On September 27th 2018, we launched the new SciLifeLab Research Community Program “Aquatic Microbiome Research Initiative” (AMRI) following a distinguished lecture from our colleague and friend of Swedish aquatic microbiology research, Dr. Mary-Ann Moran, professor at University of Georgia-Athens. Mary-Ann discussed her work in Metabolites of the Surface Ocean Microbiome, the history of the subject and research moving forward.
The coordination group (Stefan, Anders Andersson, Rachel Foster and Jarone Pinhassi) then met at the SciLife Lab in Uppsala on to discuss the next steps in moving this forward.