Me and Daniel Jeffares will be guest editing a special issue in MDPI Pathogens entitled: "Ecology, Evolution and genomics of R. solanacearum plant pathogenic bacterium". Information and instructions how to submit a manuscript available HERE!
Thanks for everyone who came to listen my talk in ESEB 2019 symposium 24: 'Microbial evolution under biotic stress'
Thank you for visiting our symposium 'Microbial Evolution in Complex Environments' and thanks for our
Invited speakers Jo Fothergill and Angus Buckling for great presentations!


​​Thank you for coming to listen my talk in Ireland
Thank you for visiting our symposium 13: Pathogen evolution during chronic infections. See you in ESEB 2019!
Read our opinion piece about phage therapy here:
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 Silk route to the acceptance and re-implementation of phage therapy

Read my blog about phage therapy @ Conversation:

Soviet-era treatment could be the new weapon in the war against antibiotic resistance

Friman Lab

We are interested in eco-evolutionary dynamics of species interactions in multi-trophic communities and how microbial communities affect the fitness and survival of higher level organisms. We combine experimental evolution laboratory approach with environmental sampling and field experiments and work with various microbes including bacteria, bacteriophages, protists and their associated ‘host’ organisms (e.g. tomato). We’re also interested in how abiotic factors shape the evolution of species interactions and how rapid adaptation might feedback and affect the composition, stability and the functioning of complex microbial communities. Elucidating these processes is especially important for understanding disease dynamics, which are often shaped by the host-associated microbial communities that form the first line of defence against the invading pathogens.

Our main interests include

  • Eco-evolutionary dynamics of predator-prey and host-parasite interactions in microbial communities
  • The role and functioning of rhizosphere microbiome in crop protection
  • Phage therapy in clinical and agricultural contexts
  • Microbial community responses to environmental change
  • Antibiotic resistance evolution in microbial communities
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​Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology
Department of Biology (L012)
University of York
ville.friman(at)york.ac.uk

​Honorary Guest Professor
Nanjing Agricultural University
​China

​Associate Editor in:
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