QLS seminar by Matteo Sireci in person on12 January 2023 at 11.00 CET

[Quantitative Life Sciences]

Dear All,

On Thursday, 12 January 2023 at 11:00 CET, Matteo Sireci (Department of 
Electromagnetism and Matter Physics, University of Granada, Spain) will 
give a seminar titled:
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A macroecological law of interaction in microbial ecosystems**
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Abstract:

Microbial communities are found all across the biosphere, from human 
guts to glaciers, from soil to activated sludge. Understanding common 
properties of such diverse communities can pave the way to elucidate the 
common mechanisms behind their patterns of correlations, stability, and 
resilience. In particular, shedding light on how bacteria interact as a 
function of their genetic similarity is extremely relevant both at the 
fundamental and practical levels. Using data from natural communities 
and mathematical modelling, we discover  a macroecological law relating 
mean correlation with genetic similarity, revealing that correlation 
goes from positive to null values by increasing species dissimilarity. 
Fluctuations of shared environmental factors, such as temperature or 
resources, are responsible for such a universal pattern.
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The seminar will take place in the Common area, second floor, old SISSA 
building

_Indico webpage: https://indico.ictp.it/event/10235/_
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You are all most welcome to attend!

Best regards,
Erica

Erica Sarnataro
Group Secretary Quantitative Life Sciences
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Trieste, Italy
Tel. +39-040-2240623
www.ictp.it/research/qls.aspx
e-mail: qls at ictp.it