10:00 Diel variations of picoplankton growth and division rates in the central Red Sea
Najwa Otaibi, PI: Prof. Xelu Moran
10:15 Food, grazing or temperature? What matters most for heterotrophic bacteria.
Luis Silva, PI: Prof. Xelu Moran
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Low host abundance and high temperature determine switching from lytic to lysogeny in planktonic microbial communities in a tropical sea (Red Sea)
Ruba Ashy, PI: Prof. Susana Agusti
11:00 Variability of bacterioplankton top-down controls in inshore and offshore waters of the central Red Sea
Eman Sabbagh, PI: Prof. Xelu Moran
11:15 Thermal preferences for Synechococcus growth
Dr. Alexandra Camba, PI: Prof. Susana Agusti
Session chair: Sebastian Overmans