NEWS
2019
SPIN is born! After a great five days at the University of Fribourg surrounded by fellow Sarracenia researchers, we developed the Sarracenia purpurea International Network
2020
Congrats Alicia McGrew for receiving her PhD from the University of Florida
NSF Rules of Life grant funded!
SNSF Scientific Exchange grant funded!
2021
Congrats Rachel Korn for receiving her PhD from the University of Fribourg
Congrats to Azenor Bideault for receiving her PhD from the Université de Sherbrooke
Congrats to Jacob Grothjan for receiving his PhD from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Tom Miller comes to Switzerland to conduct the SNSF Scientific Exchange project!
SPIN's first publication is out:
Bittleston, Leonora S. and Freedman, Zachary B. and Bernardin, Jessica R. and Grothjan, Jacob J. and Young, Erica B. and Record, Sydne and Baiser, Benjamin and Gray, Sarah M. "Exploring Microbiome Functional Dynamics through Space and Time with Trait-Based Theory" mSystems , v.6 , 2021 https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00530-21
2022
Congrats to Mathilde Besson for receiving her PhD from the Université de Montréal
The crazy sampling scheme across North America and Switzerland (NSF Rules of Life Project) was a success!
Thank you to Jessica Bernandin for her organization skills and to all the many helpers and collaborators on the NSF Rules of Life project!
2024
Congrats to Jessica Bernandin for successfully defending her PhD at Boise State University!
SPIN member collaboration publications:
Arellano, A. A., Young, E. B. & Coon, K. L. An inquiline mosquito modulates microbial diversity and function in an aquatic microecosystem. Molecular Ecology 00, e17314, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17314 (2024).
D’Andrea, R., Khattar, G., Koffel, T., Frans, V.F., Bittleston, L.S. & Cuellar-Gempeler, C. Reciprocal inhibition and competitive hierarchy cause negative biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships. Ecology Letters, 27, e14356. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14356 (2024).