Welcome!
We are a new group at the Section of Industrial Microbiology, within the Department of Biotechnology at TU Delft.
The word metabolism means change. Our group is interested in microbial metabolism in that broader sense: the change elicited by microbes on themselves, on each other, and on the environment. These processes of change are critical to understand microbial communities, but also to develop new strategies to engineer their composition and function.
In our work, we combine computer simulations, theory and laboratory experiments. We borrow concepts and approaches from different disciplines such as evolutionary biology, ecology, biochemistry or systems biology.
To learn more about our work, check out our research page and some finished pieces.
Vacancies
We currently have openings for two fully funded PhD positions. Interested students should send their applications to PhD-IMB at tudelft.nl. Please explain why you are interested in pursuing a PhD, why our laboratory may be a good fit, and tell us a little bit about your background.
News
Upcoming: February 15, 2023I will give a talk at the Symposium on Evolution in Communities jointly organized by the BioSB and NLSEB in Amsterdam.
November 15, 2022I started a new position as Assistant Professor at the Technical University in Delft. Excited to move to the Netherlands and join the Dept. of Biotechnology @ TU Delft!
October 11, 2022I just gave a talk at the Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Szeged, Hungary. Happy to catch up with old friends and set up new collabs!
October 7, 2022New preprint where we use toy fitness landscapes to better understand the emergence of global epistasis.
June 30 - July 2, 2022I will be attending the FEMS Conference on Microbiology in Belgrade, Serbia.
June 28, 2022New preprint perspective piece where we discuss the concept of the structure-function landscape of microbial consortia.