We study microbial communities using shotgun metagenomics and amplicon sequencing and develop methodology for enhancing such studies.
The activities of complex microbial communities shape our planet and affect the health of the humans. In our group we employ metagenomics and taxonomic marker gene sequencing to explore patterns of microbial diversity and reconstruct genomes and metabolic pathways of microbes in environments ranging from the Baltic Sea to the rumen of Moose. We also develop molecular and bioinformatics tools for enhancing the information output from such studies. An introduction to metagenomics and amplicon sequencing can be found here.
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.