The Simons Collaboration on Principles of Microbial Ecosystems (PriME) elucidates the principles underpinning the self-organization, structure and function of microbial communities in the ocean.

Recent Publications

• Short-term acidification promotes diverse iron acquisition and conservation mechanisms in upwelling-associated phytoplankton

  Lampe RH, Coale TH, Forsch KO, Jabre LJ, Kekuewa S, Bertrand EM ,Horák A, Oborník M, Rabines AJ, Rowland E, Zheng H, Andersson AJ, Barbeau KA, and Allen AE

  Nature Communications, 14: 7215

• Interspecies interactions determine growth dynamics of biopolymer-degrading populations in microbial communities

  D’Souza G, Schwartzman J, Keegstra J, Schreier JE, Daniels M, Cordero O, Stocker R, and Ackermann M

  PNAS,120(44): e2305198120

• Progress and challenges in exploring aquatic microbial communities using non-targeted metabolomics

  Thukral M, Allen AE, and Petras D.

  The ISME Journal

• Mechanistic constraints on the trade-off between photosynthesis and respiration in response to warming

  Leles SG and Levine NM

  Science Advances, 9, eadh804