The Simons Collaboration on Principles of Microbial Ecosystems (PriME) elucidates the principles underpinning the self-organization, structure and function of microbial communities in the ocean.

Recent Publications

• Relationships between phytoplankton pigments and DNA- or RNA-based abundances support ecological applications

  Lampe, RH, Rabines AJ, Wood-Rocca SM, Schulberg A, Goericke R, Venepally P, Zheng H, Stukel MR, Landry MR, Barton AD, and Allen AE

  Biogeosciences, 22: 6787–6810

• Genome-resolved biogeography of Phaeocystales, cosmopolitan bloom-forming algae

  Füssy Z, Lampe RH, Arrigo KR, et al., and Allen AE

  Nature Communications, 16:8559

• Structured interactions explain the absence of keystone species in synthetic microcosms

  Mizrahi SP, Lee H, Goyal A, Owen E, and Gore J

  The ISME Journal, 19(1): wraf211

• Molecular forecasting of domoic acid during a pervasive toxic diatom bloom

  Brunson JK, Thukral M, Ryan JP, et al., and Allen AE

  PNAS, 121(40): e2319177121