Publications
B. van Dijk et al. “Identifying and tracking mobile elements in evolving compost communities yields insights into the nanobiome”, ISME Communications. 3, 90 (2023)
E.S. Colizzi, B. van Dijk, R.M.H. Merks, D.E. Rozen, R.M.A. Vroomans Evolution of genome fragility enables microbial division of labor, Molecular Systems Biology (2023)
M. Wortel et al. “Towards evolutionary predictions: current promises and challenges”, EvoEvoRxiv Preprints (2022)
D.R. Garza, F.A.B. von Meijenfeldt, B. van Dijk, A. Boleij, M.A. Huynen, B.E. Dutilh “Nutrition or nature: disentangling the complex forces shaping prokaryote pan-genomes”, BMC ecology and evolution 22 (1), 1-16, (2022)
B. van Dijk. “Cacatoo: building, exploring, and sharing spatially structured models of biological systems”, Journal of Open Source Software (2022)
B. van Dijk et al. “Transposable elements drive the evolution of genome streamlining” bioRxiv, (2021)
B. van Dijk. “Microbial Evolution on a Virtual Grain of Sand.” Utrecht University, dissertation (cum laude), 2020.
B. van Dijk. “Can mobile genetic elements rescue genes from extinction?.” Current Genetics (2020): 1-3.
J. Meijer, B. van Dijk, and P. Hogeweg. “Contingent evolution of alternative metabolic network topologies determines whether cross-feeding evolves.” Communications Biology 3.1 (2020): 1-13.
B. van Dijk et al. “Slightly beneficial genes are retained by bacteria evolving DNA uptake despite selfish elements.” eLife 9 (2020): e56801.
B. van Dijk et al. “Trusting the hand that feeds: microbes evolve to anticipate a serial transfer protocol as individuals or collectives.” BMC evolutionary biology 19.1 (2019): 201.
B. van Dijk and Paulien Hogeweg. “In silico gene-level evolution explains microbial population diversity through differential gene mobility.” Genome biology and evolution 8.1 (2015): 176-188.