Evolutionary Ecologist. Mutualism & symbiosis. Gardener. Dad. Husband. Dog walker. Department Chair. #BlackLivesMatter
Riverside, CA
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Dear Colleagues, Friends, and Family 4/28/2026
It is with immense sadness and shock that I share the passing of Dr. Adriana Romero Olivares, a brand-new Assistant Professor in the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology at UC Riverside.
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especially her husband, Dr. Jovani Catalan Dibene, and her two young children.
With deepest sympathy,
Joel L. Sachs
Professor & Chair, Evolution Ecology & Organismal Biology
If you want to offer support to her family, you can do so here: mealtrain.com/trains/l3kg64
Deadline soon! Registration is now FREE for graduate students and postdocs for the 14th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis workshop. THANKS to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation! Space is limited. Learn more and REGISTER here snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbi…
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See the AMAZING John McCutcheon give the Keynote address (mccutcheonlab.org). It promises to be a great meeting!
NEW: Registration is now FREE for graduate students and postdocs for the 14th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis workshop. THANKS to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation! Space is limited. Learn more and REGISTER here: snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbi…
Really Excited to get this great work out from Camille Wendlandt and others. #editorschoice
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However, ineffective strains exhibited genotypic variation in their fitness in nodules within individual nodules co-infected with a beneficial strain, suggesting a role for symbiont competitiveness in shaping this joint phenotype.