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AMEO at the Research Institute and Natural Museum Frankfurt – Hannah Siebert (2024)

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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.

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Task force to assess the ecotoxicological consequences for the aquatic environment of sugarcane monocultures in Brazil 

In this blog post, Dr. Laís Silva talks about the latest published article from the major project she took part in during her doctorate in Brazil, which so far has 42 related scientific articles.

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Costa Rica: A tropical e(coto)xperience – Part 4

In this series of posts, Carsten Brühl reports about his current trip to Costa Rica. Part 4 is all about his visit of the Laguna de Madre Dios, where researchers sample water and fish to analyse for pesticide residues originating from upstream banana and pineapple plantations.

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Costa Rica: A tropical e(coto)xperience – Part 2

In this series of posts, Carsten Brühl reports about his current trip to Costa Rica. Part 2 is all about his host Clemens Ruepert who is an experienced environmental analytical chemist at the Regional Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances of the National University of Costa Rica.

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