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07.07.2024

New DFG research unit "DynaSym"

How different species interact with each other, for example as predator and prey, is by no means fixed and can depend on the prevailing environmental conditions. Which factors play a role in this process is the focus topic of the new DFG research unit "DynaSym", with the participation of the University of Konstanz. The unit's spokesperson is Lutz Becks.

24.05.2024

Postdoc Positions available

We are looking for postdocs to join us in single cell work with plankton and modelling the evolution of endosymbiosis.

18.05.2024

Beautiful phytoplankton from Lake Constance

Impressions from phytoplankton sampled from Lake Constance

18.05.2024

New project starting

New project on intragenotypic variation

23.04.2024

They have finally arrived!

The first tanks for a new mesocosm facility have arrived at the Limnological Institute. This project is supported by the Gips Schüle Foundation.

23.05.2022

Experimentelle Evolution

Genomische Signaturen des Übergangs zur Mehrzelligkeit

23.05.2022

New method to quantify giant virus and virophages

Simultaneous Giant Virus and Virophage Quantification Using Droplet Digital PCR

31.01.2022

Strong Selection and High Mutation Supply Characterize Experimental Chlorovirus Evolution

Check out our new paper on virus evolution.

11.07.2021

How does unicellular life transition to multicellular life?

Biologist Professor Lutz Becks and his team observe the genetic imprint of the surprisingly rapid transition from unicellular to multicellular life

02.09.2020

Repeatable ecological dynamics govern the response of experimental communities to antibiotic pulse perturbation

Multi-species bacterial communities bounce back from environmental disturbances. Read more about our new work on resilience of bacterial communities.