Geoscientist Andrea Kaim analyses the conflicting goals that can arise during the transformation of agriculture towards more multifunctionality. To this end, she brings together various research disciplines as part of the junior research group AgriScape, which she heads.»
An international UFZ-led team have detected ca. 120 organic micropollutants in the River Oder and investigated their role in damaging aquatic organisms. They found that high concentrations of these substances amplify the lethal effects of the algal toxin prymnesin.»
UFZ researchers used a combination of molecular biological methods and the zebrafish model to investigate the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on the brain. They revealed the mechanism of action and identified the genes involved.»
On 1 September, biologist Prof Katrin Böhning-Gaese will move from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt/Main to the UFZ and become the scientific director. She will take over from Prof Rolf Altenburger, who has headed the centre since 2022.»
Large parts of German forests show an increase in damage as a result of the recent extreme drought period. But how does forest condition vary across the landscape? The new UFZ forest condition monitor reveals these dynamic changes Germany-wide with high spatial resolution.»
I am a computational ecologist trying to understand how farming practices and biodiversity influence each other. Specifically, I look at how different measures in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy affect biodiversity and ecosystem services at a landscape scale. I use individual-based modelling to explore different scenarios, and work together with farmers, economists, and policy-makers to make sure my work is relevant to the people it most concerns.
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Öffentlicher Vortrag zur Vernissage der Ausstellung „Urbs Accommodata“
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