A journey from land to sea in Naples
Read about our fieldwork in Naples last July, and how this has to do with Diego Armando Maradona!
PhD project on alien species and microbiomes
We invite applications for a PhD student to work with Dr Ulisse Cardini, Prof Harald Gruber-Vodicka and Prof Marco Bartoli on the project "Mya arenaria in tidal flats: the role of the Holobiont in an ancient European invader (MarsH)".
Open position: postdoctoral fellowship in marine biogeochemistry
We invite applications for a postdoctoral researcher to work with Dr Ulisse Cardini and Dr Francesca Margiotta on "Spatial and temporal variability of gas fluxes and ratios in coastal marine ecosystems".
Marine Symbiomes success: first PhD student successfully defends thesis at viva!
Marine Symbiomes success: first PhD student successfully defends thesis at viva!
Sponge and seagrass – evidence for a marine love story?
Read about our fieldwork experiments at Schiacchetiello, where we aimed to disentangle an intimate seagrass-sponge relationship.
Field campaign in Ischia!
Read about our fieldwork in the Posidonia oceanica meadows off Ischia Island last September and how this is related to stirring Neapolitan coffee.
Harmony between bacteria and an alien marine plant
We demonstrate the importance of diazotrophs in sustaining primary productivity of the invasive marine plant Halophila stipulacea.
Chemosynthetic symbionts can fix atmospheric nitrogen
Using omics and stable isotopes, we show that the sulfur-oxidizing symbionts of invertebrate animals are also capable of nitrogen fixation.
BMC Ecology Image Competition 2016
A photo I have taken of sand bubbler crabs has been selected within the BMC Ecology Image Competition 2016 out of over 140 total entries.
Why some bacteria are good: the example of corals
Within the project CANCOR, we show that corals rely on nitrogen provided by diazotrophic bacteria when other sources are scarce.