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The 2018 Block Course in Plant Biology begins
On Monday the 17.9. we started with the 2018 Block Course in Plant Biology. We were able to welcome 25 undergraduate students in our labs that we will teach the basic principles of physiological plant ecology and stable isotope ecology over…
The PPE team presented several new results at the GfÖ annual meeting in Vienna
The 48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland took place in Vienna during the week of September 10th.Anja Schmutz passes her Master's exam
Congratulations to Anja Schmutz in passing her Master's exam on Friday September 7th.
Meisha Holloway-Phillips joined our team as Postdoc
We warmly welcome Meisha Holloway-Phillips as a new postdoc in our team. Meisha will work on hydrogen isotopes in plant organic compounds in the context of the ERC project HYDROCARB. Specifically she will address biochemical, physiological…News article in BZ Basel highlights research on the impacts of severe drought on trees in the region
The topic is especially relevant this year as the area experiences one of the driest summers on record.Melanie Egli passes her Master's exam
Congratulations to Melaine Egli in passing her Master's exam on Friday August 31st.
New publication by Lars Dietrich in Journal of Ecology
Lars Dietrich has published a new paper from his PhD - "No role for xylem embolism or carbohydrate shortage in temperate trees during the severe 2015 drought"Telebasel Report "Hightec-Wald von Hölstein" (2018/08/15)
Sendung vom 15.08.2018: Der Hightec-Wald von Hölstein: In einem einzigartigen Experiment erforscht ein Team der Uni Basel in Hölstein während der nächsten 20 Jahre die Auswirkungen des Klima-Wandels auf den Wald. Welche Bäume überleben…/ Info
New publication by Nadine Brinkmann in New Phytologist
Nadine Brinkmann has published a new paper from her PhD - "Employing stable isotopes to determine the residence times of soil water and the temporal origin of water taken up by Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies in a temperate forest"
The Herbaria Basel in the "Basler Zeitung" (2018/07/12)
Die Herbarien Basel in der Basler Zeitung: "Basel hat das älteste Herbarium der Welt – nun soll es nationales Kulturgut werden" BaZ Artikel vom 12.07.2018: Bottmingen. In einer ehemaligen Lagerhalle in einem Gewerbequartier der Basler…2 open PhD positions
We are seeking a PhD in Physiological Plant Ecology and a PhD student in Agroecology and Plant-Microbe Interactions"BaZ" article about Basel, Botany & the renovated botanical institute
"Während Basels Botanik blüht sterben die Gingkos" Ein "Hick-up" Artikel von Martin Hicklin erschienen in der BaZ vom 5. Juni 2018.News article introducing the Swiss Canopy Crane II forest-climate project in Hölstein (BaZ, 2018/04/01)
20-jähriger Stresstest für den Hölsteiner Wald, BaZ Artikel