Signals in the Sea Research Group

We work with sensing and signaling in the open water masses, the pelagial. Most of the organisms are too small to carry advanced eyes and depend more on chemosensory information to perceive their surroundings. The influential chemical language of marine organisms is, however, poorly understood. We isolate and identify signaling molecules, explore how they are transmitted, what effect they have in responding organisms from cell to ecosystem. The group is multidisciplinary, using methods from chemistry and physics to tackle biologically oriented questions.