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team

Alphabetical (because no other option makes more sense.....)

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Tess Brewer, Postdoctoral Researcher (Eawag)

Interests: Microbial Genomics, Microbial Evolution

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Ciaran Cole, Fullbright Fellow (Eawag & ETHZ)

Interests: Nitrogen Cycling, Antibiotic Resistance

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Sarah Daker, Technician (Eawag)

Interests: Spatial Organization, Microscopy

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Dave Johnson, Group Leader (Eawag & UniBe)

Interests: Staying Out Of Trouble, Cheerleading

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Laika, Dog (Couch in Dave's office)

Interests: Sleeping, Running, Chasing Small Furry Things

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Trang Nguyen, PhD Student (Eawag & UniBe)

Interests: Spatial Self-Organization, Higher-Order Interactions

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Kohei Takahashi (aka Taka) Postdoctoral Researcher (Eawag)

Interests: 3D Spatial Self-Organization, Plasmid Transfer

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Deepthi Vinod, PhD Student (Eawag & ETHZ)

Interests: Horizontal Gene Transfer, Plasmid Biology

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Jing Wu, Visiting PhD Student (Univ Sci Technol China)

Interests: Plasmid Transfer, Antibiotic Resistance, Cell Shape

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Dan XIao, Visiting Scientist (ISA China Academy of Sciences)

Interests: Nitrogen Cycling, Fungal-Bacterial Interactions

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Xiaoqing Zhang, PhD Student (Eawag & UniBe)

Interests: Fungal-Bacterial Interactions, Synthetic Ecology

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Agustina Ziliani, PhD Student (Eawag & ETHZ)

Interests: Harmful Cyanobacteria, Synthetic Ecology

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