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Ecology, Physiology and Molecular Biology of the Roseobacter clade: Towards a System Biology Understanding of a Globally Important Clade of marine Bacteria (Transregional Collaborative Research Centre, SFB/TRR51, DFG, 2010-2014)
Metagenomics & Environmental Genomics of Uncultured Photosynthetic and Non-Photosynthetic Marine Roseobacter (Volkswagen Foundation, Lower Saxony, 2007-2010, in Collaboration with Dr. Oded Beja, Department of Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. beja[at]tx.technion.ac.il)
Genome Sequencing of Bacteria of the Roseobacter Clade (Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation) in Collaboration with Dr. Boris Wawrik (Rutgers State University, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences, New jersey, USA; bwawrik[at]yahoo.com)
Comparative Functional Genome Analysis of Representative Members of the Roseobacter Clade (Volkswagen Foundation, Lower-Saxony, 2007-2010)
Algal-Bacterial Interactions and Aggregation: Implications for the Plankton Succession in Neritic Seas of the Temperate Zone in the Course of Climate Change (DFG: 2007-2010, Associated to the Special Priority Program AQUASHIFT)
