Modelling robust microbial communities
Start date
15 February 2013End date
14 July 2013Summary
We undertake to extend existing and explore new modelling approaches for microbial populations in microbial ecology. The aim is to better understand robustness properties of such populations, such as in the soil or gut microbiomes or in bio-technological systems like microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) with the objective to contribute to the design of robust microbial systems and increase their long-term yield and stability.
Funding amount
7 weeks FTE + £4,000
Funder
EPSRC MILES (EP/I000992/1)
Team
Investigators

Dr André Grüning
Lecturer in Computing

Professor Claudio Avignone Rossa
Professor of Systems Microbiology
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Dr Andrea Rocco
Senior Lecturer in Physics and Mathematical Biology
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- Dylan Childs (Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield)
- Mark Rees (Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield)
- Bill Sloane (Engineering, University of Glasgow).