Jing Li

Jing Li serves as a Researcher in the Department of Symbiosis at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen. Her work focuses on symbiotic relationships between marine bacteria and eukaryotes in chemosynthetic environments like hydrothermal vents and seeps, contributing to the institute's mission of deciphering microbial roles in global biogeochemical cycles.

Her research spans Marine Microbiology and Genomics, with emphasis on Single-Cell Sequencing techniques to resolve host-microbe interactions at cellular resolution. She investigates how symbiotic partnerships function in extreme marine habitats, integrating molecular tools to uncover ecological and evolutionary dynamics of these associations.

Recent work, including her 2022 publication on single-cell sequencing applications, demonstrates a trend toward high-resolution genomic approaches for studying unculturable marine microbes. This aligns with the department's focus on symbiosis mechanisms in invertebrates from sulfide-rich sediments and vents.

As part of Prof. Nicole Dubilier's Department of Symbiosis, she collaborates on projects examining metabolic interactions in marine symbioses, utilizing the institute's microsensor and genomic facilities to advance understanding of microbial community functions in ocean ecosystems.