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New paper by Marc-Andre Cormier explaining metabolic effects in plants on hydrogen isotopes in lipids and cellulose appeared on the cover of Oecologia
In this paper, Marc-Andre compares the hydrogen isotope composition of lipids and cellulose in heterotrophic plants and compares these to their autotrophic hosts or reference plants. In general he finds that both compounds are…
Congratulations to Leonie Schoenbeck on her PhD defense
Leonie Schoenbeck successfully defended her PhD on February 28th
The PPE group welcomes three new PhD students this week
Pictured in photo from left to right: Santiago Perez Bernal, Cedric Zahnd, Patrick MöhlOpen PostDoc position
The Physiological Plant Ecology group is looking for a PostDoc in Stable Isotope Physiology and Global Change Ecology (80%, start in spring 2019)Open Position: Field Technician / Crane Operator
The PPE group is looking for a field technician / crane operator (70-80%) to start in March 2019 for the duration of 4 years.
Congratulations to Devesh Singh on his recent award
Devesh Singh won an award for his work entitled “Bioirrigation, facilitated via a common mycorrhizal network, supports the water relations of finger millet in intercropping system with pigeon pea during drought”.
New paper published by Lars Dietrich in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology on the response of trees to short rain events during drought conditions
Decreasing amounts of precipitation and more frequent dry periods will challenge temperate European forests in the future. During such dry periods, short drought-intermitting rainfall events might be the only renewing water source for…/ News
Canopy Crane II Research Featured in Volksstimme
The long-term study being conducted at the Swiss Canopy Crane II research site at Hölstein was featured recently in the linked article from Volksstimme (in German). Access requires subscription for recent content.
Congratulations to Graduating Master's students
On Friday, November 16 the 2017 and 2018 classes of graduating Master's students in Biology received their diplomas. Several students from the PPE group were in attendance, including Tiffany Fioroni (pictured in photo). Congratulations…Camilo Chiang wins prize in Ocean Optics competition
Camilo Chiang, a PhD student in the PPE group, placed 5th in a global competition sponsored by Ocean Optics. Camilo produced a video to demonstrate how he uses Ocean Optics equipment in his daily work. His prize includes an Ocean Optics…
PPE group participates in National Future Day "Zukunftstag"
On November 8th Svenja Förster and Dan Nelson from the stable isotope lab led a group of students from 5th to 7th class around the labs in the botanical institute. The goal of National Future Day is to promote open career and life planning…Open PhD Position in Global Change Ecology
The Physiological Plant Ecology group is looking for a PhD student in Globarl Change ecology (supervision by Prof. Ansgar Kahmen) start in February 2019.
Jochem Baan joins the PPE group as a new PhD student
We are pleased to welcome Jochem Baan to the PPE group. Jochem comes to our group after obtaining his MSc degree from the University of Amsterdam. He will work in the ERC project HYDROCARB and will investigate the biochemical mechanisms…
New paper published by Nadine Brinkmann in Plant Biology on tree water uptake depth
In this paper Nadine reports data from a three-year study in which she has investigated the soil water uptake depth for different mature temperate tree species. With this study, Nadine shows that different tree species have similar soil…