Day 6 of Darwinter 2025. We discussed a preprint by @wcratcliff.bsky.social about costs of germ-soma differentiation, its relation to organismal size and developmental time, and what condition could drive the selection for higher organismal size given somatic cells exist. Presenter:Jyotishko, Intern

4th day of Darwinter 2025. We discussed a paper by our PI @yashrajchavhan.bsky.social The paper was about how population size can shape trade off dilutions and adaptation to a marginal niche unconstrained by sympatric habitual conditions. Paper was presented by Akash P, an intern in the lab.

3rd day of Darwinter 2025. We discussed a paper on Trait and Plasticity Evolution in mutualistic and competitive interactions. The discussion was moderated by Harini, an IPhD student.

After discussing how multicellularity can be clonal, Aggregative or mixed depending on the salinity levels and starting cell density in C. flexa, we moved forward to understand how metabolic constraints can shape spatial organisation in clusters.
Presenter: Anjali B
@yashrajchavhan.bsky.social

We have started Darwinter, a winter paper seminar at the Chavhan Lab for Understanding Evolution. Lab members and interns choose a recent interesting work or a seminal paper revolving around the research done in our lab and present it. I started with the C. flexa paper by @thibautbrunet.bsky.social