News

14.06.2016
 

Students and scientists of the DMES who are working in the field of soil microbial ecology and biogeochemistry met on May 20th for the first DMES Soil...

19.05.2016
 

Three positions are available for Masters students during the summer 2016, that will provide a unique opportunity to participate in one of the...

26.04.2016
 

Congratulations! Judith Braun successfully defended her Master thesis entitled „Getting to the bottom of 15N Isotope Pool Dilution technique - Gross N...

07.03.2016
 

Wolfgang Wanek, Andreas Richter and Christina Kaiser just returned from a field course in Costa Rica, where they studied soils, plants and ants...

15.02.2016
 

First study to use incorporation of 18O - H2O into DNA to estimate microbial growth and carbon use efficiency. Microbial carbon use efficiency and...

28.01.2016
 

Congratulations! Karoline Klaus successfully defended her Master thesis entitled „A novel approach to measure microbial carbon use efficiency by...

05.12.2015
 

Social dynamics within decomposer communities lead to nitrogen retention and organic matter build-up in soils,

C. Kaiser, O. Franklin, A. Richter &...

02.12.2015
 

Congratulations! Anna successfully defended her Master thesis entitled "Controls on soil organic matter decomposition along a latitudinal transect in...

12.11.2015
 

Welcome back: David Zezula (MSc Student) and Andreas Richter just returned from a sampling campaign at the Inselberg Camp at the Nouragues Field...

13.10.2015
 

The three divisions CUBE, TER and DOME met for the first retreat of the Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science (DMES) from October 5-7 at...

10.10.2015
 

Microbial nitrogen dynamics in organic and mineral soil horizons along a latitudinal transect in Western Siberia. Wild, B., Schnecker, J., Knoltsch,...

12.09.2015
 

We congratulate Wolfgang Wanek, who received funding for the FWF project “micrON - Environmental controls of microbial organic nitrogen cycling in...