We study microbial communities using shotgun metagenomics and amplicon sequencing and develop methodology for enhancing such studies.
We develop and apply molecular and bioinformatics methods for studying microbes and microbiomes in their natural environment. The group has a strong focus on microbial ecology and evolution, where meta-omics data is used for deciphering the ecosystem function, regulation, and evolution of microbial populations. The main ecosystem under study is the Baltic Sea but also animal-associated and engineered ecosystems are studied. The group leader, Anders Andersson is also coordinating the work on molecular data in the Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure (SBDI) and is a Scientific co-lead of the SciLifeLab Planetary Biology Capability. We collaborate closely with Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre.
Press Releases
- Adaptation to salinity across the bacterial tree of life: comparing genomes to unravel molecular mechanisms
- Comprehensive catalogue of Baltic Sea plankton genomes
- Underground bacteria and nuclear waste repositories (Movie!)
- Closest relatives of Baltic Sea plankton are found in brackish North American waters
- Mysteriet i Östersjön: Var kommer planktonen från?
- Ny algoritm för att sätta ihop bakteriers genom
- EU-project for microbial monitoring of the Baltic Sea
- Decreased gut bacterial diversity in infants born by Caesarean section
- A human gene associated with gut microbiota composition
- A 3D map of the Baltic Sea microbiome
- Comprehensive catalogue of Baltic Sea plankton genomes
Check out our projects on GitHub:
Where we share our bioinformatic software and lab protocols.