LIMNOLOGISCHES GELÄNDEPRAKTIKUM SS2013

Limnology practical course
From 16-20 Sep. 2013, 23 bachelor students joined limnology practical course hold by our lab. The students visited and investigated the Fürstenbrunnen, stream Leutra and lake Porstendorfer See. They also learned lab and presentation skills. 

Working on the  Porstendorfer See

 Sampling at Fürstenbrunnen

Early morning at Porstendorfer See

New AEM cover photograph from our lab

A confocal laser scanning microscopy micrograph of iron snow was selected for the Applied and Environmental Microbiology as a cover photograph recently (Volume 79 Issue 16) showing that the microbial community was dominated by cocci, rods and filamentous cells. One single filamentous cell (>120 µm) was found inter-connecting different mineral particles separated from each other.
Read more about the iron snow story

The AEM cover of Volume 79 Issue16

Collaborative Research Centre AquaDiva: proposal is funded!

The proposal for establishing the AquaDiva Collaborative Research Centre (CRC AquaDiva) has been selected for funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Press release of the DFG: http://www.dfg.de/en/service/press/press_releases/2013/press_release_no_16/index.html

The CRC AquaDiva will focus on the important roles of water (Aqua) and biodiversity (Diva) for shaping the structure, properties and functions of the subsurface, defined as the zone that begins below the highest density of plant roots (~0.3 meters) and extends down into the first aquifers (~100 meters).

 The coordinators of the recently funded Collaborative Research Centre AquaDiva (from left): Prof. Susan Trumbore (MPI-BGC Jena), Prof. Kirsten Küsel and Prof. Kai Uwe Totsche (FSU Jena)

 Scientific evaluation of the CRC AquaDiva in February 2013

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Opening Symposium in Leipzig

The iDiv Opening Symposium ‘Integrative Biodiversity Research – a young discipline under time pressure’ was held on April 19^th 2013. International experts held presentations about the perspectives of integrative biodiversity research.

 

 
The iDiv Directorate: Prof. Dr. Helge Bruelheide, Prof. Dr. Kirsten Küsel, Prof. Dr. Christian Wirth and Prof. Dr. Francois Buscot.
(from left to right, photo: Sven Reinhold)

Opening symposium at the University of Leipzig. (Photo: Sven Reinhold)

Prof. Klaus Töpfer, the director of the Institute of Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam gave a talk entitled "Biodiversity as a precondition for sustainable development". (Photo: Sven Reinhold)

2013 new bachelor students joined our lab

Three new bachelor students joined our lab this month for their bachelor theses. We are happy to have them here.
Felizitas Boie is working with Qing BoHu on the Mn oxidizing bacteria.
Sebastian Vetter is working with Shipeng Lu on the acidic iron cycling.
Romy Harzer is working with Sebastian Opitz on the AquaDiva project.

Felizitas, Sebastian and Romy