{"id":14729,"date":"2024-11-11T12:57:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T12:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/?page_id=14729"},"modified":"2025-11-04T09:22:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:22:40","slug":"lab-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/lab-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-5\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading vf-text vf-text-heading--1 vf-text--invert\">2025<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-4\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Happy Halloween: the first paper of the lab is officially out !<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-embed vf-embed--16x9 | vf-u-margin__bottom--400\"\n>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/64MXyQrjuvk?si=BlURQ4_0_jffMC_3\" frameborder=\"0\" controls allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n  \n<figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption vf-u-margin__top--200\">Diatom protein imaging made easy thanks to cryo-expansion microscopy. Flori, Mikus, Flaum et al., 2025,\u00a0<em>Current Biology<\/em><\/figcaption>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Our 1rst paper is officially out in Current Biology !  A wonderful collaboration with the Dey Lab showing how Cryo-ExM achieves consistent and rapid immunostaining in diverse diatoms, from the lab and the natural environment. This work was led by our post docs Serena Flori, Felix Mikus and Ellie Flaum with help from many collaborators across EMBL, TREC and beyond. This will hopefully accelerate future research in diatom cell biology, both in cultures and <em>in natura<\/em> !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/fulltext\/S0960-9822(25)01332-6\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/fulltext\/S0960-9822(25)01332-6\">here<\/a> and the major findings in the video above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The lab has a new logo &#8211; UMI Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Why UMI ? First, because it means Sea\/Ocean in Japanese. While the Ocean is our playground, Japan is where some of our roots run deep. UMI can also stand for an acronym &#8211; Unexpected Microbial Interactions &#8211; because each microbial interaction we discover comes with its own set of surprises in terms of structure, function and impact. Like one giant puzzle, it&#8217;s only by putting the pieces together that you get the full picture of how phytoplankton symbioses impact our ecosystem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-centered  size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1085\" height=\"731\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UMI_LAB_LOGO-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21911\" style=\"width:525px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UMI_LAB_LOGO-edited.jpeg 1085w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UMI_LAB_LOGO-edited-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UMI_LAB_LOGO-edited-1024x690.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UMI_LAB_LOGO-edited-768x517.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An intense month of July running a mesocosm experiment in Vigo &#8211; Spain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1005\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7129.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7129.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7129-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7129-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7129-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_7129-1536x804.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For the whole month of July, Laurine Planat, Serena Flori, Nina Guerin, Lois Goasmat, Ellie Flaum and Flora were busy running a large mesocosm experiment in the mesocosm facility of Vigo, Spain. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/cim-and-embl-join-forces-to-study-how-to-curb-red-tides-and-anticipate-the-effects-of-marine-heatwaves\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/cim-and-embl-join-forces-to-study-how-to-curb-red-tides-and-anticipate-the-effects-of-marine-heatwaves\/\">Side by side with the Advanced Mobile Lab, and in partnership with the U. Vigo<\/a>, our goal was to study the impact of marine heat waves on large scale natural communities of phytoplankton, at the molecular and cellular level in collaboration with the Schwab and Dey Labs from EMBL. Photo credit: Niko Leisch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-centered  size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/66723646-eb07-4cef-abaf-b8db9df32cf4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20275\" style=\"width:350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/66723646-eb07-4cef-abaf-b8db9df32cf4-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/66723646-eb07-4cef-abaf-b8db9df32cf4-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/66723646-eb07-4cef-abaf-b8db9df32cf4-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/66723646-eb07-4cef-abaf-b8db9df32cf4-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">And YES, a large fraction of the Vincent team was composed of these great women in science that we like seeing leading the game in the field !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First papers from the lab !<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p><strong>Establishing expansion microscopy in diatoms, from the lab to the field<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"911\" height=\"531\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-15.08.05.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-15.08.05.png 911w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-15.08.05-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-15.08.05-768x448.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rapid high-resolution immunofluorescence is now possible in cultured &amp; environmental diatoms thanks to 4-fold expansion microscopy. A step-change for comparative cell biology in one of the most important phytoplankton groups on the planet. Great collaboration with the lab of Gautam Dey and the TREC expedition, led by our post docs Serena Flori, Felix Mikus and Ellie Flaum. Full preprint available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2025.06.16.659906v1.full.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2025.06.16.659906v1.full.pdf\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p><strong><em>Chaetoceros<\/em> &#8220;Quick Guide&#8221; in Current Biology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"340\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-15.01.01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20265\" style=\"width:400px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-15.01.01.png 866w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-15.01.01-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-15.01.01-768x302.