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Emmy Noether Research Group for Organosulfur Cycling

Group Leader

Emmy Noether Research Group for Organosulfur Cycling

Dr. Eileen Kröber

MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany

Room: 

3242

Phone: 

+49 421 2028-8250

Dr. Eileen Kröber

Eileen Kröber's research focuses on organic sulfur compounds which are produced in our oceans and play an important role in climate regulation. These compounds are produced in large quantities in seagrass beds, mangroves and coral reefs – habitats where numerous worms and mussels obtain their nutrition with the help of symbiotic bacteria. This is where Kröber's research comes in: To date, it is not known to what extent such symbioses use the climate-cooling sulfur compounds as a source of energy and sulfur and thus reduce their release into the environment.

Specifically, in the Emmy Noether junior research group that will now be established, Kröber wants to investigate how organic sulfur compounds contribute to the nutrition of symbioses. “Although the importance of these compounds for marine biology and ecology is becoming increasingly clear, it is surprisingly not known whether they can be used by symbioses between bacteria and marine animals,” Kröber explains. “My initial results show that organic sulfur compounds are important for the nutrition of symbiotic partners. To gain a deeper understanding of their importance, I will use a variety of different state-of-the-art methods, such as metatranscriptomics, -proteomics and -bolomics, coupled with experiments in the lab.”

Shallow water environment with seagrasses and clams/mussels

NEWS

Kristina Weinert

February 2024 - Kristina joins the team

Kristina joined the Organosulfur Cycling Group as new PhD candidate working on the biochemical pathways of organosulfur compound metabolism and cycling in gutless oligocheates and lucinid clams.

September 2023 - Article about our research in BIOSpektrum

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