Roman Stocker

This study measures the energetic cost of bacterial motility using microcalorimetry and finds it to be a significant portion of total metabolism during starvation.

This study quantifies how brown trout parr respond to rapid temperature changes by avoiding cold water and crossing warm water interfaces.

This study shows marine bacteria are attracted to fucoidan at high concentrations, suggesting it guides them to macroalgal surfaces, influencing carbon cycling.

This study shows diatom spines capture and lyse bacteria, enabling nutrient acquisition and revealing a suspension-feeding strategy in phytoplankton.

This paper introduces holoV3C, a method for precise 3D tracking of non-planar eukaryotic flagella using DHM, achieving high temporal and axial resolution for flagellar dynamics analysis.

The paper shows how spatial structure in the gut microbiota emerges through bacterial growth in the matrix of gut content.

The paper studies bacterial iron acquisition under low carbon conditions and finds that amino acids facilitate iron uptake by E. coli.

The paper shows that opposing range-dependent interactions between microbial exoproducts create complex spatial patterns of antibiotic tolerance in biofilms.

The paper investigates how auxotrophic mutants in E. coli populations grow in spatially structured communities, finding that growth is constrained by amino acid leakage and clustering.

This paper demonstrates that heritable diel energy reserves in diatoms enhance growth by allowing rapid division during the dark phase, leading to a significant increase in population abundance.

This study shows Alteromonas macleodii breaches diatom shells, induces protoplast emergence, and triggers programmed necrotic-like cell death in Thalassiosira rotula, revealing a novel algicidal strategy.

The paper identifies an amoeboid phase in coccolithophores triggered by bacteria, which persists after bloom collapse and may provide bacterial resistance.

This study shows that the coccosphere of Coccolithus braarudii prevents bacterial attack by Phaeobacter inhibens, as decalcified cells become susceptible to pathogenic interactions.

The paper identifies bacterial-viral synergy as a key factor in algal bloom termination, showing how bacteria enhance viral infection and influence carbon cycling pathways.

The paper shows that EPS from chitin degradation influences microbial community diversity by supporting different consumer types through sequential breakdown.

The paper shows bacteria use contact-dependent antagonism to acquire nutrients by lysing neighbors during starvation, enhancing growth in spatially structured environments.

The paper identifies a risk-reward trade-off in motility endurance among copiotrophic marine bacteria, revealing two distinct strategies with genomic predictors.

This study identifies the molecular mechanisms of ixotrophy in bacteria, revealing the role of multiple secretion systems and regulatory elements in predatory behavior.

The paper investigates how microbial metabolic specificity affects lipid export efficiency in the ocean by analyzing bacterial degradation of algal lipid droplets and microbial interactions.

This study measures oxygen consumption kinetics in single human hepatic cells and finds size-dependent metabolic rates and cooperative behavior in cell clusters.