{"668166":{"#nid":"668166","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Breakfast Club Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0022Exploring the Origin of Multicellularity in Real Time: What We\u0027ve Learned From 5,000 Generations of Laboratory Evolution\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ratclifflab.biosci.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWilliam Ratcliff, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAssociate Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Biological Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe Ratcliff lab uses a combination of synthetic biology, directed evolution, and mathematical modeling to understand how multicellular organisms evolve from single-celled ancestors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe lab\u2019s main project is the Multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment (MuLTEE). They are exploring how simple groups of cells can evolve to become increasingly integrated and organismal over thousands of generations of evolution in the lab.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EThe IBB Breakfast Club Seminar Series was started with the spirit of the Institute\u0027s interdisciplinary mission in mind to feature local IBB faculty member\u0027s research in a seminar format. Faculty are often asked to speak at other universities and conferences, but do not often present at their home institution - this seminar series is an attempt to close that gap. IBB Breakfast Club Seminars are open to anyone in the bio-community.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0022Exploring the Origin of Multicellularity in Real Time: What We\u0027ve Learned From 5,000 Generations of Laboratory Evolution\u0022,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EWilliam Ratcliff, Ph.D. - Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Exploring the Origin of Multicellularity in Real Time: What We\u0027ve Learned From 5,000 Generations of Laboratory Evolution\u0022, William Ratcliff, Ph.D. - Georgia Tech"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2023-06-21 16:47:10","changed_gmt":"2023-07-19 19:23:03","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-10-10T08:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2023-10-10T09:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-10-10T09:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-10-10 12:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-10-10 13:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-10-10 13:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Petit Biotech Building, 315 Ferst Drive, NW, Suddath Seminar Room 1128, Atlanta, GA 30332","extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/bio\/events\/breakfast-club","title":"2023-2024 IBB Breakfast Club Seminar Series Schedule"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"189814","name":"go-researchevents"},{"id":"190100","name":"go-bio-breakfast"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:connect@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEvent inquiries\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}