Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP)

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We are a NSF Science and Technology Center that explores how metabolite exchange through microbial networks impacts carbon cycling in the surface ocean

(Left to right) Mariana, Daniella, Jill, Amanda, and Emily stand together in front of Vineyard Sound at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Photo by Victoria Centurino.
14 current and former C-CoMP members stand together in front of a backdrop of trees and the ocean to take a group picture at the 2026 Marine Microbes Gordon Research Conference. This photo was taken by Bryce Inman (WHOI) and edited by Laura Gray.
The CTD rosette on the deck of the R/V Atlantic Explorer during sunset in the Sargasso Sea. Photo by Emily Hu.
The 2024-2026 cohort of C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellows take a group picture at the ASLO-SIL Joint Meeting in May 2026. Photo credit: Victoria Centurino, WHOI.
The second cohort of C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellows stand in front of the R/V Atlantic Explorer on their trip to Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) for their Research Week Experience. Photo credit: Victoria Centurino, WHOI.
Participants of the March 2025 C-CoMP cruise AE2504 sit together on the top of the R/V Atlantic Explorer. Photo shared by Ben Acosta.
A photo of the panel in session during COP30. The four panelists (from left to right: Marcia Macedo, Pearl Mitchell, Mariana Rocha de Souza, and Sonya Dyhrman) sit in front of a monitor that displays a photo of a kelp forest with the caption, microbes in kelp ecosystems. Pearl speaks and holds a microphone. Elizabeth Kujawinski, panel moderator, stands to Sonya's right behind a lectern. Photo by Danielle Fino, WHOI.
Flyer advertising the COP30 panel session in the Ocean Pavilion titled: Advocating for the Invisible Microbial Majority that Underpins a Healthy Planet. The panel is scheduled to take place on Nov. 19 from 1:30 - 2:30 pm in the Ocean Pavilion, PV-D120.
Drs. Sonya Dyhrman and Elizabeth Kujawinski stand together in front of the Ocean Pavilion sign during COP30 in Brazil. Photo provided by Elizabeth Kujawinski.
Headshot of Dr. Henry Holm. Henry holds an Erlenmeyer flask containing a phytoplankton culture while working in a lab at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Photo by Henry Holm.
A sunset at sea captured from the deck of the R/V Atlantic Explorer somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo by Natalie Graham.
Annika Gomez stands next to the CTD rosette on the deck of the R/V Atlantic Explorer and monitors the transfer of seawater from Niskin bottles into carboys. Photo by Claire Garfield.
Group photo of C-CoMP members who attended the 2025 C-CoMP Annual meeting in-person and remotely. 50 people gather together at the front of a meeting room at WHOI. The people in the first row sit in chairs while the other two rows stand behind them. An image of the remote attendees is superimposed on the wall behind the in-person attendees. Photo taken and edited by Jayne Doucette, WHOI.
Arianna Krinos prepares filter towers for filtering seawater in a lab on the R/V Atlantic Explorer. Photo by Emily Hu.
Ben Acosta (left) and Erin Maybach (right) work together to finish filtering seawater using peristaltic pumps. Erin holds a serological pipette in the air to help move the last few milliliters of seawater through the filter while Ben keeps other tubing in place over a carboy of seawater. Photo by Annika Gomez.
Headshot of Mariana Torres with the ocean in the background. Photo by Amanda Ellis.
The science personnel of C-CoMP Cruise AE2520 (and Clio) stand together on the stern of the R/V Atlantic Explorer. Parts of the Woods Hole dock and village frame the background of the photo. Photo provided by Elizabeth Kujawinski and edited by Laura Gray.
Headshot of Jill Paquette standing in a lab. Photo provided by Jill Paquette.
Emily Hu (left) and Natalie Graham (right) prepare the drifter for deployment within a lab on the R/V Atlantic Explorer. Photo by Arianna Krinos.
Michael Jakuba and Chip Breier, along with other members of the research team and crew of the Atlantic Explorer, ready Clio for deployment during the 2025 C-CoMP March cruise. Photo by Daniella Asturias.
The Artistic Oceanographer booth at the 2025 Woods Hole Science Stroll. A large banner that depicts a graphical representation of the booth activity, complete with phytoplankton hero cartoons, hangs over two picnic tables. Materials for the activity, including paper, crayons, and two computers, are set out on both picnic tables. Photo by Victoria Centurino.
C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellow Emily Hu stands in front of the Providence River while holding brown collection bottles containing river water. Photo by Arianna Krinos.
Photo of Emily Hu on the R/V Atlantic Explorer during the 2025 C-CoMP March Cruise. Emily is standing outside with the bow of the ship and the ocean behind her. Photo provided by Emily Hu.
Image showing 5 diatom cells (Coscinodiscus sp.), Image by Loay Jabre.
Video of a copepod obtained using the Planktoscope. Video by Loay Jabre.
Dr. Loay Jabre stands on the deck of the R/V Atlantic Explorer holding a plankton net that he used to collect samples for the Planktoscope on the 2025 C-CoMP March Cruise. Photo provided by Loay Jabre.
