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We gladly introduce PriME, an international and interdisciplinary collaboration which aims to derive fundamental principles of how microbial ecosystems assemble and function, with a primary focus on #marinemicrobes and #carboncycling 🦠🌊
Stay tuned!👀
Stay tuned!👀
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10 years of science, collaboration and shared experiences! 🌊🔬
At the recent Annual Meeting, we celebrated what we’ve achieved—and looked ahead to the exciting work still to come as projects and connections will continue.
Thank you @SimonsFdn for making this journey possible!
At the recent Annual Meeting, we celebrated what we’ve achieved—and looked ahead to the exciting work still to come as projects and connections will continue.
Thank you @SimonsFdn for making this journey possible!
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How does a bacterium breach a diatom’s glass-like shell? 🦠
New PriME work in @NatureComms shows how A. macleodii triggers cell death in T. rotula—with consequences for ocean carbon cycling.
Congratulations to Isobel Short and team! 👏
doi.org/10.1038/s41467…
New PriME work in @NatureComms shows how A. macleodii triggers cell death in T. rotula—with consequences for ocean carbon cycling.
Congratulations to Isobel Short and team! 👏
doi.org/10.1038/s41467…
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PriME - Principles of Microbial Ecosystems retweeted
"I did not need to disguise the constraints of my career to prove I was a devoted mother, just as I do not need to disguise the demands of motherhood to prove I am a serious scientist." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4xUARcY
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When does having a microbial “backup” actually make a community more robust? 🦠
A new review from PriME and @NCCRMicrobiomes by Anna Weiss 👏and colleagues takes an ecological look at functional redundancy 👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.…
A new review from PriME and @NCCRMicrobiomes by Anna Weiss 👏and colleagues takes an ecological look at functional redundancy 👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.…
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After 8 wonderful years with PriME, Johannes Keegstra is moving to @QMUL as a Royal Society Newton International Fellow 👏
Thank you for your science, ideas, support and humour—and for all you brought to our community!
See what Johannes is up to next:
aquaticmicrobes.org
Thank you for your science, ideas, support and humour—and for all you brought to our community!
See what Johannes is up to next:
aquaticmicrobes.org
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PriME - Principles of Microbial Ecosystems retweeted
New KITP summer program: Phenotypic Heterogeneity & Collective Behavior in Biofilms — summer 2027 at UCSB.
Weeks of seminars, blackboard sessions, and time to think. Apply: kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/bio…
Weeks of seminars, blackboard sessions, and time to think. Apply: kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/bio…
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Congratulations 👏to PriME members Hagen Buck-Wiese and Naomi Levine on this publication, in which they call for moving beyond “optimal” phenotypes measured under fixed conditions to capture microbial plasticity in a changing ocean. 🌊🦠
Life out of equilibrium: Rethinking how we quantify & model marine microbial phenotypes
Forum examines marine microbial physiology,arguing for quantification of phenotypic plasticity to ID strategies across environments &parameterize biogeochemical models
cell.com/cell-host-micr…
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Congratulations to the whole PriME crew 😃
Excited to share our latest paper in @Nature, featuring the fantastic work of Andi Sichert. A systems ecology approach to understanding how microbial communities digest complex carbohydrates in the ocean:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
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Welcome to PriME, McKenzie @microbe__mom! 🎉
McKenzie has joined the Moran Lab, where she studies interactions between marine phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria — and how they shape organic matter cycling in the ocean 🌊🦠
Great to have you with us! 🤗
McKenzie has joined the Moran Lab, where she studies interactions between marine phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria — and how they shape organic matter cycling in the ocean 🌊🦠
Great to have you with us! 🤗
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Congratulations to Yamini @iitbyamini and many other PriME alumni and current members, for this new study 👏😃
Check out the paper to learn more about this deep-sea PriME microbial teamwork 🤗👇
Check out the paper to learn more about this deep-sea PriME microbial teamwork 🤗👇
