Jean C. C. Vila

This study shows that high initial fitness is necessary but not sufficient for long-term success in yeast, as adaptive mutations can override small fitness differences.

This study shows how initial population size and resource competition shape gut microbial community coalescence, with dose-dependent effects persisting even after many generations.

The paper assesses fitness effects of 9,000 natural variants in yeast signaling pathways, finding that many non-neutral variants show signs of local adaptation.

The paper predicts microbial community composition based on metabolic similarities across environments by analyzing growth rates and secretion profiles of proteobacterial strains.