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VDS MES is a unique doctoral program is that offers interdisciplinary training at the interfaces of microbiology, ecology, and environmental geosciences to address current challenges in the 21st century society, including the role of microbiomes, adaptation and resistance mechanisms, biogeochemistry, pollutant dynamics and nutrient fluxes in global change and for human, animal,  plant, and environmental health. Our students will acquire a comprehensive understanding of microbes at all levels, from molecular circuits determining the fate of single cells to microbial communities to ecosystem processes and of pollutant dynamics and nutrient and geochemical cycles.

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30.03.2023
 

VDS MES student Alexandra Schilder is first author of the newly released paper titled "Role of the 5′ end phosphorylation state for small RNA...

03.02.2023
 

Patrizia Pfohl successfully defended her thesis entitled "Aging of intentionally produced microplastic particles for innovative applications" on...

11.01.2023
 

Boris Meisterjahn successfully defended his thesis entitled "Methods for the investigation of the fate of engineered nanoparticles in the environment...

11.01.2023
 

Philipp Höhn successfully defended his thesis entitled "The potential of hydrogeophysics and deep reinforcement learning for better groundwater...

11.01.2023
 

VDS MES group leader Shaul Pollak is currently looking for a PhD student in the field of environmental systems microbiology. The position will involve...

10.01.2023
 

Kyle Chardi successfully defended this thesis entitled "Effect of organic ligands on the stability of tetravalent uranium under anoxic conditions" on...