-Physics1.png Projects - Memory, Regulation, and Growth https://www.kussellgroup.org/work/physics monthly 0.5 2021-01-19 https://www.kussellgroup.org/work/recombination monthly 0.5 2021-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/922ea4d7-54f7-46da-919e-b4203746e82b/Recombination+1.png Projects - Recombination in Bacteria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/1610234221313-NLKJJ21VIYJEDQIIWOY7/Image-Recomb4.png Projects - Recombination in Bacteria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/e70786ff-2b05-474b-b92e-4ac86138b2af/Recombination+2.jpg Projects - Recombination in Bacteria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kussellgroup.org/work/switches monthly 0.5 2021-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/851d635a-110c-46ea-b2ae-b286254d88de/Bottlenecks+1.png Projects - Revealing Stochastic Switches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/b71063ee-8532-4791-8e17-b98310b2d8a1/Stochastic+Switch+1.jpg Projects - Revealing Stochastic Switches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff6ba66c271144bb2a599e0/9fee69c2-98bc-4542-b97e-2b60451c1130/Image-Chemoflux1.jpg Projects - Revealing Stochastic Switches - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.