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"346\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-09.07.40.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20325\" style=\"width:396px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-09.07.40.png 779w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-09.07.40-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-09.07.40-768x341.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The lab was invited to write a short piece to explain why <em>Chaetoceros <\/em>is such a promising model for phytoplankton symbiosis research. A great collaboration together with Wiebe Kooistra, expert in <em>Chaetoceros<\/em> evolution and taxonomy. Get access to the full paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0960982225008024?dgcid=author\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0960982225008024?dgcid=author\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conferences&#8230;.and poster prizes !<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A non exhaustive list of the conferences the lab has attended in the past couple of months<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p><strong>Molecular Life of Diatoms &#8211; Ghent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serena Flori, Ellie Flaum and Flora attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibconferences.be\/events\/molecular-life-of-diatoms-8\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vibconferences.be\/events\/molecular-life-of-diatoms-8\">Molecular Life of Diatoms<\/a> conference in June, Ghent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4D98-9C71-91-0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4D98-9C71-91-0.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4D98-9C71-91-0-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4D98-9C71-91-0-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4D98-9C71-91-0-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4D98-9C71-91-0-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Serena Flori and Flora could share some of the lab&#8217;s recent advancements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0012-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0012-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0012-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0012-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0012-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0012-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0012-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Laurine Planat speaks at the <em>Tara<\/em> Oceans Retreat &#8211; Nice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Tara<\/em> Oceans retreat is an annual gathering where all the community meets to update each other on how we use the <em>Tara<\/em> data &#8211; even after over 10 years, still room for discoveries !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-centered  size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1200px-The_schooner_TARA_Port_Lay_I\u0302le_de_Groix_2009.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20351\" style=\"width:327px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1200px-The_schooner_TARA_Port_Lay_I\u0302le_de_Groix_2009.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1200px-The_schooner_TARA_Port_Lay_I\u0302le_de_Groix_2009-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1200px-The_schooner_TARA_Port_Lay_I\u0302le_de_Groix_2009-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1200px-The_schooner_TARA_Port_Lay_I\u0302le_de_Groix_2009-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Flora speaks at the annual CGSB XIII<\/strong>, <strong>NYUAD<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Abu Dhabi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-centered  size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"593\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-10.06.20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20385\" style=\"width:327px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-10.06.20.png 594w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-10.06.20-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-10.06.20-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Full program of the conference<a href=\"https:\/\/nyuad.nyu.edu\/en\/events\/2025\/february\/center-for-genomics-systems-biology-symposium-xiii.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nyuad.nyu.edu\/en\/events\/2025\/february\/center-for-genomics-systems-biology-symposium-xiii.html\"> here<\/a>. Photo credit: CGSB<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p><strong>Poster prize for Thomas Beavis at the EMBO|EMBL Symposium &#8220;Wild Frontiers of Model Organisms&#8221;<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; Heidelberg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lab co-organized this symposium in April with the goal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/events\/ees25-02\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/course-and-conference-office\/events\/ees25-02\/\">explore the frontiers of model systems<\/a>; a lot of cool biology and a well deserved poster prize for our PhD student Thomas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-centered  size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1465\" height=\"1953\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4395-B289-9E-0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20317\" style=\"width:290px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4395-B289-9E-0.jpeg 1465w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4395-B289-9E-0-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4395-B289-9E-0-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/JPEG-image-4395-B289-9E-0-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1465px) 100vw, 1465px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Soraya Zwahlen and Flora speak at the EMBO Workshop &#8220;Integrating cell and planetary scales to address climate resilience&#8221;<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A unique <a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.embo.org\/event\/25-climate-resilience\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/meetings.embo.org\/event\/25-climate-resilience\">workshop<\/a> to develop intellectual and strategic frameworks to link cell biologists to climate science problems and solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also available, a 30 min interview between Dr. Karla Neugebauer, Dr. Flora Vincent, hosted by Dr. M\u00f3nica Bettencourt-Dias on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CU7Nh_HcKJI\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CU7Nh_HcKJI\">&#8220;Can Linking Cells to Ecosystems Help Us Understand Climate Change?