Group event 2014

On July 28th our lab went on a canoe tour on the river Saale. Starting from Kleineutersdorf close to Kahla we paddled about 20 km towards Jena Burgau. After 4,5 hours and several on-land and on-water picknicks, everybody made it safely to Jena though some of us went for a little (unintended) swim ;)

It was a very nice day (no rain!) and we all enjoyed the river and its beautiful environment. Here's a picture of the brave team:

 

After the canoeing we met at the Steinkreuz for BBQ. For more pictures see here.

Off-road traning for Toyota Hilux

Recently, some members from our group and other group joined a off-road training for the 4WD pickup Toyota Hilux.  The training was organized and oriented to off-road beginners with little or no experience. We tried different sites including forest and agricultural trails, as well as hillside situations.

Denise visited us

Dr. Denise Akob and her family visited us from March 18 to April 7. Many lab members took this chance to talk about the collaborating projects with her. During her stay, Denise gave a geomicrobiology course for the graduate school student and also a talk about her recent research achievements during the GRK Brainstorming, entitled 'Organic Composition and Microbiology of Produced Waters from Pennsylvania Shale Gas Wells'.

2014 NEW BACHELOR STUDENTS JOINED OUR LAB

Six new bachelor students joined our lab since last month for their bachelor theses. Welcome all of you!
Daniel Raabe is working with Qing on the Mn oxidizing bacteria.
Michaela Kempf is working with Shipeng on the acidic iron cycling.
Anja Ganzauge is working with Jiro on the Ronneberg project.
Julia Kuhr is working with Felix on the Mofette project. 

Esthus Voigtis and Vanessa Steinen are working with Steffen and Maren mainly on qPCR. 

(left to right, back to front) Daniel, Anja, Julia and Michaela 

Esthes and Vanessa