{"667738":{"#nid":"667738","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"One of Evolution\u2019s Biggest Moments Was Recreated in a Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Atlantic\u0027s\u003C\/em\u003E Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer Ed Yong writes about the unique snowflake yeast experiment conducted by Georgia Tech researchers that shows how multicellular organisms might have evolved from single-celled ancestors. The study, published recently in \u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E, provided new insight into how \u0022that change from micro to macro, from one cell to many, was one of the most pivotal evolutionary journeys in Earth\u2019s history.\u0022 William Ratcliff, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and co-director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences program led the research team.\u0026nbsp;Other researchers include\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/gonensin-bozdag\u0022\u003EOzan Bozdag,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;research scientist, School of Biological Sciences; Seyed Alireza Zamani Dahaj, computational biologist,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/qbios.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Quantitative Biosciences\u003C\/a\u003E, and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/microdynamics.gatech.edu\/thomas-day-december-2021\u0022\u003EThomas C. Day\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. candidate, School of Physics, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/peter-yunker\u0022\u003EPeter Yunker,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;associate professor, School of Physics.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anthony-burnetti-a75394bb?trk=public_profile_browsemap\u0022\u003EAnthony J. Burnetti\u003C\/a\u003E, research scientist; Penelope Kahn, research technician;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dung-thuy-joyce-lac-902379147\u0022\u003EDung T. Lac\u003C\/a\u003E, research technician;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/kai-tong\u0022\u003EKai Tong\u003C\/a\u003E, postdoctoral scholar; and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/peterlconlin\u0022\u003EPeter Conlin\u003C\/a\u003E, postdoctoral scholar, are all from the School of Biological Sciences.\u0026nbsp;((\u003Cem\u003EAtlantic\u003C\/em\u003E subscription required; read more about the research\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/journey-origins-multicellular-life-long-term-experimental-evolution-lab\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Atlantic\u0027s\u003C\/em\u003E Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer Ed Yong writes about the unique experiment involving snowflake yeast conducted by Georgia Tech researchers that shows how multicellular organisms might have evolved from single-celled ancestors. The study, published recently in \u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E, provided new insight into how \u0022that change from micro to macro, from one cell to many, was one of the most pivotal evolutionary journeys in Earth\u2019s history.\u0022 William Ratcliff, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and co-director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences program led the research team.\u0026nbsp;Other researchers include\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/gonensin-bozdag\u0022\u003EOzan Bozdag,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;research scientist, School of Biological Sciences; Seyed Alireza Zamani Dahaj, computational biologist,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/qbios.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Quantitative Biosciences\u003C\/a\u003E, and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/microdynamics.gatech.edu\/thomas-day-december-2021\u0022\u003EThomas C. Day\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. candidate, School of Physics, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/peter-yunker\u0022\u003EPeter Yunker,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;associate professor, School of Physics.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anthony-burnetti-a75394bb?trk=public_profile_browsemap\u0022\u003EAnthony J. Burnetti\u003C\/a\u003E, research scientist; Penelope Kahn, research technician;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dung-thuy-joyce-lac-902379147\u0022\u003EDung T. Lac\u003C\/a\u003E, research technician;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/kai-tong\u0022\u003EKai Tong\u003C\/a\u003E, postdoctoral scholar; and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/peterlconlin\u0022\u003EPeter Conlin\u003C\/a\u003E, postdoctoral scholar, are all from the School of Biological Sciences.\u0026nbsp;(\u003Cem\u003EAtlantic\u003C\/em\u003E subscription required; read more about the research\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/journey-origins-multicellular-life-long-term-experimental-evolution-lab\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-05-12 18:13:51","changed_gmt":"2023-05-15 13:41:09","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The Atlantic ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2023\/05\/multicellular-organism-evolution-yeast-experiment\/674030\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"180743","name":"transition to multicellularity"},{"id":"177585","name":"William Ratcliff"},{"id":"191688","name":"G. 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