Schedule

This is a rough schedule of topics for each week and the paper for the week. If you (one of my enrolled students) can’t access any of these papers, email me and I’ll help.

Week	Topic	Paper for Discussion
1	No meeting, coordinate to figure out time
2	How to read scientific papers	Article 1 Article 2
3	Lysis vs Lysogeny	Intro background Evolutionary stability of the lysis‐lysogeny decision: Why be virulent?
4	Lysis vs Lysogeny Part 2	In silico Evolution of Lysis-Lysogeny Strategies Reproduces Observed Lysogeny Propensities in Temperate Bacteriophages
5	Shigella phage	Ecology, Structure, and Evolution of Shigella Phages
6	Simulating symbiosis	Spatial Structure Can Decrease Symbiotic Cooperation
7	Serotype conversion	Serotype-converting bacteriophages and O-antigen modification in Shigella flexneri
8	Eco-evolutionary dynamics of phage	Revisiting the rules of life for viruses of microorganisms
9	Symbulation codebase	Skim through these files
10	None, wrap-up

Reading Questions

For the “how to read scientific papers” articles, post in the Slack channel before we meet answers to these questions: (1) How do you feel about reading scientific papers? (2) What strategies have you tried for reading scientific papers? (3) Do you have any tips for others? (4) What are the biggest obstacles for you reading scientific papers?

For each scientific paper, you should answer in the Slack channel before we meet these questions: (1) What do the author(s) want to know (motivation)? (2) What did they do (approach/methods)? (3) Why was it done that way (context within the field)? (4) What do the results show (figures and data tables)? (5) How did the author(s) interpret the results (interpretation/discussion)? (6) What should be done next? (7) What questions do you have about this paper?

You should also aim to read everyone else’s response if you have time before the meeting. This will assist in starting off discussion.