Enrico Sandro Colizzi, Theoretical Biology/Bioinformatics Utrecht
Enrico Sandro Colizzi
Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Universiteit Utrecht
Room Z533
Padualaan 8
3584 CH Utrecht
the Netherlands
phone: +31 30 2539043
email: istidina@gmail.com
I defended my PhD thesis in December 2016.
During my PhD I have worked on the evolution of (symbolic) information processing in biological systems,
complex genotype-phenotype maps and the evolutionary interplay of multiple levels of organisation.
I did my bachelor in Biotechnology at Padova University, Italy,
then the master in Theoretical Biology at Utrecht University,
where I am currently doing my PhD supervised by Paulien Hogeweg.
Symposium on the occasion of my PhD defense:
Evolutionary dynamics across the edge of life
Symposium program
The symposium takes place in the Belle van Zuylenzaal in the Academiegebouw (Domplein 29, Utrecht), it starts at 10:00 and ends at 15:00.
At 16.15, I will defend my PhD thesis - Multilevel Evolution and the Emergence of Function - in the Senaatzaal of the Academiegebouw.
PhD thesis
Multilevel Evolution and the Emergence of Function.
Publications
E.S. Colizzi & Paulien Hogeweg (2014). Evolution of Functional Diversification within Quasispecies.
Genome Biology and Evolution Link |
E.S. Colizzi & Paulien Hogeweg (2016). High cost enhances cooperation through the interplay between evolution and self-organisation.
BMC Evolutionary Biology Link |
E.S. Colizzi & Paulien Hogeweg (2016). Parasites Sustain and Enhance RNA-Like Replicators through Spatial Self-Organisation.
PLoS Computational Biology Link |
Posters and Presentations
Enrico Sandro Colizzi & Paulien Hogeweg (2011).
Presentation: Evolution of mutation rate in RNA-like replicator systems.
Enrico Sandro Colizzi & Paulien Hogeweg (2011).
Poster: Evolutionary dynamics of mutation rate in RNA-like replicator systems.
Enrico Sandro Colizzi & Paulien Hogeweg (2014).
Poster presented at SMBE conference 2014: Evolution of functional diversification in quasi-species.
Evolution of cooperation at high costs (2016)
Videos
Video: the evolution of cooperation in a spatial system with high costs (benefit=10, cost=4.5)
Video: Travelling waves of evolved cooperators and selfish individuals: a close-up to see some details.
Source code
The source code used for the simulations that generate these videos can be found here .
It requires the CASH libraries (student demo version), downloadable here.