MicrobiomeResearchLab

Transcriptomic profiles of single-copy marker genes enable predicting bacterial growth states in microbial communities Studying microbial community dynamics is fundamental to better understand ecosystem stability, resilience and environmental change. Community composition changes with the growth of individual members,...

🚨New preprint from the lab🚨 We present a transcriptomic, marker gene-based growth classifier that predicts the growth states of bacterial strains from different phyla cultivated in diverse conditions.

#MicroSky #MicroEcoEvo #MicroEco #Microbiology

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

13.09.2025 08:55 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

The JEDI marker as a universal measure of planetary biodiversity Despite its critical importance in the formation and maintenance of ecosystems and homeostasis on Earth, biodiversity remains a complex and non-unified concept. Consequently, standards for measuring g...

🚨Check out our latest preprint on a new approach to assess and monitor #biodiversity globally, applicable across vast ecological scales from holobionts to cross-ecosystems🚨

#MicroSky #MicroEcoEvo #conservation

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

13.09.2025 08:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🎙️📷 We spoke with #BlueRemediomics partner
Martin Alessandrini from @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social
who focuses on ocean advocacy and international cooperation.
Watch the video with Martin below!

👉 Read the interview here: blueremediomics.eu/the-blue-bio...

10.09.2025 11:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The JEDI marker as a universal measure of planetary biodiversity Despite its critical importance in the formation and maintenance of ecosystems and homeostasis on Earth, biodiversity remains a complex and non-unified concept. Consequently, standards for measuring g...

🚨New preprint from the lab 🚨
We demonstrate the effectiveness and applicability of assessing tree-of-life scale biodiversity across ecological scales using a single pair of PCR primers! The JEDI marker can serve to greatly enhance current biodiv. assessments

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

29.08.2025 05:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Extensive data mining uncovers novel diversity among members of the rare biosphere within the Thermoplasmatota - Microbiome Background Rare species, especially of the marine sedimentary biosphere, have long been overlooked owing to the complexity of sediment microbial communities, their sporadic temporal and patchy spatial...

Great to see the latest contribution from some of our team is out -

Extensive data mining uncovers novel diversity among members of the rare biosphere within the Thermoplasmatota

microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

21.07.2025 12:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It has been a long process but we are very excited to finally have our own #aquarium up and running and happy to see the newest members of the lab are settling in nicely 🐠🪸

21.07.2025 12:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Host-level biodiversity shapes the dynamics and networks within the coral reef microbiome Abstract. Coral reefs face severe threats from human activity, resulting in drastic biodiversity loss. Despite the urgency of safeguarding these ecosystems

🚨Latest work from our lab is out!🚨

Led by our recently graduated PhD candidate Fabienne Wiederkehr - this study investigates the impact of host-level #biodiversity and habitat complexity on #coral reef-associated #microbiome dynamics - academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

13.06.2025 05:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Host-level biodiversity shapes the dynamics and networks within the coral reef microbiome Abstract. Coral reefs face severe threats from human activity, resulting in drastic biodiversity loss. Despite the urgency of safeguarding these ecosystems

Excited to announce that our study on the impact of host-level #biodiversity and habitat complexity on shaping #coral reef-associated #microbiome dynamics has been accepted in ISME Communications - @isme-microbes.bsky.social @microbiomeresearch.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

13.06.2025 05:40 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

Inside the Tara Polar Station cabin looking out over ocean in France

A view of the Tara Polar Station sitting in Lorient harbour

A picture of the Tara Polar Station from the outside as it sits in Lorient harbour

A picture of TREC's Thomas Haize in front of the Tara Polar Station in Lorient harbour

The Arctic is threatened by global heating and pollution: @taraoceans-science.bsky.social polar station will both lock into ice and float on water to support researchers in understanding these threats. TREC's Thomas Haize attended the vessel's inauguration in Lorient and shared these great pics!

30.04.2025 12:21 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

It took us a little while to get here but we are excited to now be a part of the @bsky.app community! We are a research lab at ETH Zurich that studies the diversity, dynamics and ecology of microbiomes across different ecosystems, with a particular focus on the oceans

15.04.2025 11:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0