This project will study how bacteria
evolve over relatively short time scales. Many kinds of bacteria
exhibit a phenomenon known as "GASP" - growth advantage during
stationary phase. In this scenario, bacteria from older

populations
outcompete bacteria from younger cultures when growing in an
environment where there is little to eat except for deadbacteria.
You will carry out experiments and develop mathematical models to
explore how this advantage is achieved, and what it implies for
evolutionary theory.