Perspective paper: Functional responses of key marine bacteria to environmental change – toward genetic counselling for coastal waters

Perspective paper: Functional responses of key marine bacteria to environmental change – toward genetic counselling for coastal waters

Pinhassi J, Farnelid H, García SM, Teira E, Galand PE, Obernosterer I, Quince C, Vila-Costa M, Gasol JM, Lundin D, Andersson AF, Labrenz M and Riemann L (2022) Functional responses of key marine bacteria to environmental change – toward genetic counselling for coastal waters. 

Front. Microbiol. 13:869093. 

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.869093 

Image: Pinhassi, 2022

3.76 million Crowns VR grant awarded to AMRI PIs Karin Homfeldt (project leader), Rachel Foster (co-investigator) for new research project investigating aquatic viruses in microbial communities

3.76 million Crowns VR grant awarded to AMRI PIs Karin Homfeldt (project leader), Rachel Foster (co-investigator) for new research project investigating aquatic viruses in microbial communities

Congratulations to AMRI PIs Karin Holmfeldt (project leader) and Rachel Foster (co-investigator) for their VR grant funding new project, “From cultures to communities – Virus-mediated functionality changes among aquatic bacteria.”

SciLifeLab highlights AMRI researchers Mahwash Jamy, Fabien Burki, Sari Peura et al for "Global patterns and rates of habitat transitions across the eukaryotic tree of life"

SciLifeLab highlights AMRI researchers Mahwash Jamy, Fabien Burki, Sari Peura et al for "Global patterns and rates of habitat transitions across the eukaryotic tree of life"

Congratulations to AMRI researchers Mahwash Jamy, Fabien Burki, Sari Peura et al for publishing Global patterns and rates of habitat transitions across the eukaryotic tree of life in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

Image: SciLifeLab

Seasonal dynamics in picocyanobacterial abundance and clade composition at coastal and offshore stations in the Baltic Sea

Seasonal dynamics in picocyanobacterial abundance and clade composition at coastal and offshore stations in the Baltic Sea

Congratulations to Javi Alegria, Hanna Farnelid and Catherine Legrand on publishing their latest article, “Seasonal dynamics in picocyanobacterial abundance and clade composition at coastal and offshore stations in the Baltic Sea,” in Scientific Reports.

Image: Javi Alegria, Hanna Farnelid, sampling at K-Station, Kalmar, 2018. Source: Caroline Littlefield

ESSAY| 12 APRIL 2022 Uniting diversity to create a more inclusive academic environment

ESSAY| 12 APRIL 2022 Uniting diversity to create a more inclusive academic environment

AMRI Researcher Sarahi Garcia, along with Lucie Delemotte, Alejandro Rodríguez-Gijón, Erdinc Sezgin, and Anniina Vihervaara published this essay, speaking to the crucial element of fostering diversity and inclusion in academic settings.

https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/135/7/jcs259977/275020/Uniting-diversity-to-create-a-more-inclusive

Image: Lucie Delemotte,Sarahi L. Garcia,Alejandro Rodríguez-Gijón,Erdinc Sezgin,Anniina Vihervaara, Uniting diversity to create a more inclusive academic environment, J Cell Sci, 2022, Fig. 1.

Dredging and deposition of metal sulfide rich river sediments results in rapid conversion to acid sulfate soil materials

Dredging and deposition of metal sulfide rich river sediments results in rapid conversion to acid sulfate soil materials

Congratulations to AMRI doctoral student Anders Johnson and AMRI PI Mark Dopson (et. al) for publishing Dredging and deposition of metal sulfide rich river sediments results in rapid conversion to acid sulfate soil materials in Science of the Total Environment, March 20.

(Image: Ander Johnson)

C-ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death in cyanobacteria

C-ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death in cyanobacteria

Congratulations to AMRI postdoc Anabella Aguilera (LNU) for publishing C-ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death in cyanobacteria in the Journal of Cell Biology (7th February). Do you want to hear Anabella talk about this paper? You’re in luck. She’ll be speaking about it next week in the online seminar series Cyanoworld next week!, April 14th!

Growth-stage-related shifts in diatom endometabolome composition set the stage for bacterial heterotrophy

Growth-stage-related shifts in diatom endometabolome composition set the stage for bacterial heterotrophy

Congratulations to AMRI researcher Malin Olofsson for publishing in ISME communications on 30th March. The article comes from Malin’s postdoc work in Athens, GA (USA), where she and colleagues investigated how different growth stages of diatoms affect the composition of carbon and which are taken up by surrounding bacteria.

Weakened resilience of benthic microbial communities in the face of climate change

Weakened resilience of benthic microbial communities in the face of climate change

Read this recently published article in ISME Communications from AMRI researchers Laura Seidel, Mark Dopson (et. al), which examined benthic microbial communities in a naturally heated Swedish bay outside of the Oskarshamn power plant. The study is a fascinating and rare opportunity to study climate change scenarios in Baltic Sea water that has been naturally warmed for over 50 years.

Seidel L., Ketzer M., Broman E., Shahabi-Ghahfarokhi S., Rahmati-Abkenar M., Turner S., Ståhle M., Bergström K., Manoharan L., Ali A., Forsman A., Hylander S., Dopson M. Weakened resilience of benthic microbial communities in the face of climate change.