Noah Houpt
Evolutionary ecology PhD candidate at Yale University, Patriots fan, and obligately bipedal lobe-finned fish. (he/him)
- Reposted by Noah HouptMutations in filamentous bacteriophages spark eco-evolutionary feedbacks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Noah HouptMutations in filamentous bacteriophages spark eco-evolutionary feedbacks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Interested in eco-evolutionary feedbacks? Microbial experimental evolution? Pleiotropy? Filamentous phages?? Check out our latest preprint, now up on BioRxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.6... For a quick summary, peep the thread below...🧵 (1/10)
- We set out to test a long standing hypothesis of eco-evolutionary theory: that high population density, by magnifying the impact of organisms of their environment, should strengthen eco-evolutionary feedbacks. (2/10)
- We tested this idea using a 1,000-generation evolution experiment where we passaged P. aeruginosa at either high or low population density and then used microplate growth curves to measure the performance of endpoint populations in the filtrate of their ancestors. (3/10)
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View full threadThanks for reading and feel free to send me any questions you may have about the work! (10/10)
- Cathy is one of the most brilliant, supportive, and thoughtful scientists and mentors I’ve had the privilege of working with. I would recommend working with Cathy to any student interested in bacteria-phage interactions. Congrats, Cathy!! We will miss you dearly.
- Reposted by Noah HouptI gave a talk last year at TEDxNewEngland aimed at introducing the idea of viral sociality to a general audience, including implications for evolution & virology. Video now available online below. #socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪
- Reposted by Noah Houpt📢 We're seeking a postdoc to work on a project funded by HFSP @hfspo.bsky.social at the intersection of bacterial physiology, ecology and evolution. You can find more details about the project, the position, and how to apply here www.dalbellolab.com/hfsp-project! #bacteria #ecosky #MevoSky #microSky
- Reposted by Noah HouptPublished in Nature today! Here, we sought to systematically ask how natural community's metabolism changes with the environment. A simple consumer-resource model can predict N-cycle metabolism (nitrate use) and, more importantly, the mechanism behind its change. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Excited to get to work on GRS 2027 with @duhitasant.bsky.social!! Hit me up here or via email if you have any feedback or ideas for the next Micro Pop Biol GRS!
- Still winding down from the Microbial Population Biology GRS/GRC!🦠 It was a great experience to be GRS co-chair with @mikeblazanin.bsky.social, and congrats to the newly-elected GRS chairs @noahhoupt.bsky.social and @duhitasant.bsky.social!💃 #GRCMicroPop #MicroSky
- Reposted by Noah HouptThanks especially to fearless leaders @reeskassen.bsky.social and Christina Burch, and to @drhhnz.bsky.social and @wcratcliff.bsky.social. It was a great to see the process that led up to an amazing 40th anniversary conference 🎉🍰
- Reposted by Noah HouptSuper stoked and honored to be elected as co-chair along with @ksbakes.bsky.social for the Microbial Population Biology 2029 GRC! And looking forward to a great 2027 meeting in Andover chaired by @drhhnz.bsky.social and @wcratcliff.bsky.social !
- Looking forward to seeing everyone, new and old, at the Microbial Population Biology GRS + GRC in just a couple days! go.bsky.app/GGxRjzCat://did:plc:biu33qzl4taulu3ns5vkitw4/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lt3c5yncqg2l
- #ASMicrobe day 3 vibes
- Reposted by Noah HouptFor #ASMicrobe folks - looking forward to a busy phage day on Sunday!
- Turner Lab representation at #ASMicrobe #ASMicrobe2025 (4/5) Current postdoc, soon-to-be-PI @cathyhernandez.bsky.social is presenting a poster on the involvement of prophages in thermal ecology of marine microbes 🌊🦠 She is also convening a session on #prophages and giving a rapid fire talk! 🔥
- Come check out my poster tomorrow at #ASMicrobe in the E&EB section! We found that repressor mutations in Pf prophages sparked a coevolutionary dynamic that resulted in loss of twitch motility and susceptibility to virulent pilus-targeting phage. Would love to chat about all things phage :).
- Turner Lab representation at #ASMicrobe #ASMicrobe2025 (3/5) Grad student @noahhoupt.bsky.social will present the story of experimentally evolving a Pseudomonas lab strain for 150 generations over 1000 days. Spoiler alerts: #prophages are important! 🦠📊 #evolution
- Reposted by Noah HouptYo folks, it is time to apply to *hands down the best conference in microbial evolution and ecology*: www.grc.org/microbial-po... We begin reviewing apps in 10 days! We strongly encourage everyone to give a poster. DM w/ questions.
