Our work on “shapeshifting marine algae” has been published in Science Advances
We have just published our discovery that coccolithophores, the microscopic algae that help regulate Earth’s climate, can transform into a bizarre, amoeba-like state…
We have just published our discovery that coccolithophores, the microscopic algae that help regulate Earth’s climate, can transform into a bizarre, amoeba-like state…
During the 155th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) in San Antonio, Texas, Luiz Silva received the prestigious AFS Fellow Award…
We showed that optimal shearing can increase bacterial conjugation rate five-fold, suggesting that high-shear regions (e.g., turbulent surface ocean) could act as conjugation…
During carbon starvation, motility may help bacteria to swim out of trouble, but at great energetic cost. Marine bacteria have developed two strategies…
When: In Person 16-20 June 2025, Online 16-19 June 2025 – Explore the fundamental principles of microfluidic technology and gain hands-on experience through…
Our Ecohydraulics Team has completed a study for the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) aimed at assessing the efficiency of fish…
How do microbes survive and thrive in heterogeneous environments where nutrient concentrations fluctuate in space and time? In collaboration with Martin Pilhofer’s group…
How do microbial behaviour and interactions influence carbon storage in the deep sea? An international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Roman Stocker,…
Rapid changes in water discharge, a phenomenon known as hydropeaking, can disturb aquatic ecosystems, and researchers have sought to understand how fish species cope…
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In this short course, organized by Eleonora and Stefano in collaboration with the MSE group (Eawag) and the De Mello group (ETH), you…
Tommaso Redaelli has won the Best Poster Prize at the Biology Across Scale Symposium! This three-day workshop, held in Cascais, Portugal, brought together…
Estelle Clerc searches remote waters such as the deep ocean for bacteria that can degrade specific pollutants such as microplastics, pharmaceuticals and pesticides….
Roman was awarded Highly Cited Researcher by the Web of Science “in recognition of exceptional research performance, demonstrating significant and broad influence in the…