2026
Journal Articles
Towards a better understanding of river network dynamics in a glacierized catchment
Journal of Hydrology. 2026. Vol. 668. DOI : 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.135029.Host depletion kits improve microbiome analyses in environmental samples: Seagrass as a test case
ISME Communications. 2026. DOI : 10.1093/ismeco/ycag082.Climate change impacts on dissolved organic carbon and total suspended solids in Alpine streams and rivers
Water Research. 2026. Vol. 291, p. 125232. DOI : 10.1016/j.watres.2025.125232.Experimental insights in taxon-specific functional responses to droughts in glacier-fed stream biofilms
Microbiome. 2026. Vol. 14, num. 1. DOI : 10.1186/s40168-026-02336-6.Experimental evidence for the “greening” of proglacial streams: Biofilm responses to a transition from glacial to groundwater sources
Limnology and Oceanography. 2026. Vol. 71, num. 1. DOI : 10.1002/lno.70304.Conference Papers
Riverine ecosystem metabolism drivers and functioning across environmental and anthropogenic gradients
2026. EGU26, the 26th EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, and online, 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-08. DOI : 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-16660.Source-driven variability in dissolved organic carbon across a proglacial floodplain as a space- for time analogues of future carbon dynamics
2026. EGU26, the 26th EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, and online, 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-08. DOI : 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-7488.Synergistic photochemical and microbial degradation of DOC enhance CO2 emissions from permafrost river on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
2026. EGU26, the 26th EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, and online, 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-08. DOI : 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-2275.Analytical description of seepage from disconnected surface water: improved approximate solution and insights for disconnection assessment
2026. EGU26, the 26th EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, and online, 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-08. DOI : 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-3724.Theses
Response of alpine stream biofilms to climate change induced stressors
Lausanne, EPFL, 2026.Working Papers
Viral isolation reveals novel and diverse phages infecting natural stream biofilms
2026
Demand of carbon prevails over nutrients in proglacial streams subjected to glacier retreat: a nutrient manipulation bioassay
2026
Evolutionary radiation of Polaromonas from mountain glaciers downstream
2026
Rapid carbonation of silicate minerals drives atmospheric CO2 drawdown in glacier-fed stream waters
2026
Talks
Viral biodiversity in glacier-fed streams
10th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2026-01-12 – 2026-01-16.From Cryoconite to Sediment: Role of Cryoconite in Seeding Downstream Biofilms in Glacier-Fed Environments River Ecosystems Laboratory
10th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2026-01-12 – 2026-01-16.Glacier-to-downstream transitions shape microbial community along the ecological continuum
10th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2026-01-12 – 2026-01-16.Phototrophs are more sensitive to drought than heterotrophs, in glacier-fed stream biofilms
10th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2026-01-12 – 2026-01-16.Evolution of the Cryospheric Microbe Polaromonas Across Diverse Environments
10th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2026-01-12 – 2026-01-16.2025
Journal Articles
Microbial mats promote surface water retention in proglacial streams
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2025. Vol. 29, num. 24, p. 7201 – 7216. DOI : 10.5194/hess-29-7201-2025.Episodic flooding causes sudden deoxygenation shocks in human-dominated rivers
Nature communications. 2025. Vol. 16, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-62236-5.Glacier influence shapes the genomic architecture of the downstream aquatic microbiome
ISME Communications. 2025. DOI : 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf076.Glacier-fed stream diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda, with the description of one new species from the genus Neidium
Diatom Research. 2025. p. 1 – 22. DOI : 10.1080/0269249x.2025.2474765.Widespread Black Carbon Deposition of Varied Origin Exported From Glaciers
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. 2025. Vol. 39, num. 4. DOI : 10.1029/2024GB008359.Glaciers are not just blocks of ice – plans to save them mustn’t overlook their hidden life
NATURE. 2025. Vol. 639, num. 8056, p. 861 – 863. DOI : 10.1038/d41586-025-00897-4.Water Transit Time Explains the Concentration, Quality and Reactivity of Dissolved Organic Carbon in an Alpine Stream
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 2025. Vol. 61, num. 3. DOI : 10.1029/2024WR039392.Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2025. Vol. 16, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-56426-4.Diversity of lake bacteria promotes human echovirus inactivation
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2025. p. 1 – 16. DOI : 10.1128/aem.02366-24.Mapping the metagenomic diversity of the multi-kingdom glacier-fed stream microbiome
Nature Microbiology. 2025. Vol. 10, p. 217 – 230. DOI : 10.1038/s41564-024-01874-9.Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams
