| Name: | Meri Eichner, PhD. Laboratory of Photosynthesis Ondřej Prášil`s group |
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| Phone: | +420 384 340 445 |
| E-mail: | eichner(at)alga.cz |
| Position: | Associate Scientist |
ORCID: 0000-0001-6106-7880
Research Interest:
- Phytoplankton physiology
- Marine N2-fixing cyanobacteria
- Interaction of photosynthesis and N2 fixation
- Carbon concentrating mechanisms
- Single-cell techniques
- Chemical microenvironments
- Ocean acidification effects
CV:
- Since 2018: Postdoc/Scientist's assistant at Centre Algatech, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Trebon, Czech Republic
- 2016 – 2018: Postdoctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI-MM), Bremen, Germany
- 2014 – 2016: Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2014: Visiting researcher at Daniel K. Inoye Centre for Microbial Oceanography: Reseach and Education (CMORE), Honolulu, HI, USA
- 2010 – 2014: PhD at Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Sciences (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
- 2012: Research visit at Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, NJ, USA
- 2004 – 2010: Studies of Biology (Diplom Biologie) at University of Bremen, Germany
Current Projects:
- How to cope with a fluctuating environment: Cell-to-cell heterogeneity versus acclimation in cyanobacteria (GACR project, 2024-2026)
- Single-cell regulation of N2 fixation and photosynthesis in filamentous cyanobacteria (Junior GACR project)
- Microenvironments of Trichodesmium colonies
- Adaptation strategies to iron limitation across different phytoplankton taxa