Sebastian Treitli

Sebastian Treitli is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany, focusing on the genomics and evolutionary biology of anaerobic protists and their bacterial symbionts. His work investigates mitochondrial loss, reductive evolution, and syntrophic microbial interactions in organisms like Monocercomonoides and Pelomyxa.

His research interests span:

• Microbiology
• Genomics
• Protistology
• Evolutionary Biology
• Molecular Biology

He employs comparative genomics, single-cell metagenomics, and molecular phylogenetics to study metabolic adaptations in amitochondriate eukaryotes and their symbiotic consortia, with emphasis on FeS cluster assembly, hydrogen metabolism, and organelle evolution.

Analysis of his 15 publications (2016-2025) reveals a cohesive trajectory: early work characterized mitochondrial loss in oxymonads (2016-2019), progressing to genomic analyses of bacterial symbionts (2019-2022), and culminating in cutting-edge metabarcoding tools and multi-omics consortium studies (2023-2025). His research consistently bridges evolutionary theory with metabolic experimentation, highlighting syntrophy as a key driver in anaerobic eukaryote evolution.

No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials. Dr. Treitli shows no evidence of formal student advising or grant leadership in the current dataset, though he collaborates extensively within microbial genomics consortia.

He operates within the FG Brune research group at the Max Planck Institute, contributing to projects on microbial evolution in anaerobic environments using advanced genomic techniques and single-cell methodologies.