On the 12th of December 2024, the Winter Mingling took place, as every year, organized by the International Office & Welcome Center at RPTU Campus Landau, to welcome the new international students and celebrate the start of the winter semester. Janna, a student, tells us about it.
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With this third and last part of our series ‘Highlights of 2024’ we finish saying goodbye to 2024 and we welcome a new year of studying and research. Today we welcome a new member to the EcotoxBlog, and recap studies on riparian soil and macroinvertebrates.
Continue readingHighlights of 2024 (Part 2)
In this second part of the ‘Highlights of 2024’, we recap the projects and fieldwork conducted by the research teams at Uni Landau this year.
Continue readingHighlights of 2024 (Part 1)
In the first part of the ‘Highlights of 2024’, we give our readers a recap of the scientific publications we covered this year.
Continue readingWarm Wishes for the Winter Holidays!
The year 2024 is coming to a close and we want to take a moment to express our gratitude to each of you, for your interest, engagement and participation, that make the EcotoxBlog a vibrant community.
Continue readingFlooding linked with higher contamination in riparian zone
In this blog post, Franziska Fiolka and colleagues discuss their study investigating flooding as a vector for organic pesticides, linking aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They assessed regularly and rarely flooded riparian plant contamination profiles in small streams around the Upper Rhine valley and found more and higher concentrations of organic pesticides in regularly flooded riparian soil and plants.
Continue readingAMEO at the Research Institute and Natural Museum Frankfurt – Hannah Siebert (2024)
Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Hannah Siebert tells us about her AMEO experience at the Research Institute and Natural Museum Frankfurt.
Continue readingMaster’s in Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) 2024 Cohort
Today we welcome the 2024 cohort of the Master’s in Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) here in Landau. Starting this October, twenty-two students will study how environmental stressors impact ecosystems, and how these risks can be mitigated.
Continue readingAMEO with the Northern Lapwing Project Rheinland-Pfalz – Anne Hofmann (2024)
Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Anne Hofmann tells us about her AMEO experience with the Northern Lapwing Project (Kiebitzprojekt) Rheinland-Pfalz at GNOR.
Continue readingAMEO at ECT Öcotoxikologie – Elizaveta Repich (2024)
Every Summer Semester, Ecotox Master students do a 2-month internship or AMEO (Applied Module at an External Organization). Today, Elizaveta Repich tells us about her AMEO experience at ECT Öcotoxikologie
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