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.