ERC Consolidator Grant for research on population dynamics
As one amongst seven researchers at ETH Zurich, Tanja Stadler, head of the D-BSSE Computational Evolution Group, receives generous funding from the European Research Council. She will investigate the fundamental rules of population dynamic processes, in particular in the field of developmental biology. Congratulations, Tanja!
Excerpt from the ETH Press release issued on 9 December:
Population dynamics deals with the spread of biological populations over time and across geographic regions. This includes very different processes such as the emergence and extinction of species, the spread of pathogens, the development of a fertilised egg cell into an organism or the degeneration of cells into tumours. In her ERC project, ETH Professor Tanja Stadler will investigate the fundamental rules of such population dynamic processes. She will do so by applying mathematical and statistical tools to phylogenetic trees. This will lead to new phylodynamic models. In evolutionary research and epidemiology, such models are already being applied. Stadler now aims to establish her models outside of these areas, especially in the field of developmental biology.
Find ETH Press Release from 9 December 2020.
Learn about research in the Computational Evolution Group led by Tanja Stadler.