Code
01CD11623
Duration
01 January 2024 → 31 May 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Community ecology
- Microbiomes
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Engineering and technology
- Microfluidics/flow chemistry
Keywords
droplet microfluidics
ultra-high throughput functionality assays
microbial interactions
hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria
Project description
Hydrogen-oxidizing communities are excellent candidates for the production of edible microbial protein from surplus renewable energy. However, little is known about the ecological mechanisms that govern these communities. In this project, these mechanisms are investigated using a droplet microfluidic workflow, enabling the analysis of thousands of bacterial interactions per second at a single-cell level.