University Lecturer in Biological Physics
Fellow, Girton College
Cavendish Laboratory
19 JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE
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Biography:
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University Lecturer, Dept. of Physics, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California-Berkeley (2014-2018)
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PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University (2014)
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MSc in Theoretical Physics, Universita' degli Studi di Milano (2008)
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BSc in Physics, Universita' degli Studi di Milano (2006)
Research groups
Research Interests
We are fascinated by how evolution shapes the interactions at the molecular and single-cell scale to give rise to collective behaviors at the population scale. By using an interdisciplinary approach rooted in experimental microbiology, statistical physics and population genetics, we strive to uncover the fundamental principles behind these phenomena.
Key Publications
Kayser J.*, Schreck C.*, Gralka M., Fusco D., Hallatschek O. Collective motion conceals fitness differences in crowded cellular populations
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3:125-134 (2019)
Gralka M., Fusco D., Martis S., Hallatschek O. Convection shapes the tradeoff between antibiotic efficacy and the selection for resistance in spatial gradients.
Physical Biology, 14(4):045001 (2017)
Fusco D., Gralka M., Kayser J., Anderson A., Hallatschek O. Excess of mutational jackpot events in expanding populations revealed by spatial Luria-Delbrück experiments.
Nature Communications, 7:12760 (2016)
Fusco D., Headd J.J., De Simone A., Wang J., Charbonneau P. Characterizing protein crystal contacts and their role in crystallization: rubredoxin as a case study
Soft Matter, 10:290-302 (2014)