Welcome to the dal bello lab at Yale!

Our lab studies how microbes respond to and modify their environment, and how this, in turn, shapes species interactions, assembly processes, and the function of microbial communities. Our approach leverages laboratory experiments, data from natural communities, and theory, integrating ideas and tools from community ecology, microbial physiology, and systems biology. By linking metabolic traits to community properties, we aim at uncovering general principles for how microbial communities respond to environmental change.

This is a space for free inquiry, pluralism, and growth.

News

February 2025

Martina is visiting UF Physics to give a talk in their Biophysics seminar series

Martina is giving a talk at the Princeton/CUNY/Yale Biophysics symposium

Martina is visiting UMich EEB to give a talk in their seminar series

January 2025

Cecilia joins the lab for a rotation!

Martina is giving a talk at the Stochastic Physics in Biology GRC

Spring Semester 2025

Martina is teaching Soft Skills Development E&EB 724

December 2024

Farah. joins the lab as a postdoc

Martina has been featured in YaleNews.

November 2024

Martina gives the keynote talk at the MSI retreat.

Fall Semester 2024

Martina is teaching Microbial Ecology E&EB 340

August 2024

Applications to the KITP Program Coarse-graining Microbial Ecology: from Genes to Physiological Strategies to Communities across Environments (May 18 - June 18 2026) are now open. Martina is one of the organizers.

Martina is at ESA presenting her work on temperature and the structure of the ocean microbiome.

July 2024

The lab officially opens its doors at Yale EEB and MSI!

May 2024

Martina is in Chicago at the workshop Ecological dynamics of microbial communities: new approaches

March 2024

Martina is speaking at the Population Dynamics Virtual Seminars. Here is the video of the talk!

Martina is giving a talk at the workshop Reimagining Ocean Ecology