Publications

Metabolic feedbacks drive population dynamics and can lead to oscillations among leaf bacteria
Pacheco, A.R., Ugolini, G.S., Rüdisser, S.H., Zamuner, A., Bortfeld-Miller, M., Kiefer, P., Oschmann, F., Charlton, S.G.V., Berger, M., Redaelli, T., Salazar, M.A., Dukovski, I., van der Meer, J.R., Schubert, O.T., Ackermann, M., Stocker, R., Vorholt, J.A. (2026).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73686-w
Emergent spatial structure in the gut microbiota is driven by bacterial growth and gut contractions
Greter G., Hummel S., Künzli D., Dünki N., Ruoho N., Burkhardt P., et al. (2026).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003772
The ecology of bacterial attachment to phytoplankton
Forget, M., Müller, O. & Stocker, R. (2026).
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-026-02287-6
Limits to the evolution of metabolic dependency in spatially structured microbial communities
Ramesh, D., Fara, E., Oschmann, F., Ugolini, G.S., Stocker, R., van Vliet, S., Ackermann, M., Schubert, O.T. (2026).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.114912
Microfluidic approaches in microbial ecology
Ugolini, G. S., Wang, M., Secchi, E., Pioli, R., Ackermann, M., Stocker, R. (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3LC00784G
Controlled motility in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium regulates aggregate architecture
Pfreundt, U., Slomka, J., Schneider, G., Sengupta, A., Carrara, F., Fernandez, V., Ackermann, M., Stocker R. (2023).
DOI: 10.1126/science.adf2753
Encounter rates prime interactions between microorganisms
Slomka, J., Alcolombri, U., Carrara, F., Foffi, R., Peaudecerf, F. J., Zbinden, M., Stocker, R. (2023).
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2022.0059
The ecological roles of bacterial chemotaxis
Keegstra, J. M., Carrara, F., Stocker, R. (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-022-00709-w
Sinking enhances the degradation of organic particles by marine bacteria
Alcolombri, U., Peaudecerf, F. J., Fernandez, V. I., Behrendt, L., Lee, K. S., Stocker, R. (2021).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00817-x
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