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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...

25.03.2015
 

Members of the Faculty of Chemistry and the Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science teamed up for a novel transdisciplinary research unit....

09.01.2015
 

We welcome Amanda Daly, from Stuart Grandy’s Lab at the University of New Hampshire, who joins TER for a year to study the effect of microbes and soil...