Headshot of Amanda Ellis standing in the lab, wearing a lab coat. Photo provided by Amanda Ellis.
Marie Delcy presents her research on "job crafting" to another person as they both stand in front of her poster at the 2025 Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) Meeting. Photo provided by Erin Dolan.
Claire Garfield and McKenzie Powers filter incubation seawater in the main lab on the R/V Atlantic Explorer during the C-CoMP March 2025 cruise. Lines of tubing pass through the peristaltic pump heads, drape off the lab bench, and terminate in large blue carboys that collect the filtered seawater. Photo by Erin Maybach.
Daniella stands in front of Clio the AUV on the deck of the RV Atlantic Explorer during the C-CoMP March 2025 cruise. Photo by Fadime Stemmer.
Claire Garfield, Sonya Dyhrman, and Arianna Krinos filter seawater collected during a diel time point in one of the labs on the R/V Atlantic Explorer. The room is bathed in red light (instead of bright white overhead lights) to minimize light exposure to seawater microbes that were collected at night. Photo by McKenzie Powers.
The CTD rosette hovers over the side of the R/V Atlantic Explorer in preparation for deployment at night for a diel sampling time point. Moonlight filters through clouds and reflects off the surface of the dark ocean. Photo by Claire Garfield.
Headshot of Fadime Stemmer. Photo provided by Fadime Stemmer.
Flyer for BioGeoSCAPES Modeling Workshop scheduled for September 10-12, 2025 and containing a QR code that links to the application form.
8 or so members of the research team gather around the CTD rosette on the deck of the RV Atlantic Explorer to collect seawater for downstream sample processing. Photo by Emily Hu.
The CTD rosette is recovered from the ocean after sampling the water column. Video by McKenzie Powers.
Headshot of Ben Acosta wearing a lab coat inside a laboratory with a lab bench and shelves of glassware in the background. Photo by Anna Chen.
Headshot of Dr. Wiley Wolfe. Photo provided by Wiley Wolfe.
Video of wave crashing on the deck of the RV Atlantic Explorer. Video by Daniella Asturias, WHOI.
A wave crashes on the deck of the RV Atlantic Explorer during a storm, a rough sea streaked with white water and a stormy, grey sky visible in the background. Photo by McKenzie Powers.
Headshot of Mica. Photo provided by Mica Yang.
Small waves ripple over the surface of the ocean, extending towards the horizon. A blue sky, populated with clouds tinged with pink, white and grey, hovers over the horizon. Photo credit: Laura Gray.
Headshot of Dr. Iva Veseli. Photo provided by Iva Veseli.
Robert Li smiles, standing in front of an aquarium holding a variety of fish, anemones, corals, algae, and rubble. Photo provided by Robert Li.
Helen Scott stands in front of bookshelves filled with books. Photo provided by Helen Scott.
The R/V Atlantic Explorer docked in Woods Hole on an overcast and chilly day in March. Photo provided by Mak Saito.
C-CoMP researchers pose for a group picture on the bow of the R/V Atlantic Explorer as it approaches Woods Hole. Photo provided by Liz Kujawinski.
Headshot of Eleanor Lawrence taken outside with green vegetation in the background. Photo provided by Eleanor Lawrence.
Sarah standing in front of a CTD rosette aboard the R/V Sikuliaq during the UNOLS/AICC Arctic Chief Scientist Training Cruise, an experience that provided her with tools to lead complex scientific missions at sea. Credit: Lloyd Pikok Jr.
Two people wearing safety helmets/life vests and standing on deck hold lines under tension to control deployment of the CTD rosette over the side of the RV Atlantic Explorer from the the A-frame.
Max takes a selfie with a microscope. Photo provided by Maxfield Palmer.
Headshot of Dr. Arianna Krinos. Photo provided by Arianna Krinos.
The ocean at night, with a sky filled with shining stars and the milk way above. A few ship lights glow on the horizon.
Natalie Graham takes a moment during metabolomics sample processing to take a lab selfie with her samples. Natalie stands in front of a lab bench holding a vacuum manifold, solid-phase-extraction cartridges, tubes, rubber stoppers, and a variety of other equipment. Photo provided by Natalie Graham.
The side deck of the R/V Atlantic Explorer floats over the surface of the dark blue water of the Sargasso Sea with the ocean's horizon and a blue sky in the background. Photo taken by Mica Yang.
Claire Garfield stands on a grassy, coastal hill in front of the ocean and a slightly cloudy, blue sky. Some rocky features border the ocean on the horizon. Photo credit: Claire Garfield.
Photo of McKenzie Powers standing in front of her poster at a scientific meeting. Photo provided by McKenzie Powers.
Photo of the R/V Atlantic Explorer at the dock. Photo by Laura Gray, WHOI.
Natalie Graham, a C-CoMP Bridge-to-PhD Fellow in the Kujawinski Lab at WHOI, collects filtrate for metabolomics analysis in a lab at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) during the C-CoMP BIOS Research Week. Photo credit: Natalie Graham, WHOI.