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

• Raman imaging of the phycosphere reveals sharp gradients of organic matter exuded by single phytoplankton cells

  Landry ZC, Foffi R, Anelli V, Arosio P, Gil-Garcia M, Henshaw RJ, Müller O, Paccagnan G, Schneider TN, Schubert CJ, Słomka J, Lee KS, Zambelli T, Zweifel ST, and Stocker R

  PNAS, 123(29): e2535317123

• A Continuous Culture Millifluidic Device for the Study of Escherichia coli under Low and Fluctuating Nutrient Conditions

  Lara-Gutiérrez L, Lee KS, Nguyen J, Landry Z, Alcolombri U, Keegstra J, Jiménez-Martinéz J, and Stocker R

  JoVE, Biology

• The coccosphere of the heavy calcifying coccolithophore Coccolithus braarudii provides defense against bacteria

  Zweifel ST, Henshaw RJ, Pioli R, Martínez-Pérez C, Alcolombri U, Landry Z, and Stocker R

  Communications Biology

• Deep-sea anaerobic microbial communities couple degradation of insoluble chitin to extracellular electron transfer

  Yamini J, Guo Y, Connon S, Pontrelli S, Wu F, Schwartzman J, Lim S, Sauer U, Cordero OX, and Orphan VJ

  The ISME Journal