Anthropogenic pollutants known as xenobiotics, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, or human metabolites, primarily originate on land and accumulate near populated coasts, where rainfall further incre...

🤒 Most viruses never make anyone sick. In fact, most live in the ocean. 💦 On Monday 15 June, NIOZ PhD candidate Gonçalo Piedade defends his thesis on the diversity and dynamics of marine viruses in...

The Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB) of NIOZ is looking for a talented and dedicated Postdoctoral scientist to join our research on marine virus ecology. You will be part of

Are you intrigued by how tiny marine microbes impact global carbon cycling? Are you interested in virus-host interactions? Do you enjoy thinking about how to describe ecological processes with mathema...

Are you fascinated by how tiny marine microbes impact global carbon cycling? Are you interested in virus-host interactions? Do you enjoy thinking about how sub-cellular processes like gene expression ...

As PhD candidate for PHYVIR you will contribute to improving our understanding of the interplay between viruses and their phytoplankton hosts.

The Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB; principal investigator and PHYVIR project coordinator Prof. Dr. Corina Brussaard) of NIOZ is looking for a talented and dedicated Postdo

Latency is a common strategy in a wide range of viral lineages, but its prevalence in giant viruses remains unknown. Here we describe a 617 kbp integrated giant viral element in the model green alga C...

The Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB; principal investigator and PHYVIR project coordinator Prof. Dr. Corina Brussaard) of NIOZ is looking for a highly motivated PhD candidat

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Abstract. Iron (Fe) is a key limiting nutrient for Southern Ocean phytoplankton. Input of Fe into the Southern Ocean is projected to change due to global warming, yet the combined effects of a concurr...