We are excited to share a major milestone for our team: the very first PhD defense within the project has been successfully completed! On 16 January, Xuejian defended his dissertation titled“Portfolio of Cyanobacterial Secondary Metabolites and Their Biotransformation in Surface Waters.” His work provides valuable insights into the diversity of cyanobacterial metabolites and how theseContinue reading “First PhD defense in our project!”
Category Archives: Updates
Find us @ ICTC13
We are back at the International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria (ICTC13). This time this exciting conference is hosted in Crete. We are happy to be able to show what we have worked on since the beginning of the project and our first visit to the ICTC12 in 2022. You will be able to find usContinue reading “Find us @ ICTC13”
Planktothrix rubescens in Greifensee
This year we encouter a Planktothrix rubescens bloom in Greifensee. This is fascinating as this is not a typical species to dominate this system. We will explore the emergence of this bloom and its metabolite profile.
Simon Wullschleger leaves eawag
Simon was a research assistant in the CyanoBloom project from the beginning. Now he is moving on and out of academia to work at Bachema AG. As an environmental scientist and chemist, he was working on the analysis of cyanopeptides. We were very happy to have him as part of our team and wish himContinue reading “Simon Wullschleger leaves eawag”
We keep blooming
Almost two years have passed since we started this exciting project. We have been very busy and got a lot done: – We have run many experiments trying to understand how biofilm transforms cyanobacteria secondary metabolites, how zooplankton likes or dislikes feeding on cyanos and trying to understand how toxic and non-toxic strains of cyanobacteriaContinue reading “We keep blooming”
Impressions from ALSO 2023
Last week, many of us joined the ALSO 2023 conference in Palma de Mallorca. After a week of listening, presenting, learning, chatting, eating and much more, we were all exhausted but happy. We got inspired by a lot of presentations and talks while also being able to share the exciting work we do in ourContinue reading “Impressions from ALSO 2023”
Cyanobloom joining ASLO 2023
A large part of the cyanobloom team will join ASLO 2023 in Palma de Mallorca. The conference will take place June 4 – June 9. Cyanobloom will host the session SS097 What Mechanisms Drive Toxic Algal Blooms? that will take place Thursday 8th 8.30am – 10.00am in the Sala Palma. Do not miss the sessionContinue reading “Cyanobloom joining ASLO 2023”
Growing biofilm in Greifensee
Xuejian installed two cages with glass slides at the monitoring platform in Greifensee. The cages are deployed underwater near the surface and are used to grow natural biofilms on glass slides. After 4 to 6 weeks’ growing, he will harvest the biofilms and spike cyanopeptides to learn about the biotransformation process of toxins/NRPs. The goalContinue reading “Growing biofilm in Greifensee”
CyanoBloom @ ICTC 12
Last week, CyanoBloom was at the 12th International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria in Toledo, Ohio. We were able to present our exciting research project, our ideas and visions. Our team was represented by Francesco, Lilli, Pinelopi and Agustina who held two presentations and presented a poster. They gained a lot of new insight and inspiration,Continue reading “CyanoBloom @ ICTC 12”
Deepthi Vinod finished her internship with us
Deepthi was a master student and now an intern with David Johnson for a couple of months. As a biotechnologist and aspiring microbial ecologist, she was working on knocking out a toxic gene (mcy) from Microcystis aeruginosa. We were very happy to have her as part of our team and her contribution to the project.
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