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2:00pm Jul 16, 2020 |
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Matteo Convertino
Associate Professor, Nexus Group, PI
Faculty of Information Science and Technology
Gi-CoRE Station for Big Data & Cybersecurity
Hokkaido University
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Title |
Ecosystem Nexus: from E.coli to Ocean Bacterioplankton Collective Patterns
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Abstract pdf
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The talk will address models (theoretical and computational) and findings about biological and biota-environmental networks from single to multiple bacterial species populations in human and natural ecosystems. The fundamental role of the environment (captured in the space-time continuum as hydro-driven flow) is highlighted in determining functional species network topology and phase transitions associated to healthy and dysbiotic states. Patterns of collective organization and early-warning indicators are proposed to assess the optimality of ecosystems and their divergence. The quest is for a general metabolic theory of basin ecosystem functioning as information processing, leading to understanding complex environmental dynamics underpinning biota organization, bio-inspired technology and multiscale biosystems engineering to control population patterns as ecosystem services. Examples of ongoing microbiome engineering projects connecting science and technology are provided.
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