New approaches to understanding eco-evolutionary dynamics in metaorganisms (C04*)

Subject Area Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
Evolution, Anthropology
Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
Virology
Term since 2020
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 261376515
 

Project Description

The project C4 (Rainey, Hentschel-Humeida) aims to explore the role of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) as regulators of host-associated microbial community composition and function. The project will expand on the established Metaorganism Evolution Experiment approach by providing highly resolved insights into the dynamics of evolutionary change under regimes that either promote or hinder MGEs in two host-microbe pairs: the worm C. elegans & Ochrobactrum and the sponge H. panicea & Vibrio.
DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres
Subproject of SFB 1182:  Origin and Function of Metaorganisms
Applicant Institution Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Co-Applicant Institution GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel; Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie
Project Heads Professorin Dr. Ute Hentschel-Humeida; Dr. Tim Lachnit, until 12/2023; Professor Paul Rainey, Ph.D.