Highlighted works
Systems ecology of microbial communities
Spatial self-organization of metabolism in microbial systems: a matter of enzymes and chemicals
A. Dal Co, M. Ackermann*, S. van Vliet*
Cell Systems (2023) | Publisher | pdf
Global dynamics of microbial communities emerge from local interaction rules.
S. van Vliet*, C. Hauert, K. Fridberg, M. Ackermann, A. Dal Co*
PLOS Computational Biology (2022) | Publisher | pdf
Short-range interactions govern cellular dynamics in microbial multi-genotype system
A. Dal Co*, S. van Vliet, D. J. Kiviet, S. Schlegel, M. Ackermann
Nature Ecology and Evolution (2020) | Publisher | pdf
Systems ecology of biofilms and structured populations
Emergent microscale gradients give rise to metabolic cross-feeding and antibiotic tolerance in clonal bacterial populations
A. Dal Co*☯, S. van Vliet*☯, M. Ackermann
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2019) | Publisher | pdf
Metabolic activity affects response of single cells to a nutrient switch in structured populations
A. Dal Co*, M. Ackermann, S. van Vliet*
Journal of the Royal Society Interface (2019) | Publisher | pdf
Local interactions lead to spatially correlated gene expression levels in bacterial groups
S. van Vliet*, A. Dal Co, A. R. Winkler, S. Spriewald, B. Stecher, M. Ackermann
Cell Systems (2018) | Publisher | pdf
Evolution of microbial communities
Multilevel selection favors fragmentation modes that maintain cooperative interactions in multispecies communities.
G. J. B. Henriques*☯, S. van Vliet☯, M.Doebeli
PLOS Computational Biology (2021) | Publisher | pdf
The role of multilevel selection in host microbiome evolution
S. van Vliet*, M. Doebeli
PNAS (2019) | Publisher | pdf
All publications chronologically
*: corresponding author | ☯: equal contribution | group members highlighted in boldface
2023
Experimentally Evolved Staphylococcus aureus Survives in the Presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Acquiring Mutations in the Amino Acid Transporter, GltT
A. M. Alexander, J. M. Luu, V. Raghuram, G. Bottacin, S. van Vliet, T. D. Read, J. B. Goldberg
bioRxiv (2023) | Publisher | pdf
Spatial self-organization of metabolism in microbial systems: a matter of enzymes and chemicals
A. Dal Co, M. Ackermann*, S. van Vliet*
Cell Systems (2023) | Publisher | pdf
Changes in interactions over ecological time scales influence single cell growth dynamics in a metabolically coupled marine microbial community
M. Daniels*, S. van Vliet, M. Ackermann
ISME (2023) | Publisher | pdf
2022
A Novel Biosensor Reveals Dynamic Changes of C-di-GMP in Differentiating Cells with Ultra-High Temporal Resolution
A. Kaczmarczyk*, S. van Vliet, R. Peter Jakob, A. Reinders, A. Klotz, T. Maier, U. Jenal*
bioRxiv (2022) | Publisher | pdf
Global dynamics of microbial communities emerge from local interaction rules.
S. van Vliet*, C. Hauert, K. Fridberg, M. Ackermann, A. Dal Co*
PLOS Computational Biology (2022) | Publisher | pdf
Frequency modulation of a bacterial quorum sensing response.
V. Bettenworth*, S. van Vliet☯, B. Turkowyd☯, A. Bamberger, H. Wendt, M. McIntosh, W. Steinchen, U. Endesfelder & A. Becker*
Nature Communications (2022) | Publisher | pdf
2021
Multilevel selection favors fragmentation modes that maintain cooperative interactions in multispecies communities.
G. J. B. Henriques*☯, S. van Vliet☯, M.Doebeli
PLOS Computational Biology (2021) | Publisher | pdf
Microfluidics for Single-Cell Study of Antibiotic Tolerance and Persistence Induced by Nutrient Limitation.
S. Moreno-Gámez*, A. Dal Co, S. van Vliet, M. Ackermann
In: Verstraeten, N., Michiels, J. (eds) Bacterial Persistence. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2357. Humana, New York, NY. (2021) | Publisher | pdf
2020
Short-range interactions govern cellular dynamics in microbial multi-genotype system
A. Dal Co*, S. van Vliet, D. J. Kiviet, S. Schlegel, M. Ackermann
Nature Ecology and Evolution (2020) | Publisher | pdf
Reply to Daybog and Kolodny: Necessary requirements for holobiont-level selection are robust to model assumptions
S. van Vliet*, M. Doebeli
PNAS (2020) | Publisher | pdf
2019
The role of multilevel selection in host microbiome evolution
S. van Vliet*, M. Doebeli
PNAS (2019) | Publisher | pdf
Emergent microscale gradients give rise to metabolic cross-feeding and antibiotic tolerance in clonal bacterial populations
A. Dal Co*☯, S. van Vliet*☯, M. Ackermann
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2019) | Publisher | pdf
Metabolic activity affects response of single cells to a nutrient switch in structured populations
A. Dal Co*, M. Ackermann, S. van Vliet*
Journal of the Royal Society Interface (2019) | Publisher | pdf
2018
Local interactions lead to spatially correlated gene expression levels in bacterial groups
S. van Vliet*, A. Dal Co, A. R. Winkler, S. Spriewald, B. Stecher, M. Ackermann
Cell Systems (2018) | Publisher | pdf
Generality of associations between biological richness and the rates of metabolic processes across microbial communities
D. Patsch, S. van Vliet, L. G. Marcantini, D. R. Johnson*
Environmental microbiology (2018) | Publisher | pdf
2017
Bet-hedging in bacteriocin producing Escherichia coli populations: the single cell perspective.
B. Bayramoglu, D. Toubiana, S. van Vliet, R. F. Inglis, N. Shnerb, O. Gillor*
Scientific Reports (2017) | Publisher | pdf
Stochastic gene expression: bacterial elites in chemotaxis.
S. van Vliet*, M. Ackermann*
Molecular Systems Biology (2017) | Publisher | pdf
Earlier work
Bacterial Ventures into Multicellularity: Collectivism through Individuality.
S. van Vliet*, M. Ackermann*
PLoS Biology (2015) | Publisher | pdf
Bacterial Dormancy: How to Decide When to Wake Up.
S. van Vliet*
Current Biology (2015) | Publisher | pdf
The effects of chemical interactions and culture history on the colonization of structured habitats by competing bacterial populations
S. van Vliet*, F.J.H. Hol, T. Weenink, P. Galajda, J.E. Keymer*
BMC Microbiology (2014) | Publisher | pdf
Enhancement of quasiparticle recombination in Ta and Al superconductors by implantation of magnetic and nonmagnetic atoms.
R. Barends, S. van Vliet, J.J.A. Baselmans, S.J.C. Yates, J.R. Gao, T.M. Klapwijk
Physical Review B (2009) | Publisher | pdf