Professor Ivana Gudelj
Professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology
I.Gudelj@exeter.ac.uk
5840
+44 (0)1392 725840
Living Systems Institute T04.10
Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD
Overview
Qualifications
1998 – 2002 PhD in Applied Mathematics, University of Bath
1994 – 1998 BSc in Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath
Career
2015 – present Professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology, Biosciences, University of Exeter
2012 – 2015 Associate Professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology, Biosciences, University of Exeter
2011 – present NERC Advanced Fellow/ Associate Professor in Systems Biology, Biosciences, University of Exeter
2008 – 2010 NERC Advanced Fellow/ Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London
2007 - 2008 NERC Advanced Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of Bath
2006 – 2007 NERC EMS Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of Bath
2004 – 2006 NERC EMS Fellow, NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London
2001 – 2004 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rothamsted Research
Links
- MMEMS Interdisciplinary Network
- Gudelj lab website: Maths and Microbes
- Soundcloud: Professor Ivana Gudelj discusses The Evolution of Competition and Cooperation
Research group links
Research
Research interests
My group utilizes mathematical and experimental approaches to understand competition, cooperation and coevolution amongst microorganisms. We are a truly interdisciplinary team where mathematicians, physicists, bioinformaticians, molecular biologists and experimental evolutionary ecologists work alongside each other and share skills. By developing approaches that bring together systems biology into a population level framework we strive to quantify how microbial community composition is determined by the metabolism, genetics and physiology of individual players. This is important for solving fundamental problems in evolutionary biology including the evolution of diversity, virulence and antimicrobial resistance.
Research projects
- Microbial cooperation and disease virulence
- Resistance in mixed species communities
- The evolution of specialism and generalism
- Eco-evolutionary models to combat resistance in cancers
Links
Publications
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External Engagement and Impact
Awards/Honorary fellowships
NERC Advanced Fellow 2007-2012
Committee/panel activities
NERC College Peer Review Member
Editorial responsibilities
Scientific Reports Editorial Board
Invited lectures
2008 - International workshop on Viral Dynamics and Evolution, Georgia Tech, USA
2008 - Conference of the European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Edinburgh, UK
2008 - BIOMAPS seminar series, Rutgers University, USA
2008 - British Mathematics Colloquium, York, UK
2009 - Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity colloquium, UBC, Vancouver, Canada
2009 - Ecology Seminar, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2009 - The American Society for Microbiology General Meeting, Philadelphia, USA
2009 - The Ecological Society of America General Meeting, Albuquerque, USA
2009 - Darwin Seminar Series, University of Bath, UK
2010 - International workshop, Modelling evolutionary and ecological processes in biogeochemical cycles, University of East Anglia, UK
2010 - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Germany
2010 - UK-Brazil Frontiers of Science Symposium, Campinas, Brazil
2010 - Inaugural Colloquium, Systems and Synthetic Biology Program, Campus Univ. Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
2011 - International workshop on Biothermodynamics of Metabolic and Ecological Networks, Bonn, Germany
2011 - International workshop, Mathematics of Microbes: Biological Details of the Evolving Cell, London, UK
2011 - Genetics, Evolution and Environment Seminar, UCL, London
2011 - Society for General Microbiology Meeting, Harrogate, UK
2012 - Genomes and Genetics Department, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
2012- Gordon Research Conference on Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology, New Hampshire, USA
2012 - Center for the Environment, Harvard University , US
2012 - 10th International Conference of Numerical analysis and applied mathematics, Kos, Greece
2012 - Biosciences Science Colloquia, Birmingham University, UK
2013 - CoSyDy Meeting: Complexity in Biological Systems, Imperial College London, UK
2013 - International meeting, Quantitative Evolution Dynamics, University of Exeter, UK
2013 - FEBS Advanced Course: Molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions and virulence in human fungal pathogens, La Colle-sur-Loup, France
2013 - Evolution seminar, CNRS, Montpellier, France
2013 - CoSyDy Meeting: Complexity in Biological Systems, Imperial College London, UK
2013 - FEBS Advanced Course: Molecular mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions and virulence in human fungal pathogens, La Colle-sur-Loup, France
2014 - Mathematical Biology Seminar, University of Dundee, UK
2014 - International conference on Systems Biology of Drug Resistance Evolution, Center for Genomic Sciences, UNAM, Mexico
2014 - Critical Infection International Colloquium, University of Sydney, Australia
2015 - Ecology and Evolution Seminar, Imperial College London, UK
2015 - Mathematical Biology Seminar}, University of Edinburgh, UK
2015 - International conference on Modelling Biological Evolution: linking mathematical theories with empirical realities, University of Leicester, UK
2016 - International course on Microbial Ecology, Catalina, Italy (declined due to maternity leave)
2016 - Evolutionary Genetics Symposium, Bangalore, India (declined due to maternity leave)
2016 - AMS Experimental Evolution Meeting, Washington, US (declined due to maternity leave)
2016 - BRITE Workshop on Evolving Communities, Ploen, Germany (declined due to maternity leave)
2016 - Swedish meeting on Mathematics in Biology, Gothenburg, Sweden
2017 - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics Seminar University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017 - Gordon Conference on Microbial Population Biology, US
2018 - Annual Conference, Microbiology Society, Birmingham
2018 - International Conference on Stochastic models of evolving populations: from bacteria to cancer, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, Scotland
2018 - York Cross-disciplinary Centre for Systems Analysis, University of York
2018 - Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Birmingham
Media Coverage
Radio Serbia interview: How can mathematics be applied in biology, discussing mathematics for biology in a radio program `A step towards science', August 2015
Finanical Times article: Why bacteria are model investors, August 2013
BBC news article: Bacteria give lessons in investment economics, August 2013
Science Daily: Selfishness can sometimes help the common good, 15th September 2012
BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Wiltshire: Selfishness can sometimes help the common good, aured 15th September 2010
New Scientist: Too much food can be bad for biodiversity, September 2008
Workshops/Conferences organised
2009 - EPSRC International workshop: Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance, Imperial College London, UK
2009 - EPSRC International workshop: Evolution of Stress Responses, University of Aberdeen, UK
2010 - EPSRC International workshop: Models and Microbial Model Systems, University of Liverpool, UK
2011- EPSRC International workshop: Evolution of Microbial Cooperation, University of Bath, UK
