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Stephen Beckett

Atlanta, Maryland
As seen in: BBC, BBC Mundo, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nature, La Nación (Argentina), Slate, Medscape, BioRxiv, medRxiv
Computational ecology. Viruses and microbes. Oceans. Bipartite networks. Scientist @UofMaryland. Find me on bluesky!
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Coexistence of Photosynthetic Marine Microorganisms, Viruses, and Grazers: Toward Integration in Ocean Ecosystem Models

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By Paul Fremont, Stephen Beckett, David Demory, Eric Carr
| BioRxiv
Abstract Photosynthetic microorganisms are responsible for primary production at the base of the marine food web that shapes ocean biogeochemistry and ecology. The growth of these microorganisms is balanced by mortality, including top-down losses by microbial grazing by heterotrophic nanoflagellates and zooplankton and infection and lysis by viruses. Notably, multiple types of grazers and viruses often coexist despite apparent competition for the same (or similar) microorganisms.
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Infections are not alike: the effects of covariation between individual susceptibility and transmissibility on epidemic dynamics

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By Jeremy Harris, Jonathan Dushoff, Stephen Beckett, Esther Gallmeier
| medRxiv
The authors have declared no competing interest. This work was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (no. 2200269) to JSW, the Simons Foundation (no. 930382) to JSW, and support from the Charities in Aid Foundation, the Marier Cunningham Foundation, and the Chaires Blaise Pascal program of the Île-de-France region (Blaise Pascal Institute Chair of Excellence awarded to JSW).
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Eco-evolutionary dynamics of temperate phages in periodic environments

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By Tapan Goel, Stephen Beckett, Joshua Weitz
| BioRxiv
Abstract Bacteriophage (viruses that exclusively infect bacteria) exhibit a continuum of infection mechanisms, including lysis and lysogeny in interactions with bacterial hosts. Recent work has demonstrated the near-term advantages of lysogeny over lysis, especially in conditions of low host availability.
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