Research project Microbial Monitoring at Askö station B1
SeaLab is a joint research venture between the Baltic Sea Centre at Stockholm University and the Environmental Genomics group at SciLifeLab. By combining biogeochemical, ecological, molecular and meta-omic expertise and know-how, the aim is to understand the fundamental microbial processes of coastal ecosystems.
Since May 2025, this research group has been collecting regular (~monthly) seawater samples for DNA and RNA analyses from the Askö monitoring station B1 together with Askö laboratory.
Bell, E.†, Garefelt, K.†, Jurdzinski, K.T.†, Delgado, L.F., Johansson, F., Karlson, B., and Andersson, A.F.* The marine microbiome can accurately predict its chemical and biological environment. Communications Earth & Environment, 7, 519 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03715-5. †Authors contributed equally.