The MOST cited paper in Microbiology
My DGGE paper is the most cited paper in Microbiology (see https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fny230). I feel honored that the paper made such a big contribution to the field.
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Fieldwork on Texel
An impression of the fieldwork in the MSc-course Microbial Ecology. We were searching for microbial mats.
Read More →PhD-defense of Muhe Diao
On Wednesday October 17 Muhe Diao successfully defended his thesis, as my first PhD-student at the University of Amsterdam.
Read More →Poster award for Anne Catherine Ahn
My PhD-student Anne Catherine Ahn won the poster award on the 12th International Congress on Extremophiles.
Read More →New publication
Today the publication of Charlotte D. Vavourakis, Adrian-Stefan Andrei, Maliheh Mehrshad, Rohit Ghai, Dimitry Y. Sorokin and Gerard Muyzer entitled A metagenomics roadmap to the uncultured genome diversity in hypersaline soda lake sediments was published in the journal Microbiome. Go to READ MORE and click on https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0548-7 to read this article.
Read More →Fieldwork at GEOMAR in Kiel
Fieldwork together with Martin Wahl and Aschwin Engelen on the benthocosm upwelling experiment within the AQUACOSM program.
Read More →Metagenomics Workshop 2018
I participated in the first Metagenomics Workshop organized by Marc Strous and his team at the University of Calgary. It was an excellent course with lectures and hands-on exercises. Now I have to apply that what I have learned (see figure) on my own metagenomes. But I have a strong confidence that this will work.
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New publication
Today the publication of Catarina Cúcio, Lex Overmars, Aschwin Engelen and Gerard Muyzer entitled Metagenomic analysis shows the presence of bacteria related to free-living forms of sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic symbionts in the rhizosphere of the seagrass Zostera marina is published in Frontiers in Marine Science. go to READ MORE and click on https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00171 to read this […]
Read More →New publication
Today the publication of Tania Aires, Gerard Muyzer, Ester A. Serrao, and Aschwin H. Engelen entitled Unravelling seaweeds bacteriomes: From field site to computer screen is published in the book Protocols for Macroalgae Research, CRC Press, ISBN 9781498796422
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