Nikolaus Leisch

This paper introduces a mobile optical coherence microscope for high-resolution, label-free imaging of aquatic organisms in both lab and field settings, enabling detailed morphological and dynamic analysis.

The paper introduces an Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) for field-based microbial ecology and cell biology, enabling multiscale analysis of environmental samples directly at the sampling site.

Ultrastructure expansion microscopy applied to 221 cultured planktonic eukaryotes maps diverse microtubule and centrin-based cytoskeletons, including dinoflagellate apical centrin rings and cryptophyte cortical centrin meshes.

The paper studies Rickettsiales microbiomes in placozoans to reveal evolutionary shifts towards mutualism, finding some symbionts have lost parasitic traits.

The paper identifies two intracellular bacteria in Trichoplax H2, showing they live in symbiosis with the host and have distinct metabolic roles.