David Mattias Versluis
Postdoc
- Name
- Dr. D.M. Versluis Ph.D.
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- d.m.versluis@math.leidenuniv.nl

I am a PhD student at the Institute for Biology of Leiden University (IBL). I use multiscale modelling to study the gut microbiota of infants.
More information about David Mattias Versluis
Supervisor(s)
Short biography
I hold a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence and a Bachelor's degree in Biology, both from Utrecht University.
Postdoc
- Science
- Mathematisch Instituut
- Mathematisch Instituut
- Versluis D.M. (23 April 2024), The developing infant gut microbiota: mathematical predictions of the effects of oligosaccharides (Dissertatie. Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Faculty of Science, Leiden University). Supervisor(s): Merks R.M.H. & Spaink H.P.
- Versluis D.M., Schoemaker R., Looijesteijn E., Geurts J.M.W. & Merks R.M.H. (2024), 2′-Fucosyllactose helps butyrate producers outgrow competitors in infant gut microbiota simulations, iScience 27(3): 109085.
- Versluis D.M., Wijtkamp C., Looijesteijn E., Geurts J.M.W. & Merks R.M.H. (2024), Simulations of the infant gut microbiota suggest that complex ecological interactions regulate effects of human milk oligosaccharides on microbial mucin consumption . bioRxiv. [working paper].
- Versluis D., Schoemaker R., Looijesteijn E., Geurts J.M.W. & Merks R.M.H. (2023), 2’-Fucosyllactose helps butyrate producers outgrow competitors in the infant gut. bioRxiv. [working paper].
- Versluis D.M., Schoemaker R., Looljesteijn E., Muysken D., Jeurink P.V., Paques M., Geurts J.M.W. & Merks R.M.H. (2022), A multiscale spatiotemporal model including a switch from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism reproduces succession in the early infant gut microbiota, mSystems 7(5): e00446-22.