&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9391-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9391-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9391-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9391-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9391-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9391-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9391-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Flora gave a keynote at the Choanoflagellate conference &#8211; Paris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full program available <a href=\"https:\/\/2025choanocon.wordpress.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/2025choanocon.wordpress.com\/\">here.<\/a> <em>Chaetoceros<\/em> and Choanoflagellate research share more features than what it seems like !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-centered  size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"777\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-10.11.54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20387\" style=\"width:247px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-10.11.54.png 656w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-10.11.54-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lab Retreat in South of France in June<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A highlight of early June was the lab retreat in South of France, a great opportunity for all the group to explore topics we don&#8217;t always have time to cover during daily lab life. A mix of workshops on stress management, what it means to a good mentor, scientific writing, what our future science would look like&#8230; and of course some hikes in Nature !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9873-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9873-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9873-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9873-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9873-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9873-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9873-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9890-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9890-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9890-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9890-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9890-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9890-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9890-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9924-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9924-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9924-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9924-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9924-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9924-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9924-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-centered  size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9938-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20339\" style=\"width:224px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9938-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9938-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9938-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9938-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_9938-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outreach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p><strong>Laurine Planat spoke at the &#8220;Curieux Festival&#8221; &#8211; Strasbourg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mixing arts and science, Laurine Planat took the big stage of the Strasbourg Planetarium and shared her thoughts on the convergence between being both a scientist and a creative artist during one of the plenary sessions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lecurieuxfestival.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lecurieuxfestival.com\/\">Festival<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"492\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/laurine-plane2-CF2025.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/laurine-plane2-CF2025.jpeg 369w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/laurine-plane2-CF2025-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Petite Etoile&#8221; &#8211; A story for children on plankton <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this story, Flora loves to go to the sea and one day encounters a small fish larvae; together, they grow to become a marine biologist and an adult fish; sounds familiar? A great collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.editionsduricochet.com\/grands-albums-nature-4\/8-ans\/petite-etoile-dans-l-ocean-plongez-au-coeur-des-secrets-de-l-ocean\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.editionsduricochet.com\/grands-albums-nature-4\/8-ans\/petite-etoile-dans-l-ocean-plongez-au-coeur-des-secrets-de-l-ocean\/\">Emmanuelle Houssais at the Editions du Ricochet<\/a> mixing science, discovery of the ocean and art. The full interview on making of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.editionsduricochet.com\/actualites\/petite-etoile-dans-l-ocean-l-interview-croisee\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.editionsduricochet.com\/actualites\/petite-etoile-dans-l-ocean-l-interview-croisee\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"365\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-09.30.47.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-09.30.47.png 496w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-at-09.30.47-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>World Ocean&#8217;s day in partnership between DAI and EMBL &#8211; Heidelberg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate World Ocean&#8217;s Day (8th June), the DAI and EMBL co-organized a full day of activities to raise awareness about the importance of a healthy Ocean. The full article from EMBL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/every-drop-counts-a-dive-into-oceans-day\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/lab-matters\/every-drop-counts-a-dive-into-oceans-day\/\">here<\/a> !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1536x1023.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Flora spoke to close up the day. Credit: \u00a9Regina Imatdinova<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Planet Earth Award <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"499\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.11.55.