- Former @paulturnerlab.bsky.social postdoc @norapyenson.bsky.social featured Yale News today! Check out this overview on Nora's work or the full paper out in @science.org news.yale.edu/2024/12/16/n... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Noah HouptIs it “winner-takes all” when the simplest living things compete? Check out my fresh publication on phage coexistence in Science and a thread below🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Noah HouptThe UCSB KITP QBio course on mobile elements was amazing 🩵 With excellent projects led by @paulturnerlab.bsky.social, Roberto Kolter, Joanne Emerson, Richard Neher, @erikvannimwegen.bsky.social, Ben Good (+ me). Course began with a wetlab bootcamp, Dallas Mould demonstrating the first experiments..
- Check out the latest edition of Rees’ book, which provides an exhaustive synthesis of how microbial experimental evolution studies have been applied to answer some of the big questions in ecology and evolution! A must read for researchers starting out in MEE!
- What little things tell us about big questions (in biology). New edition of ‘Experimental Evolution & the Nature of Biodiversity’ out today. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- I still need them. I still feed them. Now they’re 64 (days old).
- Check out this amazing new paper led by PhD student Helen Stone where she shows that pseudoviruses studded with spike proteins from three different SARS-CoV-2 strains can enter cells expressing dolphin and beluga whale ace2! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
- Basically: dolphins and belugas might be able to get COVID-19.
- Reposted by Noah HouptNot an in person workshop, but ASM has recordings of their genomics webinars here: asm.org/Webinars/tra... I've also been working on a list of commonly used bacterial population genomics software if that's at all useful: mortimerlab.com/microbial_ge...
- Dear microbial peeps, Looking for a workshop that will give me a solid foundation in analyzing bacterial WGS and population sequencing data. I have no prior experience doing this. Are y'all aware of any good workshops (esp. in North America) for gaining these skills? Thanks!
- Reposted by Noah HouptAs populations diversify, what kind of interactions evolve? In this paper, Houpt & Kassen investigate how the evolution of interactions in microbial communities depends on environmental complexity. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
- Reposted by Noah Houptgcplyr v1.7 is out now! gcplyr is an R package that makes it easy to wrangle and do model-free analysis of #microbial growth curve data This ver includes: more merges, better docs including how to do multiple plates of data, and other improvements 🦠 🧫 #MicroSky 🧪 github.com/mikeblazanin...
- As I read this amazing new pre-print by @olimeacock.bsky.social, I was thinking about the implications for micro experimental evol. Much of what we know about how microbes evolve is via experiments that passage microbes in batch culture with ~1:100 daily transfers.. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- This paper demonstrates how intra- and interspecific interactions among microbes can change over time and space as they change their environment through consumption and toxin degradation...
- This raises a huge question: how do microbial evolutionary dynamics vary when environmental modification by the population is more pronounced (e.g. at higher densities) compared with when these effects are less pronounced?
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View full threadI'm hoping to dive into these questions with my dissertation work, so stay tuned for that. Massive congrats to the authors for their terrific contribution. Looking forward to re-reading when it comes out in print!
- Not one but two Yale EEB-led papers in this month's edition of Evolution! Something about that shared office space is leading to good science... Looking forward to checking these out! academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
- An honour to be highlighted by my undergrad in their post about the McMaster Faculty of Science's new Office of Undergraduate Research! Undergrads, if you're interested in getting involved in research check out my tips at the bottom of the article! dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/und...
- Admittedly, I recoil a bit at seeing myself written about in this way. But, the article correctly heaps praise on my undergrad supervisor, Sigal Balshine, for her exceptional mentorship. I would not be where I'm at without the opportunities she gave me and her patient support.
- And yes, I met Sigal through my mother, which underscores the importance of administrators making an effort to connect undergrads to research opportunities. Needless to say, not everyone's mother has a personal connection to professors.
- As an added tidbit, Sigal knew my Master's supervisor growing up, so I also had a personal connection to my next boss! I am so fortunate to be where I'm at and hope the new office at Mac can help the next generation of undergrads have more equitable access to opportunities.
- Nathalie is SUPERSTAR in our department who studies whether non-adaptive radiations are really so non-adaptive. Join me at her talk on Monday at noon eastern!
- Join us Monday at noon Eastern for the 4th talk in our GREG Seminar Series: "'Hidden' dimensions of diversity in woodland salamanders" by R.C. Lewontin Early Award recipient Nathalie Alomar! Details at rb.gy/n3aj5.
- @reeskassen.bsky.social now on bluesky! Give him a follow!
- So excited to share that my paper with Rees Kassen in American Naturalist is officially typeset and available on the AmNat website! Please check out our exploration of how ecological interactions emerge de novo as populations diversify. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
- Reposted by Noah HouptThis is a great opportunity👇 If you want to be stateside, I’m also searching for a similar role 🧪🧬
