Nicola Rhyner
Nicola Rhyner
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Einsiedlerstrasse 31
8820 Wädenswil
Work at ZHAW
Position
Research Associate - Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Research Group
Focus
- Molecular Ecology
- Bioinformatics & Next-Generation Sequencing
- Molecular Diagnostics
- Vocational Training
Experience
- Research Associate
ZHAW
01 / 2022 - today - Research Assistant
ZHAW
11 / 2018 - 12 / 2021 - Lab Technician
Empa
01 / 2013 - 07 / 2013 - Lab technician
Eawag
09 / 2011 - 06 / 2012
Education and Continuing education
Education
- MSc in Environment and Natural Resources / Ecosystems & Biodiversity
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
09 / 2017 - 08 / 2019 - BSc Natural Resource Sciences / Nature Management
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
09 / 2013 - 09 / 2016 - Laboratory technician in Biology, Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training
Eawag
08 / 2008 - 07 / 2011
Projects
- Fungal Diversity in Bhutan’s Royal Botanical Park via Soil eDNA Metabarcoding and Visual Arts for Conservation and Communication / Team member / ongoing
- Long-term conservation of Arctic char (Salvelinus umbla) in Lake Zurich / Team member / ongoing
- Bioprospecting and genomics of actinobacteria isolated from the Marchica lagoon / Team member / completed
- Massive detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus by high-throughput sequencing / Team member / completed
- EBDOmics – Comparative genomics of Enterobacter spp. causing Bulb Decay of Onions / Team member / completed
- A multidisciplinary project to understand the effect of chitin soil amendment on the plant response, natural microbial community and the fate of human pathogenic bacteria / Team member / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Blank-Pachlatko, J. et al. (2025) 'Beyond plants : how soil alterations shape restoration success in alpine grasslands', Tuexenia, 45, pp. 405–427. doi: 10.14471/2025.45.012.
- Kaufmann, M. et al. (2024) 'Soil type and associated microbiomes influences chitin's growth-promotion effect in lettuce', Phytobiomes Journal, 8(3), pp. 248–261. doi: 10.1094/PBIOMES-12-23-0132-R.
- Pothier, J. F. et al. (2023) 'High-quality draft genome sequence of Streptomyces albidoflavus CCOS 2040, isolated from a Swiss soil sample', Microbiology Resource Announcements, 12(3), pp. e01225–22. doi: 10.1128/mra.01225-22.
- Tschirren, L. et al. (2021) 'MyFishCheck : a model to assess fish welfare in aquaculture', Animals, 11(1), p. 145. doi: 10.3390/ani11010145.