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.11.55.png 742w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.11.55-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Great news for the lab! You can check out the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/awards-honours\/flora-vincent-receives-planet-earth-award\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/awards-honours\/flora-vincent-receives-planet-earth-award\/\"> full EMBL article here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Features in Nature Publishing Group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"470\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.01.55.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18023\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:449px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.01.55.png 866w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.01.55-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.01.55-768x417.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Nice highlight on EMBL&#8217;s Advanced Mobile Lab (AML) in Nature Career, in a special article on mobile labs that you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-025-00074-7\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-025-00074-7\">here<\/a>. Niko Leisch (head of the AML) and Flora discuss what the AML has accomplished during the TREC expedition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.04.18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"410\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.04.18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18025\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.04.18.png 783w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.04.18-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-19.04.18-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Know your classics ! As part of the Nature Reviews Microbio Journal Club, we explore a landmark paper in marine microbiology literature. The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41579-025-01149-y\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41579-025-01149-y\"> Azam et al, 1983<\/a> that coined the term &#8216;microbial loop&#8217;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some outreach about plankton, arts and science <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"538\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-18.45.38.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18017\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:393px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-18.45.38.png 688w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-18.45.38-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Our lab was part of the Core Editorial Team of the Plankton Manifesto, a UN Global Compact-led document aiming at raising awareness on plankton-based solutions to address Planetary crisis that you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/ungc-communications-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/docs\/publications\/PlanktonManifesto_MG_DIGITAL-2.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ungc-communications-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/docs\/publications\/PlanktonManifesto_MG_DIGITAL-2.pdf\">here<\/a>.  You can watch the recording of the Webinar Launch for the 79th UN General Assembly, with Flora presenting methods to study plankton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B2RbN-1aun8\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B2RbN-1aun8\">at minute 47&#8242;<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-18.53.50.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"310\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-18.53.50.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18021\" style=\"width:397px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-18.53.50.png 399w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-18-at-18.53.50-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">As part of our ongoing collaboration with the <em>Tara<\/em> schooner, we have the opportunity to work together with artists embarking on the schooner to explore convergence between Arts and Science. In the framework of the ongoing Retrospective at the 104 in Paris, Flora was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/fr\/podcasts\/c-est-pas-du-vent\/20241219-tara-l-art-et-et-la-science-pour-d%C3%A9crypter-l-oc%C3%A9an\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/fr\/podcasts\/c-est-pas-du-vent\/20241219-tara-l-art-et-et-la-science-pour-d%C3%A9crypter-l-oc%C3%A9an\">interviewed<\/a> on RFI together with the artist Antoine Bertin to discuss their experience working together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to 2025 !<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"1024\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Claudia-Mariateresa-Fusco-1-907x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17061\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:390px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Claudia-Mariateresa-Fusco-1-907x1024.jpg 907w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Claudia-Mariateresa-Fusco-1-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Claudia-Mariateresa-Fusco-1-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Claudia-Mariateresa-Fusco-1-1360x1536.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Claudia-Mariateresa-Fusco-1-1814x2048.jpg 1814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Welcome to our new post doc <strong>Claudia Fusco<\/strong>, who was awarded the Schmidt Science Fellowship to join our lab. During her PhD, Claudia studied ribosome biogenesis in neurons and is now eager to dive into marine microbial interactions. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8624-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8624-1024x688.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8624-1024x688.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8624-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8624-768x516.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8624-1536x1032.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8624-2048x1376.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">2025 also marks the end for our intern<strong> Anya M\u00fcller<\/strong> who has been working with Soraya for 3 months and the start of <strong>Alessandra Mussi&#8217;s<\/strong> visit thanks to an EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant to work on <em>Chaetoceros<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-5\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading vf-text vf-text-heading--1 vf-text--invert\">2024<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-4\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 comes to an end <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks the second year of the Vincent Lab ! Happy holidays and see you in 2025 !