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and defense/toxicity by applying genomic approaches. Contact: Dr. Uwe John Dr. Sylke Wohlrab Species interactions and underlying processes To explain mass proliferation (bloom formation) of phytoplankton

For graduate theses into AWI AWI microbiologist Dr. Uwe John explains work processes to students in the lab. (Photo: Sina Löschke) The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) promotes students

own genetic material, in addition to that found in the nucleus. Uwe John and colleagues at the Alfred Wegener Institute have now identified the first-ever exception to this rule in a single-celled