Yesterday, the Holomicrobiome Institute was officially launched by Staatssecretaris van Landbouw, Visserij, Voedselzekerheid en Natuur | Silvio Erkens. The institute aims to strengthen the Dutch economy and contribute to a healthier, more sustainable society. Beijerinck’s famous quote, “Fortunate are those who start now” (“Gelukkig zijn zij die nu beginnen”), feels even more relevant today. In […]
Read More →Today my PhD-student Anastasiia Barilo published an article entitled “Shifts in sulphur-cycling bacteria in the rhizobiome support the adaptation of Caulerpa prolifera to elevated sulphide levels” in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. Go to READ MORE and click on the link to read the paper.
Read More →Today our article entitled “Draft genome of the marine bacterium Alteromonas gracilis strain J4 isolated from the green coenocytic alga Caulerpa prolifera” was published in the journal Microbiology Resource Announcements. Go to READ MORE and click on the link to read the paper.
Read More →Today our article entitled “Impact of persistently high sea surface temperatures on the rhizobiomes of Zostera marina in a Baltic Sea benthocosms” was published in the journal Global Change Biology. Go to READ MORE and click on the link to read the paper.
Read More →Today my former PhD-student Sara Campana published an article entitled “Sponges on shifting reefs: holobionts show similar molecular and physiological responses to coral versus macroalgal food” in the journal Frontiers in Marine Sciences. Go to READ MORE and click on the link to read the paper.
Read More →Today our PhD-student Tom Theirlynck and coworkers published an article entitled “Diversity of the holopelagic Sargassum microbiome from the Great Altlantic Sargassum Belt to coastal stranding locations” in the journal Harmful Algae. Go to READ MORE and click on the link to read the paper.
Read More →Aschwin Engelen (CCMAR, Faro, Portugal) and I are organizing the session Host-microbiomes to protect and restore marine communities of animals, plants and algae in the ASLO-2023 Aquatic Sciences Meeting that will be held from 4-9 June, 2023 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, (https://www.aslo.org/palma-2023/). The session aims to bring together leading scientists who study the interactions of marine organisms […]
Read More →Today Meggie Hudspith defended her thesis entitled: Illuminating the nutritional nature of sponge-microbe symbioses.
Read More →Today Sara Campana defended her thesis entitled: Inside the sponge engine – Metabolic responses of sponge holobionts to dissolved organic matter on changing coral reefs.
Read More →We started a new project entitled RESTORESEAS consisting of a large international consortium of scientists working on the restoration of algal forests, coral reefs and seagrass meadows. For more information see our beautiful website www.restoreseas.net
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