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"349\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Photo-MergeFINAL-1024x349.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Photo-MergeFINAL-1024x349.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Photo-MergeFINAL-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Photo-MergeFINAL-768x262.png 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Photo-MergeFINAL.png 1521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to the Newcomers <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since September 2024 the lab counts two new members: Nina Guerin and Ellie Flaum. Nina and Ellie are two post docs that have both been awarded an EIPOD fellowship, in collaboration with Arnau Seb\u00e9-Pedr\u00f3s (CRG) and Gautam Dey (EMBL) respectively. Get ready for some more <em>Chaetoceros<\/em> molecular and cellular biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121_101544-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121_101544-3-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121_101544-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121_101544-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121_101544-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250121_101544-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On the road for conferences!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few selected conferences where the lab has been in the past couple of months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ISME-conference-1024x678.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14529\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ISME-conference-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ISME-conference-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ISME-conference-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ISME-conference.png 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\"><strong>Thomas Beavis<\/strong> and <strong>Flora Vincent<\/strong> were in South Africa for the<a href=\"https:\/\/isme19.isme-microbes.org\/isme19-sessions-speakers#Marine\"> ISME Conference<\/a>, where Thomas gave his talk during the \u201cSymbiosis\u201d session, and Flora chaired and talked in the \u201cMarine Microbial Ecology\u201d session together with Jon Todd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/laurine-QLife-winter-school.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/laurine-QLife-winter-school-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"people looking at a scientific poster\" class=\"wp-image-15531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/laurine-QLife-winter-school-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/laurine-QLife-winter-school-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/laurine-QLife-winter-school-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/laurine-QLife-winter-school.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Laurine Planat presented her poster during the QLife Winter School \u00ab Quantitative Seascape Ecology of Marine Plankton \u00bb in March 2024 in Paris.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-2\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Soraya_CRG.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Soraya_CRG-1024x698.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Soraya_CRG-1024x698.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Soraya_CRG-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Soraya_CRG-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Soraya_CRG.png 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/soraya-wahlen-primo-conference.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/soraya-wahlen-primo-conference-1024x582.jpg\" alt=\"group photo showing Soaraya Primo and two colleagues\" class=\"wp-image-15535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/soraya-wahlen-primo-conference-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/soraya-wahlen-primo-conference-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/soraya-wahlen-primo-conference-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/soraya-wahlen-primo-conference.jpg 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\"><strong>Soraya Zwahlen<\/strong> presented her poster during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grc.org\/marine-microbes-conference\/2024\/\">GRC \u201cMarine Microbes\u201d <\/a>in Switzerland and the <a href=\"https:\/\/primo22.org\/\">PRIMO<\/a> conference in France.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"1024\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Serena_Copenhagen-University-923x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14527\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Serena_Copenhagen-University-923x1024.png 923w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Serena_Copenhagen-University-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Serena_Copenhagen-University-768x852.png 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Serena_Copenhagen-University.png 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\"><strong>Serena Flori<\/strong> was at Copenhagen University to talk about her work and life as a postdoc at EMBL!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A year of fieldwork!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-inline-end  size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/A-year-of-fieldwork-284x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/A-year-of-fieldwork-284x300.png 284w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/A-year-of-fieldwork.png 553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the kick-off of TREC in March 2023, our laboratory has been very active in the field, both on land and at sea. <strong>Soraya<\/strong>, <strong>Thomas<\/strong>, and <strong>Vanessa<\/strong> were lucky enough to embark on <em><strong>Tara<\/strong><\/em>, and <strong>Flora<\/strong> embarked for the fourth time as chief scientist between Bilbao and Cadix. We also spend a lot of time in the Advanced Mobile Lab, where <strong>Serena<\/strong>, <strong>Thomas<\/strong>, <strong>Kevin<\/strong> and <strong>Laurine<\/strong> have conducted many different types of experiments, and developed new approaches in marine microbiology. For us, the best part of the TREC expedition is when the <em><strong>Tara<\/strong><\/em> schooner meets up with the <strong>Advanced Mobile Lab<\/strong>, creating a unique opportunity to combine Tara\u2019s holistic sampling strategy with targeted molecular biology using state-of-the-art equipment on the Advanced Mobile Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41564-024-01669-y\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41564-024-01669-y\">Single-cell RNA-seq of the rare virosphere reveals the native hosts of giant viruses in the marine environment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-inline-end  size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fromm-et-al.