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.
Symbiomes in aquatic plants sediments
In our New Phytologist commentary, co-authored with Sairah Malkin, we discuss Scholz et al. (2021), who reveal the widespread association between aquatic plant rhizospheres and cable bacteria, highlighting their ecological significance.
Zebra mussel holobionts fix and recycle nitrogen
In our Frontiers in Microbiology paper, we investigated how zebra mussels influence nitrogen processes, focusing on the role of their microbiome at the ecosystem scale. Our findings highlight their impact on nitrogen cycling and reveal, for the first time, their contribution to dinitrogen fixation.
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.
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.