Postdoc studying viral social evolution with @asherleeks.bsky.social | previously @mermanchester.bsky.social | mutagenesis | bacteria | viruses | big R nerd 🧬🦠💻 🏳️‍⚧️ He/Himhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3mogbjsadls2qWhere are mutations most likely to happen in the genome? @mattjago.bsky.social has answers! This paper is also a masterclass in simple visualizations of complicated ideas. I really enjoyed getting deep into these results as a middle author 🧬 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jun 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mogbjsadls2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3mkjqoxuthc2zCome work/study in a wonderful department with a great group leader!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 04:28 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjqoxuthc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3mjl4sw5plc2uCome join us at UBC for all things virus-virus interactions & evolution! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjl4sw5plc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3lwoqb5ihac2oNew paper out @molbioevol.bsky.social on antimutator Ecoli, mutational spectra and the distribution of fitness effects of antibiotic resistance with @knightjar.bsky.social @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and others @mermanchester.bsky.social doi.org/pzfm Read🧵for highlights and fun stats (1/13) https://doi.org/pzfm18 Aug 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwoqb5ihac2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3lq4n7h5gkk2yAmazing conference [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2025 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq4n7h5gkk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3lloyb5vn2k2tEmpty desk in Manchester ready for new adventures in microbial evolution elsewhere 🤯🦠 I can't express how much I will miss everyone in @mermanchester.bsky.social (leaving was made a little sweeter by my first ever 'best talk' prize at #northernBUG / #YUEG at @huddersfielduni.bsky.social last week)31 Mar 2025 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lloyb5vn2k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3lik2odzhks2vThank you so much to my examiners for a great discussion. And to my supervisors and lab mates for making the past 4 years such a positive and formative experience! @mermanchester.bsky.social is the place to be ❤️ (also thank you to e coli for mutating every day, all of your mutations are appreciated) [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lik2odzhks2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3lf3ot774cs2wExcited to speak at #PGG58 / #PopGroup58 about mutation rates, mutation spectra, antibiotic resistance and (if I talk fast enough) how the environment affects these. Tuesday in LT3 right after lunch. 🦠🧬 Come for the mutations, stay for the Bluey colour schemed ggplots. 📊🟦🟧06 Jan 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3ot774cs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3ldlkaddisk2nAmazing project and supervisors!!! 🔬🦠🧑‍🔬 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Dec 2024 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldlkaddisk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3kygs3du2a62y#Evol2024 come along tomorrow morning at 10:30 in 520C if you want to hear about mutation rate/spectrum plasticity and an E. coli strain with a super low mutation rate 🧬🦠💻29 Jul 2024 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3kygs3du2a62yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3ky7kjt3lyr2ySuper excited that the final version of our paper on mutation rate plasticity and oxidative stress is out now at PLoS biology! This paper shows how mutation rates are a highly dynamic trait shaped by genotype, community composition and abiotic factors. 1/8 https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002711&rev=226 Jul 2024 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ky7kjt3lyr2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3kwpo5whe5h2d#SMBE2024 poster ready to go! Come and chat about mutation rate plasticity, h2o2, simulations, fluctuation assays and e.coli // e.faecalis cocultures. (Also @mermanchester.bsky.social visits teotihuacan, feeling very lucky to be in Mexico).07 Jul 2024 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3kwpo5whe5h2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rowancallumg.bsky.social/post/3ktfqhm55622v@mermanchester.bsky.social Absolutely smashing the Manchester 10k once again 🧪🧑‍🔬💪26 May 2024 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:7e5dijtk2efg2nawo2lvktis/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktfqhm55622v