-2024.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fromm-et-al.-2024-288x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12999\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fromm-et-al.-2024-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fromm-et-al.-2024-983x1024.png 983w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fromm-et-al.-2024-768x800.png 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Fromm-et-al.-2024.png 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--4\">Amir From, Gur Hevroni, Flora Vincent, Daniella Schatz, Carolina A. Martinez-Gutierrez, Frank O. Aylward and Assaf Vardi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this study we show how state-of-the-art single-cell approaches can be used to identify previously undescribed microbial interactions from complex marine samples, using viruses as an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giant viruses (phylum Nucleocytoviricota) are globally distributed in aquatic ecosystems and play a fundamental role as evolutionary drivers of eukaryotic plankton. However, we lack knowledge of their native hosts, which limits our understanding of their life cycle and ecological importance. In 2018, we made a bet and decided to apply a single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) approach to samples collected during a major mesocosm study, hoping it could help us discover new pairs of protist hosts and viruses. And it did!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-5\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading vf-text vf-text-heading--1 vf-text--invert\">2023<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-4\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adf7971\">Daily turnover of active giant virus infection during algal blooms revealed by single-cell transcriptomics<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-inline-end  size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Hevroni-et-al.-Science-Advances-2023.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"469\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Hevroni-et-al.-Science-Advances-2023-1024x469.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13201\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Hevroni-et-al.-Science-Advances-2023-1024x469.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Hevroni-et-al.-Science-Advances-2023-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Hevroni-et-al.-Science-Advances-2023-768x352.png 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Hevroni-et-al.-Science-Advances-2023.png 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--4\">Gur Hevroni, Flora Vincent, Chuan Ku, Uri Sheyn, and Assaf Vardi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the dynamics of viral infection within natural blooms, and how does viral infection proceed at the single-cell level within complex communities? To address these questions, we applied single-cell RNA sequencing to profile the viral and host transcriptomes of 12,000 individual algal cells from an induced algal bloom. This involved collecting samples and sorting a target species based on FACS, in the shortest possible time frame. A consistent percentage of infected algae displayed the early phase of viral replication for several consecutive days, indicating a daily turnover and continuous virocell-associated metabolite production, potentially affecting the surrounding microbiome. These findings highlight the importance of studying the dynamics of microbial interactions in natural populations, at single-cell resolution, to better understand their impact on microbial food webs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosbiology\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pbio.3001966\">Viral infection in the ocean\u2014A journey across scales<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-inline-end  size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/journal-pbio_3001966-g003.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"816\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/journal-pbio_3001966-g003-1024x816.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15485\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/journal-pbio_3001966-g003-1024x816.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/journal-pbio_3001966-g003-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/journal-pbio_3001966-g003-768x612.png 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/journal-pbio_3001966-g003.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--4\">Flora Vincent, Assaf Vardi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the biggest challenges in marine microbiology is to assess the impact of microbial interactions across biological scales, from the single cell to the ecosystem level. Here, we argue that the advent of new methodologies and conceptual frameworks represents an exciting time to pursue these efforts and propose a set of important challenges for the field, taking aquatic viral infection as an example. Solutions include combining different scales of experimental setups, improving our ability to study non-cultivable interactions at the single-cell level, and establishing ecologically relevant and scalable model systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-023-36049-3\"><strong>Viral infection switches the balance between bacterial and eukaryotic recyclers of organic matter during coccolithophore blooms<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-inline-end  size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vincent-Gralka-Nature-2023.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"839\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vincent-Gralka-Nature-2023.