It is always exciting when a long-term effort pays off, and today I’m delighted to share our latest publication in the Annual Review of Microbiology, titled Biophysics of Microbial Locomotion. This was a real team effort with Tommaso Redaelli and Isobel Short, with the review delving into how the physics of the microscale, where viscosity…
Summer of science is in swing – two new papers in PNAS and Communications Biology!
It’s been a busy summer so far with conferences, travel, and the occasional bit of science. As the heat finally starts to relent in Switzerland, we can celebrate two new papers now out in PNAS and Communications Biology! Two back-to-back conferences took me to Corsica for the Microscale Ocean Biophysics Conference 8.0, and my first…
New paper out in Science Advances today – how bacteria induce metamorphosis in coccolithophores!
Delighted to share our most recent paper out today in Science Advances titled “Bacteria induce an amoeboid phase in coccolithophores that persists after bloom collapse”. This work was led by Sophie Zweifel, a PhD student in the Stocker Lab, and delves into a previously uncharacterised life-stage in bloom-forming coccolithophores. Coccolithophores, such as Geophryocapsa huxleyi (formally…
New preprint: how the coccosphere defends algae from bacterial attack
Excited to share our latest preprint live today on BiorXiv titled “Guardians of the cell: coccosphere prevents opportunitistic bacteria attack in heavy calcifying coccolithophore” . This work was led by Sophie Zweifel, a PhD student in the Stocker Lab, and forms the final exciting chapter of her doctoral work, with a scheduled defense upcoming later…
Kick-starting conference season with the ECR prize at Physics of Life 2025
Conference season is well-and-truly in swing now, starting with the Physics of Life 2025 conference in Harrogate last week. Here I was presenting our recent work on characterising nutrient exchange between marine microbes with microfluidics and Raman microspectroscopy. It was a fantastic week of excellent talks, and I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect with…
