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May 30, 2026 New ISME Communications study out: we found that total carbon availability, rather than resource complexity, is the primary factor shaping community state shifts in a synthetic microbial community.
May 28, 2026 New PNAS study out: we used a long-term synthetic microbial community experiment to show that evolution can drive major shifts in microbial community structure over time.
May 19, 2026 Leo is joining us for a research group internship to setup a polymicrobial urinary tract infection model system. Johannes is attending the DDLS Fellows Retreat in Epidemiology and Infection Biology in Norrköping on 19-20 May and presenting a flash talk in the PALS Conference 2026 held 20-22 May in Kolmården. A new pre-print is also out on how eco-evolutionary dynamics and antibiotic detoxification interactively determine community antibiotic response.
Apr 07, 2026 Johannes is speaking at the Infect@LU Day on 7 April in Lund and at the SFM Days on 14 April in Gothenburg.
Mar 04, 2026 New: Preprint on ecological tristability in synthetic microbial communities on bioRxiv; and a paper on bacterial clade dynamics under predation accepted in Evolution (preprint).
Mar 01, 2026 Johannes was appointed Assistant Professor (DDLS Fellow) at the Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, and SciLifeLab. Here is his interview on the appointment at Lund.
Jan 10, 2026 Aava is joining the MEG Lab to implement high-resolution lineage tracking in synthetic community members as her MSc thesis project. Welcome!
Oct 09, 2025 Inga-Katariina received a doctoral research grant from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation. Congratulations!
Jan 01, 2025 Johannes was appointed Collegium Researcher at the Turku Collegium for Science, Medicine and Technology.
May 23, 2024 Inga-Katariina received a doctoral research grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Congratulations!