Xiang-Yi Richter on microbes and game theory

On 5 November 2024, we are pleased to host Xiang-Yi Li Richter, Professor at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the University of Bern, in the NCCR Microbiomes Seminar Series.

Prof. Richter leads the Group Evolving Interactions, which uses Evolutionary Game Theory as a framework to study social interactions in the animal and microbial worlds. The group combines mathematical models, computer simulations and laboratory microbial systems, with the aim to bridge fundamental evolutionary biology with pressing public health issues such as the transmission of zoonotic diseases or the overuse of chemicals in agriculture.

In 2023, Xiang-Yi Li Richter was awarded a prestigious SNSF Starting Grant to pursue her research. Her project explores fundamental processes and factors that affect microbial coexistence, and it integrates modeling and experiments to advance and validate metacommunity theory. In particular, Prof. Richter examines the transmission of pathogens by carrier species, using a bacterium-phage interaction model and 3D-print customized systems for high-throughput experiments.

Xiang-Yi Li Richter will give a talk entitled ‘Microbial games and collective dispersal’. The seminar will take place on 5 November 2024, from 12h00 to 13h00 CET. You can access this public seminar through this Zoom link.