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WORKSHOP ON SYMBIOSIS
Let's talk about symbiosis
The Research Focus Symbiosis of the Faculty of Life Sciences will be holding a joint workshop for all students and researchers to get together on April 26, 2013.
Please contact Jean Marie Volland (
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) or Pedro Rodrigues Frade (
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) if you are interested to attend.
Deadline for registration and submission of abstracts is April 10, 2013. |
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7th International Symbiosis Society Congress |
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"The earth's vast symbiosphere"
July 22-28, 2012 Krakow, Poland
Participants: Monika Bright, Annika Buck, Salvador Espada Hinojosa, Julia Klose, Florian Scharhauser |
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Thiotrophic ciliate mutualism between Cand. Thiobios zoothamnicoli and Zoothamnium niveum – cooperation goes empirical. (Foto by courtesy of Thomas Buchholz)
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Katz S., Klepal W. and Bright M. 2011. The Osedax trophosome: organization and ultrastructure. The Biological Bulletin 220: 128-139
Eichinger I., Klepal W., Schmid M. and Bright M. 2011. Organization and microanatomy of the Sclerolinum contortum trophosome (Polychaeta, Siboglinidae). The Biological Bulletin 220: 140-153
These two papers deal with the evolutionary origin of the symbiont housing organ – called the trophosome - of siboglinid polychaetes, worms that rely completely on their symbiotic bacteria as they have no digestive system as adults. Sigrid Katz describes the organization and cell cycle of the Osedax trophosome whereas Irmgard Eichinger shows the microanatomy of the Sclerolinum trophosome. These investigations are a result of the FWF project Tropholution. |
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New paper in Current Biology |
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Monika Bright, Julia Klose and Andrea Nussbaumer 2013
Giant tubeworms Current Biology 23/6: 224-225
An overview on the endosymbosis between Riftia pachyptila and Candidatus Endoriftia persephone |
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