EEM-Lab

Registration is now open for the NCCR Microbiomes' workshop Advanced methods in microbial community analysis. This short winter course will take place from 12-23 January 2026 at the University of Lausanne. NCCR experts will present in-depth topics in working with sequencing data, including experimental design, data analysis and interpretation, and data re-use.

Register at this link: https://forms.gle/kpNtq4jybxdMwrq58.

Proliferation and survival of bacterial inoculants for bioaugmentation into soils is often limited by their incapacity to compete for nutrients with the native resident microbiota. In a new publication, Clara, Phil and Senka, in collaboration with the Greene lab, showed how engineered utilization of phosphite instead of phosphate as P-source, can give distinct advantages for a toluene-degrading strain of Pseudomonas veronii to grow and sustain in developing or steady-state soil microcosm-grown synthetic communities. Congratulations to all! Look at the open-access publication here.  

Congratulations to Hammam, Nico and Hanna, for their new publication on the DNA sliding mechanism that permits a ParB-like protein encoded by ICEclc to regulate its activation and transfer. And a great outcome of the collaboration between the Gruber and van der Meer labs!

A big hurrah to Roxane for passing her PhD thesis exam successfully!

Congratulations to Gaitan and Nicolas for their new publication, uncovering the bimodal pattern of manganese oxidase expression in stationary phase Pseudomonas putida cells. Not yet the 'why' for manganese oxidation but at least the 'when'! And a great outcome of a wonderful collaboration with the group of Jasquelin Pena at UC Davis.