@ all alumni of Landau’s master program in Ecotoxicology: the deadline was extended and you can still enrol for free for the SETAC Europe Certification of Environmental Risk Assessors (CRA) program until 31st of December 2016!
“Simple is better”: A simple model predicts pesticide concentrations in the environment more reliably
Anja Knäbel reports about their recent paper “Aquatic exposure predictions of insecticide field concentrations using a multimedia mass-balance model”.
Effects of salinity on leaf breakdown – A Study Down Under
In this post, Landau alumnus Felix Sauer talks about their recently published paper “Effects of salinity on leaf breakdown: Dryland salinity versus salinity from a coalmine”.
AMEO 2016 Part I: Wildlife Monitoring & Freshwater Ecotox
For my semester colleagues and me, it is time to spread our wings to perform an internship at another university department, an agency or a company, in Germany or abroad. This first part will provide impressions from my studies on wildlife monitoring in Denmark and Stefan’s AMEO on effects of pesticides in Romania. Continue reading
Graduate Academy SERIOR: Risk and security in a trinational context
Ulrich Ufer, the Scientific Coordinator of the “Upper Rhine Trinational Graduate Academy Security-Risk-Orientation” (SERIOR), reports about the launch of this exceptional program. Continue reading
Next-generation sequencing in environmental monitoring
In this post, Kathrin Theissinger informs about the project “Effects of mining effluents on species composition and stress gene activation in aquatic macroinvertebrates in Finland”. Continue reading
Sediments – a sink or a source of pesticide contamination?
In this post, Mirco Bundschuh talks about their recently published paper “The mode of bioturbation triggers pesticide remobilization from aquatic sediments”. Continue reading
Meet the Mormons
Ralf Schäfer reports from his research stay at the Utah State University (USU) in Logan, Utah. Continue reading
Field study in Transylvania: News from the Landscape Ecology Group
This years field season of the Landscape Ecology group is marked by a comprehensive study in Romania. Continue reading
Landau alumna becomes SETAC Graduate Environmental Risk Assessor
During the SETAC meeting in Nates, Landau alumna Denise Koetter became the first SETAC Graduate Environmental Risk Assessor. Continue reading