Konnor von Emster

This study investigates how heterotrophic bacteria affect phage infection of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, finding that heterotrophs enable host recovery and confer resistance through non-genetic metabolic changes.

ProSynTax provides a curated protein dataset and workflow to improve taxonomic classification of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus in metagenomes with high phylogenetic resolution.

The paper shows that Prochlorococcus develops a dark-tolerant phenotype when co-cultured with Alteromonas, involving metabolic coupling and shifts in gene expression.

The paper investigates sleep in the brainless jellyfish Cassiopea, showing that sleep maintains neural network plasticity through changes in ganglia activity patterns.