Dr. Ilya Pozdnyakov
Department Microbial Population Biology
Marine Microbes
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Marine Microbes
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Main Focus
My research interests include the evolution of proteins, especially ion transport proteins, and its links to the evolution of larger-scale systems, from cells to ecosystems. Here, I am involved in the eco-evolutionary studies of a protistan compost community.
In addition, together with members of the Ocean EcoSystems
Biology laboratory at GEOMAR, I study the deep-sea
sediment microbial community, applying protein phylogenetics to trace its
specific responses to the input of organic matter.