Linking Microbial Processes to Ecosystem Functions

Early career researchers with comparable and complementary experience are invited to present and exchange new data and ideas, to discuss recent developments in the field of marine microbial ecology. Marine microbes live in dynamic aquatic environments, where they respond and adapt to multiple factors. Abiotic conditions, such as temperature, salinity and nutrient availability, and biotic interactions with other microbes, such as viruses, bacteria, alga and grazers, all shape the life course of marine microbes and the population in its entirety. Over the past decade, owing to major technological advancements, studies have uncovered diverse and complex microbial interactions. Multi-disciplinary approaches now allow us to better understand the cross-talk between environmental factors, population composition and biogeochemical cycling.

The 2024 Marine Microbes GRS aims to bring forward hypothesis-driven research that connects lab-based microscale interactions with large-scale ecosystem-level functions. To that extent, we invite early career researchers from diverse disciplines to present their work on the functional role of microbes and microbial interactions on different ecological phenomena and in shaping the marine environment.