HIGRADE Conference

At the HIGRADE Conference, doctoral researchers in their final year present their work and HIGRADE alumni receive their HIGRADE Certificates.

- 08 May 2019, UFZ Leipzig: KUBUS -

We invite all UFZ colleagues and our cooperation partners.

Registration: Please register here by 29 April!

Programme

2:00 pm

3:00 pm Open Poster Session

4:30 pm Award Ceremony - Chair: Dr. Iris Köhler

Awarding of HIGRADE certificates and poster prizes
Keynote speaker: Dr. Hendrik Huthoff (Scientific Manager, Jena School for Microbial Communication)

5:30 pm Get-together

1 Andrea Ebert (AUC) "From permeability to toxicity"
2 Anne Mendler (IMMU) "Chlorpyrifos and glyphosate treatment of commensal intestinal bacteria alters their modulation of MAIT cell activity in vitro"
3 Isabel Kratochvil (MOLSYB) "Proteomics to develop nanomaterial grouping strategies in vitro and in vivo"
4 Jannike Lea Krause (IMMU/MOLYSB) "Changes in pH can modify the ability of bacteria to stimulate MAIT cells"
5 Konstantinos Giannopoulos (ANA) "Characterization of nanoparticles and their coatings in complex media"
6 Sebastian Henz (OEKOTOX) "Modelling the effects of pesticides on the survival of aquatic macroinvertebrates"
7 Stephanie Schäpe (MOLSYB) "Structural and functional stability during changing retention times of complex intestinal medium in in vitro bioreactors of a simplified human intestinal microbiota (SIHUMIx)"
8 Erik Müller (WANA) "Computational models for pattern analysis of environmental mixtures"
9 Katharina Halbach (ANA) tba
10 Laura Krieg (MOLSYB) tba

11 Sara Wahdan (BOOEK) "Metabolically active and total microbiome in rhizosphere soil response to climate change in grassland ecosystem"
12 Weiying Ouyang (ISOBIO) tba
13 Charlotte Wiederkehr (CLE) "Environmental change and human migration - insights from synthesis approaches"
14 Eleonore Slabbert (BZF) "Scale-dependent impact of land management on above- and below-ground biodiversity"
15 Juliane Groth (CLE) "Why farmers choose to migrate under changing environmental conditions in the Ethiopian highlands – a qualitative comparative analysis"
16 Lisanne Hölting (CLE) "Maintaining multiple ecosystem services: a European policy aim"
17 Luis Daniel Prada Salcedo (BOOEK) "Influence of tree species richness on fungal communities and their ecosystem functions in different types of European forests"
18 Marija Milanovic (BZF) "Trait-environmental relationship between native and non-native plant species"
19 Niklas Hase (CLE) "Measurements and simulations of seasonal changes in canopy reflectance of a deciduous forest"
20 Peter Dietrich (PHYDIV) "How does biodiversity loss affect the response of plant species to global change?"
21 Julia Palliwoda (CLE) tba
22 Maik Lucas (BOSYS) tba
23 Peter Hofmann (UMB/PHYDIV) tba

24 Felix Reutter (OEKON) "Minimum distances for wind turbines – a model-based ecological-economic analysis"
25 Julian R. Massenberg (OEKON) "Is there such a thing as 'social values of ecosystem services' ?"
26 Matthias Jordan (BIOENERGIE) "Smart heating systems to fulfill climate targets in the German heat sector: findings from optimization modelling"

27 Bin Liu (UMB) "The best bet to boost reactor microbiomes not being lazy"
28 Federica Calabrese (ISOBIO) "Shaping single-cell metabolic heterogeneity in monoclonal microbial populations"
29 Michaela Löffler (ISOBIO) "Tracking hydrogenase activity with hydrogen stable isotopes"
30 Samuel Eziuzor (ISOBIO) "Anaerobic benzene mineralization by natural microbial communities from Niger Delta"
31 Mariam Karagulyan (UBT) tba
32 Sarah Sühnholz (TUCHEM) "New particles for protecting groundwater"

33 Lukas Egli (OESA) "Temporal effects of climate, crop diversity and inputs on the variability of global agricultural production"
34 Meike Will (OESA) "Count on insurance or on your friends? Modelling the effects of formal protection on risk-sharing networks"

35 Larisa Tarasova (CATHYD) "The flood cookbook: ingredients and regional flavor across Germany"
36 Alexander T. L. Vosshage (FLOEK) tba
37 Izabela Bujak (CATHYD) tba
38 Jarno Rouhiainen (CATHYD) tba
39 Philipp Keller (SEEFO) "Greenhouse gas emissions from dry inland waters: mechanisms and quantification on local and global scale"