Matti Gralka
@MattiGralka
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Physicist turned microbiologist. Assistant professor at VU Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, NL
Joined November 2012
I am extremely excited to share that I'll be starting as an assistant professor at the new @ALIFE_VU department at @VUamsterdam in September, where I will continue to work on various questions in microbial physiology, ecology, and evolution.
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RT @leonorabit: Interested in how microbial community assembly and coexistence relate to function? And how experimental choices affect them….
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"There's gotta be a better way to count phages than serial dilution & plaque plating!" - love this high-throughput culturing approach. Really cool paper!.
A new #preprint from Golding Lab (Equal contribution by Yuncong Geng, not on X, and me): A high-throughput assay to count phages and infer infection parameters, which we used to show that lysogeny is favored at slow host growth. [🧵1/14]. Please ♥ and 🔁!
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RT @Plastisphere: Amazing news and many thanks to @ERC_Research for supporting my ViBRANT-SEA AdvERC research proposal. Read all about it h….
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A great fellowship opportunity for postdocs in the life sciences or other fields (e.g., physics) who are interested in making the jump into biology. Please contact me if you are interested in exploring potential projects together!.
Attention scientists from all over the world!🙃The Call for Letters of Intent for the #HFSPFellowships is open, and we can't wait to know about your bold research ideas!🤩💪Have you submitted yours yet? More info: #BasicLifeSciences #ResearchOpportunity
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Just arrived at @APSphysics march meeting in Minneapolis, looking forward to a few days of catching up and learning new things. Say hi if you're around! #APSMarchMeeting.
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RT @martinadalbello: Deciphering the gene-organism-environment triad is key to understanding microbiomes. But to go beyond who's there, we….
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The meeting takes place back-to-back with the annual Netherlands Association of Virus Ecology meeting the next day, which will also be great - make the most of a trip to Groningen! See this post for more information:
Virus enthusiasts in and around the lowlands: on March 22 we will have the annual Netherlands Association of Virus Ecology meeting in Groningen. Looking forward to seeing you there! See for more details or PM me.
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Confirmed speakers include Clara Belzer (WUR), Yuval Mulla (VUA), Matthias Heinemann (RUG), Marieke Klijn (Delft) and Sander van Doorn (RUG). This meeting is organized by @LizScurious, @th4ckl, @pdalcinmartins, @billerbeck_s, and @S_Lequime1. Thanks to the organizers!.
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Are you interested in Microbial Ecology and want to join an awesome Dutch community? Consider signing up to the annual Integrative Microbial Ecology meeting in Groningen on March 21 2024. Visit for more information and a link to register!.
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RT @Mark_P_Zwart: Virus enthusiasts in and around the lowlands: on March 22 we will have the annual Netherlands Association of Virus Ecolog….
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RT @QuantaMagazine: For centuries, the study of microbial communities has had little defining theory. Now, a group of physicists turned bio….
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RT @jcamthrash: Database size positively correlates with the loss of species-level taxonomic resolution for the 16S rRNA and other prokaryo….
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RT @pdalcinmartins: Cool day with people working on quantitative microbial ecology in the NL! Thanks @metaboli3am and Rebeca Gonzalez Cabal….
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RT @phagedirectory: The @MattiGralka and Mulla groups (@VUamsterdam) are seeking a #PhD student to study #phage ecology in microbial commun….
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Thank you all @SeppeKuehnLab @ZeqianL @vaisinh for writing this great summary of our paper and putting our work in a broader context!.
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Only a few weeks left to apply!.
Please share! . I am looking for a PhD student in Amsterdam, together with @MullaYuval, to study phages in microbial communities. Interested? Check the job ad to apply or contact me with questions! MSc required, deadline Sept 30.
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RT @jcamthrash: Very cool to see a proposed framework linking oligo/copiotrophy with r/K selection and growth rates:. Ecology theory disent….
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RT @PriME_SimFdn: A brand new publication 🥳from @oxcordero group with @MattiGralka and @ShaulPollak on metabolic processes in heterotrophi….
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RT @norapyenson: Can the simplest living things coexist 🏘️ in the face of competition? . We found that bacterial viruses (phages) could eas….
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