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KITP Program: Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments
(May 18 - Jun 18, 2026)
Coordinators: Daniel Amor, Martina Dal Bello, Akshit Goyal, and Jacopo Grilli
Scientific Advisors: Terry Hwa and Ned Wingreen

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Monday, Jun 15

10:30am Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments Simons Amphitheater
Erik Van Nimwegen (Univ. of Basel)
Physiological Strategies: What do regulatory networks do and how do they evolve?

Tuesday, Jun 16

10:30am Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments Simons Amphitheater
Matti Gralka (VU Amsterdam)
Statistical patterns in microbial metabolic traits reveal underlying biochemical constraints
3:30pm Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments Simons Amphitheater
Ophelia Venturelli (Duke)
Open Questions

Wednesday, Jun 17

10:30am Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments Simons Amphitheater
Shaul Pollak (Univ. of Vienna)
Ecological constraints on bacterial genome variation
3:30pm Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments Simons Amphitheater
William Ludington (Johns Hopkins)
Organismal interactions in the coevolved Drosophila-gut-microbiome

Thursday, Jun 18

10:30am Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments Simons Amphitheater
Jonas Cremer (Stanford)
Towards an Eco-Physiology Framework of Microbial Life: Insights from Escherichia coli in the Human Gut