Deep-sea anaerobic microbial communities couple degradation of insoluble chitin to extracellular electron transfer academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-…
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Congratulations to Harish on successfully defending his PhD thesis, "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Bacterial Colony Development" 👏🎉👨🎓
He'll be heading in the fall to the University of Chicago as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
All the best for this exciting new chapter! 🍀🚀
He'll be heading in the fall to the University of Chicago as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
All the best for this exciting new chapter! 🍀🚀
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❓Can we predict ocean carbon cycling by looking at what microbes do rather than who they are?🌊
During his PhD in PriME, Ryan Reynolds explored this question by combining global metagenomic with metabolic modeling 😀
Check out his last publication 👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
During his PhD in PriME, Ryan Reynolds explored this question by combining global metagenomic with metabolic modeling 😀
Check out his last publication 👇
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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🌊 Are bacterial attachments to phytoplankton just microscopic travel companions — or a key driver of marine ecosystem functioning? 🦠
PriME alumnus Mathieu Forget explores this question in a new review 👏👇
nature.com/articles/s4156…
PriME alumnus Mathieu Forget explores this question in a new review 👏👇
nature.com/articles/s4156…
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PriME - Principles of Microbial Ecosystems retweeted
We're hiring a new postdoc! Are you experienced in genetically modifying non-model microbes? Do you have experience in leading a molecular level project, possibly dealing with metabolism? Then this is perfect for you!
jobs.vib.be/j/134563/postd…
jobs.vib.be/j/134563/postd…
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Congratulations to Astrid Stubbusch for receiving the Prix Schläfli 2026 in Biology for her outstanding PhD work made in PriME 😉 👏😃🦠
Amazing achievement, Astrid — so well deserved!
scnat.ch/en/awards/schl…
Amazing achievement, Astrid — so well deserved!
scnat.ch/en/awards/schl…
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Welcome to PriME, Dieter! 🎉
Dieter joins the Orphan Lab @OrphanANME as a Postdoc, working at the interface of microbiology, biophysics & fluid dynamics to study microbial interactions and processes like marine snow formation 🦠🌊
Great to have you on board 🤗!
Dieter joins the Orphan Lab @OrphanANME as a Postdoc, working at the interface of microbiology, biophysics & fluid dynamics to study microbial interactions and processes like marine snow formation 🦠🌊
Great to have you on board 🤗!
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It's time to say goodbye to @JonaszSlomka — a PriME member since the early days 👏
He will start his own #bioencounters lab at the University of Warsaw, exploring microbial interactions at the physics–biology interface 🦠.
All the best for this exciting new chapter! 🚀
He will start his own #bioencounters lab at the University of Warsaw, exploring microbial interactions at the physics–biology interface 🦠.
All the best for this exciting new chapter! 🚀
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PriME members in Zurich gathered last week for the PriME Mini-Symposium!
Interactive poster sessions, review paper discussions, and plenty of networking made for a lively afternoon of science and collaboration 🤗
Thanks to everyone who joined! 🌊🦠
Interactive poster sessions, review paper discussions, and plenty of networking made for a lively afternoon of science and collaboration 🤗
Thanks to everyone who joined! 🌊🦠
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Most marine bacteria never find a food particle. Some do—and that’s enough 😉
A PriME team uncovers stochastic resilience: rare, high-reward encounters sustain bacterial populations in nutrient-poor oceans.🌊🦠
Out now in @PNASNews !
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
A PriME team uncovers stochastic resilience: rare, high-reward encounters sustain bacterial populations in nutrient-poor oceans.🌊🦠
Out now in @PNASNews !
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
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🔥Hot off the press!
❓ How do bacteria get iron when nutrients are scarce and constantly washed away❓
A PriME collective effort reveals—using a new continuous culture device—how bacteria acquire iron under rapid nutrient renewal, beyond #siderophores.
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
❓ How do bacteria get iron when nutrients are scarce and constantly washed away❓
A PriME collective effort reveals—using a new continuous culture device—how bacteria acquire iron under rapid nutrient renewal, beyond #siderophores.
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
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