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13133\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vincent-Gralka-Nature-2023.png 421w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vincent-Gralka-Nature-2023-151x300.png 151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--4\">Flora Vincent,&nbsp;Matti Gralka,&nbsp;Guy Schleyer,&nbsp;Daniella Schatz,&nbsp;Miguel Cabrera-Brufau,&nbsp;Constanze Kuhlisch,&nbsp;Andreas Sichert,&nbsp;Silvia Vidal-Melgosa,&nbsp;Kyle Mayers,&nbsp;Noa Barak-Gavish,&nbsp;J. Michel Flores,&nbsp;Marta Masdeu-Navarro,&nbsp;Jorun Karin Egge,&nbsp;Aud Larsen,&nbsp;Jan-Hendrik Hehemann,&nbsp;Celia Marras\u00e9,&nbsp;Rafel Sim\u00f3,&nbsp;Otto X. Cordero&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Assaf Vardi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We conducted a large-scale mesocosm experiment to quantify the impact of viruses on microbial communities and biogeochemical processes, during a major algal bloom, through a month-long time series combining single-cell assays, bulk biogeochemical measurements and microbial sequencing. By combining modelling and quantification of active viral infection at a single-cell resolution, we estimate that viral infection causes a 2\u20134 fold increase in per-cell rates of extracellular carbon release in the form of acidic polysaccharides and particulate inorganic carbon, two major contributors to carbon sinking in the deep ocean. This shows how microbial interactions happening at the molecular level can ultimately impact ecosystem processes related to carbon cycling, but also community composition. Co-first authors Flora and Matti wrote a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/communities.springernature.com\/posts\/algal-blooms-from-many-angles\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/communities.springernature.com\/posts\/algal-blooms-from-many-angles\">Behind The Paper<\/a>&#8221; for it.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-5\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading vf-text vf-text-heading--1 vf-text--invert\">2022<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-4\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-inline-end  size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Integrated-view-of-Diatom-Interactions.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"878\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Integrated-view-of-Diatom-Interactions.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13139\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Integrated-view-of-Diatom-Interactions.png 619w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Integrated-view-of-Diatom-Interactions-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-030-92499-7_3\"><strong>An Integrated View of Diatom Interactions<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--4\">Flora Vincent &amp; Chris Bowler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this Chapter from \u2018The Molecular Life of Diatoms\u201d we highlight why diatoms, successful phytoplankton that play a major role in our ecosystem, are a great system to study the diversity and impact of microbial interactions across biological scales.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-5\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading vf-text vf-text-heading--1 vf-text--invert\">2021<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-4\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/full\/10.1073\/pnas.2021586118\">Visualising active viral infection reveals cell fates in synchronised algal bloom demise<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-inline-end  size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vincent-et-al-2021-visualizing-active-viral-infection-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"394\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vincent-et-al-2021-visualizing-active-viral-infection-.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13197\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vincent-et-al-2021-visualizing-active-viral-infection-.png 461w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/vincent-et-al-2021-visualizing-active-viral-infection--300x256.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--4\">Flora Vincent, Uri Steyn, Ziv Porat, Daniella Schatz and Assan Vardi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite years of research in aquatic virology, we remain unable to estimate viral-induced mortality in the ocean and, consequently, to resolve viral impact on nutrient fluxes and microbial dynamics. Here, we assess active infection in algal single cells by subcellular visualization of virus and host transcripts using imaging flow cytometry coupled to mRNA FISH, revealing the coexistence of infected and noninfected subpopulations. We revisit major assumptions of a giant virus\u2019 life cycle: cells can produce virions without lysing and can lyse without producing virions. In a natural algal bloom, only 25% of cells were infected, highlighting the importance of other mortality agents. Enrichment of infected cells in cell aggregates suggests potential host defence strategies. Our approach opens a mechanistic dimension to the study of microbial interactions, by developing single-cell ecology approaches in marine microbiology.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid | vf-grid__col-5\"><div><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading vf-text vf-text-heading--1 vf-text--invert\">2018<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"vf-grid__col--span-4\"><!--[vf\/content]-->\n<div class=\"vf-content\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41396-017-0029-1\">The epibiotic life of the cosmopolitan diatom Fragilariopsis doliolus on heterotrophic ciliates in the open ocean<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vf-text--body vf-text-body--4\">Flora J. Vincent,&nbsp;S\u00e9bastien Colin,&nbsp;Sarah Romac,&nbsp;Eleonora Scalco,&nbsp;Lucie Bittner,&nbsp;Yonara Garcia,&nbsp;Rubens M. Lopes,&nbsp;John R. Dolan,&nbsp;Adriana Zingone,&nbsp;Colomban de Vargas&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Chris Bowler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image  | vf-figure--align vf-figure--align-inline-end  size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vincent-et-al.-The-ISME-journal-2018.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vincent-et-al.-The-ISME-journal-2018-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vincent-et-al.-The-ISME-journal-2018-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vincent-et-al.-The-ISME-journal-2018-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vincent-et-al.-The-ISME-journal-2018-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/groups\/vincent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vincent-et-al.-The-ISME-journal-2018.png 1249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Diatoms are a diverse and ecologically important group of phytoplankton. Although most species are considered free living, several are known to interact with other organisms within the plankton. Here, we leverage the heterogeneous <em>Tara<\/em> Oceans dataset to describe a cosmopolitan and abundant symbiosis between diatom and ciliates, which combines high-content confocal microscopy, live imaging and single-cell sorting. 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