The molecular life of the Adriatic Sea Phytoplankton
Adri LIFE
Phytoplankton plays a key role in marine biogeochemical cycles. Physiological adaptations of phytoplankton affect biodiversity, dynamics and interactions in marine ecosystem networks.
Research
To understand the dynamics of marine phytoplankton and its reactions to changing environments (like e.g. climate changes or anthropogenic pressures) it is of great importance to understand the physiological basis at species at molecular level.
This project will employ metatranscriptome analysis for this purpose and thus will drive the current research approaches of the involved institutes and in general for the regions towards research methodologies that involve high throughput methodologies and deep molecular biological analysis of marine environments and especially marine phytoplankton.