Horizontal gene transfer shapes bacterial evolution and is an
important factor in the development of antibiotic resistance.
The researchers in the Maier group study gene transfer by
combining tools from physics, microbiology and laboratory
evolution. This research is part of the Collaborative Research
Centre 1310 ‘Predictability in Evolution’ and focuses on fitness
effects of cross-species gene transfer. This project aims at
understanding the evolution of multidrug resistance in model
and ESKAPE bacteria through horizontal gene transfer.
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