Systems ecology and evolution of spatially structured microbial communities
Microbial communities perform essential functions for the health of humans and the environment. For example, they degrade pollutants in water treatment plants and provide vitamins to their hosts. Most of these functions emerge from interactions between species. Our group uses highly interdisciplinary approaches, combining single-cell imaging with computational modeling, to unravel how interactions between cells drive the dynamics and function of spatially structured communities.
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Selected Publications
PLoS Computational Biology, 18(3), e1009877. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009877
, Hauert, Christoph, Fridberg, Kyle, Ackermann, Martin, & Dal Co, Alma. (2022). Global dynamics of microbial communities emerge from local interaction rules.
PLoS Computational Biology, 18(3), e1009877. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009877
, Hauert, Christoph, Fridberg, Kyle, Ackermann, Martin, & Dal Co, Alma. (2022). Global dynamics of microbial communities emerge from local interaction rules.
Dal Co, Alma, Nature ecology & evolution, 4(3), 366–375. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1080-2
, Kiviet, Daniel Johannes, Schlegel, Susan, & Ackermann, Martin. (2020). Short-range interactions govern the dynamics and functions of microbial communities.
Dal Co, Alma, Nature ecology & evolution, 4(3), 366–375. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1080-2
, Kiviet, Daniel Johannes, Schlegel, Susan, & Ackermann, Martin. (2020). Short-range interactions govern the dynamics and functions of microbial communities.
Dal Co, Alma, Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 374(1786), 20190080. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0080
, & Ackermann, Martin. (2019). Emergent microscale gradients give rise to metabolic cross-feeding and antibiotic tolerance in clonal bacterial populations.
Dal Co, Alma, Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 374(1786), 20190080. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0080
, & Ackermann, Martin. (2019). Emergent microscale gradients give rise to metabolic cross-feeding and antibiotic tolerance in clonal bacterial populations.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20591–20597. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1909790116
, & Doebeli, Michael. (2019). The role of multilevel selection in host microbiome evolution.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20591–20597. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1909790116
, & Doebeli, Michael. (2019). The role of multilevel selection in host microbiome evolution.