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A collaboration @SimonsFdn which investigates the principles underpinning the self-organization, structure, and function of #microbial communities in the #ocean

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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!👀
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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/s41467-026-7…

Alteromonas macleodii breaches the diatom frustule triggering protoplast emergence and programmed...

Nature Communications - In this study, the authors show that the marine bacterium Alteromonas macleodii exploits the diatom Thalassiosira rotula by triggering programmed necrosis-like cell death....

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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.2026.1…
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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/
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Otto X. Cordero@oxcorderoSep 6
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…
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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. 🌊🦠
Cell Host & Microbe@cellhostmicrobeAug 12
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-microbe/a…

Life out of equilibrium: Rethinking how we quantify and model marine microbial phenotypes

The standard paradigm of marine microbial physiology has been to assess the “optimal” phenotype under defined environmental conditions. Yet marine microbes experience large environmental fluctuatio...

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Congratulations to the whole PriME crew 😃
Otto X. Cordero@oxcorderoAug 27
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/s41586-0…
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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! 🤗
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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 🤗👇
Cameron Thrash@jcamthrashJun 16
Deep-sea anaerobic microbial communities couple degradation of insoluble chitin to extracellular electron transfer academic.oup.com/ismej/advan…

Deep-sea anaerobic microbial communities couple degradation of insoluble chitin to extracellular...

Abstract. Chitin, a major structural component of arthropod exoskeletons, is an abundant carbon and nitrogen source in marine ecosystems. While its degrada

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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! 🍀🚀
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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/scia…

Defining metabolic niches for marine microbial heterotrophs

Understanding carbon cycling requires simplifying bacterial diversity into functional groups defined by genetic signatures.

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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/s41564-0…

The ecology of bacterial attachment to phytoplankton

Nature Microbiology - Here the authors review current understanding of the mechanistic marine microbial interactions that underpin large-scale ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycling.

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Sammy Pontrelli@sammy_pontrelliMay 11
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/postdoc…
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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/schlaefli…

Astrid Stubbusch discovers hunting bacteria

Prix Schläfli 2026 for Biology: From a very young age, Astrid Stubbusch wanted to thoroughly explore life in all its forms. In her thesis at Eawag – the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and...

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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 🤗!
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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! 🚀
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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! 🌊🦠
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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/pnas.25…

Stochastic resilience enables particle foraging in oligotrophic marine environments | PNAS

Heterotrophic bacteria play a central role in attenuating the sequestration of carbon to the deep ocean by degrading sinking marine particles. The ...

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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/pnas.25…

Bacterial iron acquisition by Escherichia coli is facilitated by amino acid complexation in a...

In natural environments, bacteria often encounter low concentrations of nutrient mixtures that are continuously replenished by physical processes s...

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❓Does low phosphate help keep carbon locked in fucoidan rather than recycled by bacteria❓ A PriME fellow from the @HehemannJan lab explored this question in a study just published on @NatureMicrobiol 🤗⬇️ nature.com/articles/s41564-0…

Phosphate deprivation restricts bacterial degradation of the marine polysaccharide fucoidan

Nature Microbiology - Limiting phosphate concentrations could be a strategy to protect and sequester carbon dioxide as fucoidan, a polysaccharide produced by marine algae.

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