Preprints
Caesar A. De La Fuente, Nehme Lahoud, Justin R. Meyer
Cryptic host phenotypic heterogeneity drives diversification of bacteriophage λ
bioRxiv
Adriana Lucia-Sanz, Shengyun Peng, Chung Yin (Joey) Leung, Animesh Gupta, Justin R. Meyer, Joshua S. Weitz
Inferring strain-level mutational drivers of phage-bacteria interaction phenotypes
bioRxiv
Jérémy Seurat, Krista R. Gerbino, Justin R. Meyer, Joshua M. Borin, Joshua S. Weitz
Design, optimization, and inference of multiphasic decay of infectious virus particles
bioRxiv
Morgan E. Mouchka, Dillon M. Dorsey, Genna L. Malcangio, Sarah J. Medina, Elizabeth C. Stuart, Justin R. Meyer
Viral host-range evolvability changes in response to fluctuating selection
bioRxiv
2024
Krista R. Gerbino, Joshua M. Borin, Sarah M. Ardell, Justin J. Lee, Kevin D. Corbett, Justin R. Meyer
Bacteriophage Φ21s receptor-binding protein evolves new functions through destabilizing mutations that generate non-genetic phenotypic heterogeneity
Virus Evolution, (2024)
Erica A. Birkholz, Chase J. Morgan, Thomas G. Laughlin, Rebecca K. Lau, Amy Prichard, Sahana Rangarajan, Gabrielle N. Meza, Jina Lee, Emily Armbruster, Sergey Suslov, Kit Pogliano, Justin R. Meyer, Elizabeth Villa, Kevin D. Corbett, Joe Pogliano
An intron endonuclease facilitates interference competition between coinfecting viruses
Science 385, 6704 (2024)
Elijah K. Horwitz, Hannah M. Strobel, Jason Hsiao, Justin R. Meyer
More evolvable bacteriophages better suppress their host
Evolutionary Applications 17, 7 (2024)
Lisa Butt, Justin R Meyer, Richard J Lindsay, Robert E Beardmore, Ivana Gudelj
Bacterial resistance response and resource availability mediate viral coexistence
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 37, 4 (2024)
Hannah M. Strobel, Sweetzel D. Labador, Dwaipayan Basu, Mrudula Sane, Kevin D. Corbett, Justin R. Meyer
Viral Receptor-Binding Protein Evolves New Function through Mutations That Cause Trimer Instability and Functional Heterogeneity
Molecular Biology and Evolution 41, 4 (2024)
Michael B. Doud, Animesh Gupta, Victor Li, Sarah J. Medina, Caesar A. De La Fuente, Justin R. Meyer
Competition-driven eco-evolutionary feedback reshapes bacteriophage lambda’s fitness landscape and enables speciation
Nature Communications 15, 83 (2024)
2023
Joshua M. Borin, Justin J. Lee, Adriana Lucia-Sanz, Krista R. Gerbino, Joshua S. Weitz, Justin R. Meyer
Rapid bacteria-phage coevolution drives the emergence of multiscale networks
Science 382, 6671 (2023)
Robert Beardmore, Mark Hewlett, Rafael Peña-Miller, Carlos Reding, Ivana Gudelj, Justin R. Meyer
Canonical host-pathogen tradeoffs subverted by mutations with dual benefits
The American Naturalist 205, 5 (2023)
Joshua M. Borin, Justin J. Lee, Krista R. Gerbino, Justin R. Meyer
Comparison of bacterial suppression by phage cocktails, dual-receptor generalists, and coevolutionarily trained phages
Evolutionary Applications 16, 1 (2023)
Amy Prichard, Jina Lee, Thomas G. Laughlin, Amber Lee, Kyle P. Thomas, Annika E. Sy, Tara Spencer, Aileen Asavavimol, Allison Cafferata, Mia Cameron, Nicholas Chiu, Demyan Davydov, Isha Desai, Gabriel Diaz, Melissa Guereca, Kiley Hearst, Leyi Huang, Emily Jacobs, Annika Johnson, Samuel Kahn, Ryan Koch, Adamari Martinez, Meliné Norquist, Tyler Pau, Gino Prasad, Katrina Saam, Milan Sandhu, Angel Jose Sarabia, Siena Schumaker, Aaron Sonin, Ariya Uyeno, Alison Zhao, Kevin D. Corbett, Kit Pogliano, Justin Meyer, Julianne H. Grose, Elizabeth Villa, Rachel Dutton, Joe Pogliano
Identifying the core genome of the nucleus-forming bacteriophage family and characterization of Erwinia phage RAY
Cell Reports 42, 5 (2023)
2022
Hannah M. Strobel, Elizabeth C. Stuart, and Justin R. Meyer
A Trait-Based Approach to Predicting Viral Host-Range Evolvability
Annual Review of Virology 9, 139-156 (2022)
Animesh Gupta, Luis Zaman, Hannah M. Strobel, Jenna Gallie, Alita R. Burmeister, Benjamin Kerr, Einat S. Tamar, Roy Kishony, Justin R. Meyer
Host-parasite coevolution promotes innovation through deformations in fitness landscapes
eLife 11, e76162 (2022)
Hannah M. Strobel, Elijah K. Horwitz, and Justin R. Meyer
Viral protein instability enhances host-range evolvability
PLoS Genetics 18, 2 (2022)
Animesh Gupta, Shengyun Peng, Chung Yin Leung, Joshua M. Borin, Sarah J. Medina, Joshua S. Weitz, and Justin R. Meyer
Leapfrog dynamics in phage-bacteria coevolution revealed by joint analysis of cross-infection phenotypes and whole genome sequencing
Ecology Letters 00, 1-13 (2022)
2021
Joshua M. Borin, Sarit Avrani, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Katherine L. Petrie, and Justin R. Meyer
Coevolutionary phage training leads to greater bacterial suppression and delays the evolution of phage resistance
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 23, 118 (2021)