Nature. 2025. p. 12668. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-024-08313-z.Experimental evidence on the impact of climate-induced hydrological and thermal variations on glacier-fed stream biofilms
FEMS microbiology ecology. 2025. Vol. 101, num. 1. DOI : 10.1093/femsec/fiae163.Synchrony dynamics of dissolved organic carbon in high-mountain streams: Insights into scale-dependent processes
Limnology and Oceanography. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/lno.12768.Deciphering the biosynthetic landscape of biofilms in glacier-fed streams
MSYSTEMS. 2025. DOI : 10.1128/msystems.01137-24.Conference Papers
Viral biodiversity in glacier fed streams
2025. Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS), Milano, Italy, 2025-07-14 – 2025-07-17.Reviews
A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data
Nature microbiology. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 10, p. 2384 – 2395. DOI : 10.1038/s41564-025-02116-2.Theses
Infiltration through clogged streambeds: theory and assessment of microbial mat clogging
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025.Working Papers
Fonte des glaciers : une diversité biologique invisible menacée
2025
Posters
Hunt for viruses reveals diverse phages in alpine streams
18th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Barcelona, Spain, 2025-09-28 – 2025-10-03.The Hydrurus Paradox – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Unravel the Ecological Success of a Dominant Primary Producer in Alpine and Arctic Streams
ENAC Research Day 2025, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-09-08.The microbiome of the dominant algae in glacier-fed streams
FEMS MICRO 2025, Milan, Italy, 2025-07-14 – 2025-07-17.Microbial Diversity in Cryoconite Holes of Mount Ararat Glacier, Turkey: Insights from a Neglected Hotspot
Latsis Symposium 2025: Shaping Microbial Life in a Changing Environment, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-07-08 – 2025-07-10.Charting the complexity of the global glacierfed stream microbiome
Latsis Symposium 2025: Shaping Microbial Life in a Changing Environment, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2025-07-08 – 2025-07-10.Climate-change impacts on dissolved organic matter in glacier-fed streams
EGU25, the 27th EGU General Assembly, Vienne, Austria, 2025-04-27 – 2025-05-02.Experimental evidence on the impact of climate-induced hydrological and thermal variations on glacier-fed stream biofilms.
SME2025 – Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, 2025-01-15 – 2025-01-17.Exploratory hunt for viruses uncovers diverse phages in alpine streams
SME2025 – Swiss Microbial Ecology Meeting, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, 2025-01-15 – 2025-01-17.Talks
The Vanishing Glaciers Project
10th International Conference on Clinical Metagenomics (ICCMG 2025), Geneva, Switzerland, 2025-11-06 – 2025-11-07.Biodiversity of psychrophiles in the era of climate change: a case of disappearing glacier in Turkey
Cryospheric Ecosystem Conference (CEC 2025), Poznan, Poland, 2025-09-01 – 2025-09-04.The distinct microbiome of Hydrurus foetidus, the dominant algae in glacier-fed streams
Cryospheric Ecosystem Conference (CEC 2025), Poznan, Poland, 2025-09-01 – 2025-09-04.Charting the complexity of the global glacier-fed stream microbiome
FEMS MICRO 2025, Milan, Italy, 2025-07-14 – 2025-07-17.Modeling spatial and temporal streamflow dynamics in a highmountain catchment using the SWAT-GL model
EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 2025-04-27 – 2025-05-02.Exploring the genome and ecology of Hydrurus foetidus – the dominant alga in glacier-fed streams
10th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2026-01-12 – 2026-01-16.Phototrophs are more sensitive to drought than heterotrophs, in glacier-fed stream biofilms
Cryospheric Ecosystem Conference (CEC 2025), Poznan, Poland, 2025-09-01 – 2025-09-04.2024
Journal Articles
Exploring the biosynthesis potential of permafrost microbiomes
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME. 2024. Vol. 19, num. 1. DOI : 10.1186/s40793-024-00644-8.Gradients of Deposition and In Situ Production Drive Global Glacier Organic Matter Composition
Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 2024. Vol. 38, num. 9, p. e2024GB008212. DOI : 10.1029/2024GB008212.Treeline displacement may affect lake dissolved organic matter processing at high latitudes and altitudes
Nature Communications. 2024. Vol. 15, num. 1, p. 2640. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-46789-5.Global emergent responses of stream microbial metabolism to glacier shrinkage
Nature Geoscience. 2024. DOI : 10.1038/s41561-024-01393-6.Future directions for river carbon biogeochemistry observations
NATURE WATER. 2024. DOI : 10.1038/s44221-024-00207-8.Lotic-SIPCO2: Adaptation of an open-source CO2 sensor system and examination of associated emission uncertainties across a range of stream sizes and land uses
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/lom3.10600.Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron metabolic activity decreases with polysaccharide molecular weight
Mbio. 2024. DOI : 10.1128/mbio.02599-23.The cost of adaptability: resource availability constrains functional stability under pulsed disturbances
Msphere. 2024. DOI : 10.1128/msphere.00727-23.Theses
The microbial genomics of glacier-fed streams: adaptations to an extreme ecosystem
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024.Working Papers
Asymptotic solutions of steady-state infiltration through clogged profiles
2024