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

• Bacteria induce an amoeboid phase in coccolithophores that persists after bloom collapse

  Zweifel ST, Henshaw RJ, Müller O, Keegstra JM, Charlton SGV, Pioli R, Martínez-Pérez C, Alcolombri U, Clerc E, and Stocker R

  Science Advance, 11: eadw7280

• Vitamin auxotrophies shape microbial community assembly on model marine particles

  Gregor R, Vercelli GT, Szabo RE, Gralka M, Reynolds RC, Qu EB, Levine NM, Cordero O

  The ISME Journal: wraf184

• Fluid flow generates bacterial conjugation hot spots by increasing the rate of shear-driven cell–cell encounters

  Zbinden M, Huisman JS, Blitvic N, Stocker R, Słomka J

  PNAS, 122(32): e2505446122

• Degradation of extracellular polymeric substances shapes microbial community diversity

  Pontrelli S, Villi KB, Sichert A, Trouillon J, Rutz A, Landry ZC, Rüdisser SH, Stocker R, Sauer U

  PLOS Biology