Vorrapon Chaikeeratisak, Erica A. Birkolz, Amy M. Prichard, MacKennon E. Egan, Avani Mylvara, Poochit Nonejuie, Katrina T. Nguyen, Joseph Sugie, Justin R. Meyer, Joe Pogliano
Viral speciation through subcellular genetic isolation and virogenesis incompatibility
Nature Communications 12, 342 (2021)
Joseph Waterton, Susan J. Mazer, Justin R. Meyer, Elsa E. Cleland
Trade-off drives Pareto optimality of within- and among-year emergence timing in response to increasing aridity
Evolutionary Applications 14, 658–673 (2021)
2020
Justin R. Meyer, Richard E. Lenski
Subtle environmental differences have cascading effects on the ecology and evolution of a model microbial community
Springer - Evolution in Action: Past, Present and Future (2020)
Animesh Gupta, Anechelle N. Soto, Sarah J. Medina, Katherine L. Petrie, Justin R. Meyer
Bacteriophage lambda overcomes a perturbation in its host–viral genetic network through mutualism and evolution of life history traits
Evolution 74, 4 (2020)
2018
Rohan Maddamsetti, Daniel T. Johnson, Stephanie J. Spielman, Katherine L. Petrie, Debora S. Marks, Justin R. Meyer
Gain-of-function experiments in bacteriophage lambda uncover residues under diversifying selection in nature
Evolution 72, 10 (2018)
Waqas Chaudhry, Maroš Pleška, Nilang Shah, Howie Weiss, Ingrid McCall, Justin R. Meyer, Animesh Gupta , Calin C. Guet, Bruce R. Levin
Leaky Resistance and the Conditions for the Existence of Lytic Bacteriophage
PLOS Biology 16, 8 (2018)
Katherine L. Petrie, Nathan D. Palmer, Daniel T. Johnson, Sarah J. Medina, Stephanie J. Yan,Victor Li, Alita R. Burmeister, Justin R. Meyer
Destabilizing mutations encode nongenetic variation that drives evolutionary innovation
Science 359, 6383 (2018)
2017
Caroline B. Turner, Brian D. Wade, Justin R. Meyer, Brooke A. Sommerfeld, Richard E. Lenski
Evolution of organismal stoichiometry in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli
Royal Society Open Science 4, 7 (2017)
2016
Justin R. Meyer, Devin T. Dobias, Sarah J. Medina, Lisa Servilio, Animesh Gupta, Richard E. Lenski
Ecological speciation of bacteriophage lambda in allopatry and sympatry
Science 354, 6317 (2016)
Alita B. Burmeister, Richard E. Lenski, Justin R. Meyer
Host coevolution alters the adaptive landscape of a virus
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283, 1839 (2016)
2015
Justin Meyer, Ivana Gudelj, Robert Beardmore
Biophysical mechanisms that maintain biodiversity through trade-offs
Nature Communications 6, 6278 (2015)
2014
Luis Zaman, Justin R. Meyer, Suhas Devangam, David M. Bryson, Richard E. Lenski, Charles Ofria
Coevolution drives the emergence of complex traits and promotes evolvability
PLOS Biology 12, 12 (2014)
2013
J.S. Weitz, T. Poisot, J.R. Meyer, C. O. Flores, S. Valverde, M.B. Sullivan, M.E Hochberg
Phage-bacteria interaction networks
Trends in Microbiology 21, 2 (2013)
2012
Justin R. Meyer, Cesar Flores, Joshua S. Weitz, Richard E. Lenski
Key innovation in a virus catalyzes a coevolutionary arms race
A-Life Proceedings 13, (2012)
J. R. Meyer, D. T. Dobias, J. S. Weitz, J. E. Barrick, R. T. Quick, R. E. Lenski
Repeatability and contingency in the evolution of a key innovation in Lambda Phage
Science 335, 6067 (2012)
2011
Justin R. Meyer, Ellinor Michel, Peter McIntyre, Brittany Huntington, Dustin Long, Genifer Lara
Scale-dependent processes of community assembly in an African rift lake
Freshwater Biology 56, 10 (2011)
Cesar Flores, Justin R. Meyer, Sergi Valverde, Lauren Farr, Joshua S. Weitz
Statistical structure of host-phage interactions
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108, 28 (2011)
2010
Ivana Gudelj, Joshua S. Weitz, Tom Ferenci, M. Claire Horner-Devine, Christopher J. Marx, Justin R. Meyer, Samantha E. Forde
An integrative approach for understanding diversity: from intracellular to community structure
Ecology Letters 13, 9 (2010)
Justin R. Meyer, Sijmen E. Schoustra, Josianne Lachapelle, Rees Kassen
Overshooting dynamics in a model adaptive radiation
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278, 1704 (2010)
Justin R. Meyer, Anurag A. Agrawal, Ryan T. Quick, Devin T. Tobias, Dominique Schneider, Richard E. Lenski
Parallel changes in host resistance to viral infection during 45,000 generations of relaxed selection
Evolution 64, 10 (2010)
2008
Alex Hall, Justin R. Meyer, Rees Kassen
Selection for predator resistance varies with resource supply in a model adaptive radiation
Evolutionary Ecology Research 10, (2008)
2007
Justin R. Meyer, Rees Kassen
The effects of competition and predation on diversification in a model adaptive radiation
Nature 446, (2007)
2006
Justin R. Meyer, Stephen P. Ellner, Nelson G. Hairston, Jr., Laura E. Jones, Takehito Yoshida
Prey evolution on the time scale of predator-prey dynamics revealed by allele-specific quantitative PCR
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, 28 (2006)