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June 3, 2024
Ghita joined PriME five years ago to pursue her PhD in the Hwa’s lab. Her project focused on characterizing the mechanisms that lead to chitin degradation combining quantitative microbiology experiments with mathematical modeling. She recently successfully defended her thesis on “Life in structuredenvironments: colonization, growth and dispersal of bacterial populations”concluding her journey in PriME. Thank […]
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May 24, 2024
Hagen received the BRIESE Prize 2023 for his groundbreaking research on the long-lasting sugar polymers produced by brown algae, which act as efficient carbon sinks. His dissertation, awarded ‘summa cum laude,’ overcame significant analytical challenges to reveal the climate-protecting potential of these carbohydrates. Read more about Hagen’s project and the Prize here! […]
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April 5, 2024
The four PriME European labs (Stocker, Schubert/Ackermann, Sauer, Hehemann) gathered for an engaging two-day meeting in Zurich. It was amazing to see the progression of ideas generated at last year’s regional meeting into ongoing collaborative projects among different labs.The mixed format, comprising presentations and interactive brainstorming sessions, proved successful once again. Thank you all participants […]
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February 2, 2024
We say good bye to Xiaoyu, who successfully completed his PhD on ecology and evolution in microbial communities in the group of Otto Cordero at the MIT. He will start a PostDoc in Dianne Newman’s lab at The California Institute of Technology in California and will keep working on microbes. We wish him all the […]
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December 21, 2023
A warm farewell to two long-time PriME members Noelle and Zach. Thank you for your work in PriME and all the best for your next steps! […]
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November 21, 2023
The astrophysicist and President of the Simons Foundation, Dr. David Spergel, visited us on November 21st. PriME members from our group as well as those from the Schubert/Ackermann and the Sauer lab welcomed him, providing hands-on demonstrations and presentations of our ongoing research on marine microbial ecosystems. The visit wrapped up with a round-table […]
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November 14, 2023
Congratulations Shep! Shep, from the Moran group, successfully navigated his PhD journey by defending the thesis “Metabolite transport and its role in marine microbial interactions“. 👏🥳 Happy that you will be continuing your research on microbes in PriME in the Orphan’s lab from 2024 😃 […]
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October 16, 2023
Four new scientists have recently joined PriME! […]
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September 14, 2023
The Simons Foundation welcomed 50 members of the collaboration in NYC from September 11th to 13th. During this time, the PIs and junior members shared knowledge, exciting results , vision about the future of our oceans and much more in an informal and enjoyable atmosphere pampered with delicious food. Along with presentations and posters, vibrant […]
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August 10, 2023
A new PriME Dr. is onboard ! Rachel Szabo from the Cordero group has successfully defended her PhD thesis on “The ecology of prophages at the microscale” 👏🥳She will stay in the collaboration and join the Ackermann lab next year! Looking forward to having you around in Zurich 😊 […]
