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Congratulations - MSc Sean Darcy

23.03.22

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Congratulations to Sean Darcy, who successfully defended his MSc thesis on Wednesday 23rd March 2022.
His thesis on “Drivers of the root mycobiome in a mixed temperate beech forest" was very well received.
Excellent, Sean!
Congratulations - MSc Michaela Bachmann

11.03.22

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Congratulations to Michaela Bachmann, who successfully defended her MSc thesis on Thursday 10th March 2022.
Her thesis on “15N-isotope fractionation in warmed forest soils" was very well received.
Excellent, Michaela!
CMESS supports Ukrainian scientists and students

27.02.22

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CMESS expresses its solidarity with Ukraine and endorses the plea of “The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities”, which calls for support for Ukrainian academic staff and students. Therefore, our Centre with its four divisions CUBE, DOME, EDGE, and TER ...
Congratulations - MSc Johanna Auer

24.01.22

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Congratulations to Johanna Auer, who successfully defended her MSc thesis on Friday 21st January 2022. Her thesis on “Leaf hydraulic traits and eco-physiological drought response of trees in a hyper diverse tropical rainforest in French Guiana" was very well received.
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Congratulations – MSc Leila Hadžiabdić

17.01.22

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Congratulations to Leila Hadžiabdić, who successfully defended her MSc thesis on Monday 17th January 2022. Her thesis on “Quantification of key genes in microbial phosphorus cycling in soils" was very well received.
Excellent, Leila!
Spatial distribution of nitrogen recently taken up by the fungal symbiont in an ectomycorrhizal root tip of Fagus sylvatica visualized by NanoSIMS.

22.11.21

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Recently photoassimilated carbon and fungus-delivered nitrogen are spatially correlated in the ectomycorrhizal tissue of Fagus sylvatica: Ectomycorrhizal plants trade plant-assimilated carbon for soil nutrients with their fungal partners. The underlying mechanisms, however, are not fully understood. In this paper TER ...
- Paper in New Phytologist
- Cover of New Phytologist 232, Issue 6
Andreas Richter is Highly Cited Researcher 2021

16.11.21

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TER member Andreas Richter is - just as in the past years - among the most cited researchers in the world. Alongside his CMESS colleagues Holger Daims (DOME), Thomas Rattei (CUBE) and Michael Wagner (DOME) he has been named on ...
Congratulations - MSc Felix Spiegel

09.11.21

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Congratulations to Felix Spiegel, who successfully defended his MSc thesis on Monday 8th November 2021.
His thesis on “How do long-term fertilization regimes affect microbial N-processing and community composition in permanent grassland soils?" was very well received.
Excellent, Felix!
Ecological memory of recurrent drought modifies soil processes via changes in soil microbial community

09.09.21

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Climate change is altering the frequency and severity of drought events. Recent evidence indicates that drought may produce legacy effects on soil microbial communities. However, it is unclear whether precedent drought events lead to ecological memory formation, i.e., the capacity ...
- Paper in Nature Communications
- Blog Nature Ecology & Evolution
A critical perspective on interpreting amplicon sequencing data in soil ecological research

22.07.21

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Amplicon sequencing is routinely used in soil ecological research. However, soil-specific challenges and the nature of amplicon data present obstacles for ecological interpretation. Led by Lauren and Hannes, many TER members teamed up with Roey Angel and Jan Jansa to ...
- sciencedirect.com