Code
01G01323
Duration
01 January 2023 → 31 December 2027
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor-spokesperson
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Computational evolutionary biology, comparative genomics and population genomics
- Single-cell data analysis
- Chemical and physical ecology
- Marine ecology
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Engineering and technology
- Environmental marine biotechnology
Keywords
Diatoms
phototrophic biofilms
sexual life cycles
interkingdom signaling
bacteria
climate change
quorum sensing
recombination
experimental evolution
population genomics
single-cell RNA-sequencing
regulatory pathways
biomarkers.
Project description
We aim to identify and functionally characterize key adaptations that drive the extraordinary species diversity and ecological success of benthic diatoms. We will employ a multi-disciplinary approach to study the role of climate-sensitive abiotic stressors and diatom-bacteria interactions on life cycle dynamics in existing and newly developed model species, as well as in natural populations.