RESEARCH

Microbial Systems Biology

My research is focused on tackling general questions about microbial communities to improve our understanding of the microbial world in the prospect of planetary and public health. As such my interest is not wedded to a single ecosystem. Yet, I have mostly worked on aquatic microorganisms including oceanic and polar algae, freshwater bacteria as well as laboratory model species such as the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

OCEANIC & POLAR ALGAE

LABORATORY MODEL ORGANISMS

FRESHWATER BACTERIA

Core research projects

from Microbiology to Systems Biology

My research combines molecular and algae biotechnology, advanced DNA sequencing techniques and computational biology methods to cover various topics related to microbial communities.

Current emphasis of my research lies in the following areas:

Real-time genomics

Novel bioinformatic solutions for real-time genomics based on Nanopore sequencing

Predicting community functions

New tools for metagenomic data mining and functional pathway predictions

Understanding community factors

Vitamin B12: Nature's most complex vitamin and it's natural analogous

Identifying microbial compositions

Low-cost freshwater monitoring and pathogen detection using Nanopore sequencing

Studying the formation of microbial interactions

A multi-omics study on the micro-eukaryotic response to vitamin B12 signalling

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Individual species genomics

Improving the understanding of model species such as the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii