UFZ-Seminar

Themenbereich
Wasserressourcen und Umwelt
Programm 2021
Ferdi L. Hellweger
(Wasserreinhaltung / Water Quality Engineering, Technical University of Berlin)
Modeling cyanobacteria ecology and toxin production (and some out-of-the-box thinking about management)
Montag, 22. Februar 2021, 15.00 Uhr
Brückstraße 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Seminarraum
(online seminar)
We develop and apply gene-level models to understand the ecology of cyanobacteria. These models generally simulate individual cells using agent-based modeling (ABM) and resolve a number of intracellular mechanisms, like gene expression, protein translation and protein function. Starting with a model of Prochlorococcus over ten years ago, we have continually revised and advanced a workflow for the development of these models. Our model development is highly-data driven. For example, our ongoing development of the Microcystis model builds on a meta-analysis of literature encompassing over 500 laboratory experiments from over 70 papers. In this seminar, I will present two case studies: (1) Anabaena – nitrogen interaction, (2) Microcystis growth and toxin production (work in progress). I will also share some thoughts and “out-of-the-box” ideas about management. To learn more about our work see these papers:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1462-2920.13299
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.9b04218
Alan Wilson
Montag, 22. März 2021, 15.00 Uhr
Brückstraße 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Seminarraum
Damien Bouffard
(EAWAG Kastanienbaum Schweiz)
Montag, 26. April 2021, 15.00 Uhr
Brückstraße 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Seminarraum
Soohyun Yang (Department Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis and Management, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Magdeburg, Germany)