Lucinid Symbiosis Genomics Hub
Current Projects DOME
Lucinid clams host a nutritional symbiosis with chemosynthetic sulfide-oxidizing bacteria within gill epithelial cells. Their ancient age and…
Current Research Projects
Cluster of Excellence: Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health
Current Projects DOME
If all microbial life disappeared from Earth, our world would change dramatically. Microorganisms are essential for nutrient recycling, decomposing…
Methane paradox revisited: Unravelling the impacts of eutrophication on microbial methane cycling in aquatic ecosystems (METHANIAQ)
Current Projects DOME
Aquatic ecosystems are a major source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, accounting for half of the global methane emissions. Biogenic methane is…
The Comammox Research Platform
Current Projects DOME
The environmental deposition of nitrogen used in food production and from fossil fuel combustion exceeds the amounts of biologically fixed nitrogen in…
Symbiosis
Current Projects DOME
Development of an artificial symbiont’s birth (SymBirth)
Virus-host interactions
Current Projects DOME
The sympatric lifestyle of giant viruses: contact tracing and fitness through mobile genetic elements (CHIMERA)