Last year in summer I finished my Master’s degree. I was, and still am, very much in love with science, and enjoyed my research-focussed program a lot. No surprise that I wanted to pursue a scientific career, and that I was very happy I had managed to secure a PhD position as the next step […]
On 9 April 2024, 39 scientists from esteemed institutions such as the University of Hamburg, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), Helmholtz Centre hereon, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), and Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) embarked on the research vessel Sonne for the BIOCAT-IIOE 2 (SO305) research expedition. The team comprises experts […]
In den letzten Blogeinträgen haben wir gruselig aussehende Tiefseefische, gallertartige Schönheiten und faszinierende mikroskopische Organismen gezeigt. Eine weitere häufige Organismengruppe, die wir während MSM126 gefangen haben und die bisher nicht im Rampenlicht stand, sind die Kopffüßer (Cephalopoden). Cephalopoden sind Weichtiere – wie Schnecken oder Muscheln – und gehören zu den Meeresbewohnern, die oft eine hohe […]
The last blog posts showed you scary-looking deep-sea fishes, gelatinous beauties and mesmerizing microscopic organisms. Another frequent organism group we captured during MSM126 which did not enjoy a spotlight so far are the cephalopods. Cephalopods are molluscs – like snails or mussels – and are marine inhabitants which often occupy high trophic positions in food […]
For latest information regarding the 2nd April 2024 Taiwan M7.4 earthquake and tsunami, see Dr Heidarzadeh’s interview with CNN below.
Die bisherigen Blogeinträge haben die atemberaubende und wunderschöne Arbeit der JellyWeb-Expedition gezeigt: Wir haben über farbenfrohe Kreaturen, hochmoderne Technologien und mutige Physiker allein unter Biolog:innen berichtet. Ja, unsere Projekte auf der Expedition MSM126 sind sehr vielfältig, und neben ihrer aufregenden Natur haben sie noch eine weitere Gemeinsamkeit: Sie alle produzieren tonnenweise Daten. Daten, die verwaltet […]
The past blog entries have shown you the breath-taking and beautiful works of the JellyWeb expedition: we have seen colourful critters, cutting edge technology and brave physicists alone amongst biologists. Our projects on MSM126 are quite diverse and besides all of them being quite exciting, they share one more trait: they all produce a ton […]
HiWi is the abbreviation for the German term ‘Hilfs-Wissenschaftler*in’, which translates to research assistant, and describes a job position for students, often offered by faculties or research institutes. I am definitely not talking about the second definition given by German Wikipedia. For nearly six years I’ve been one of many HiWis, going through research groups […]
As part of our cruise MSM126 focus on the “jellyweb”, we are also interested in siphonophores. Even in the vast and mysterious world of marine life teeming with peculiar inhabitants, these distinctive creatures stand out. While they share similarities with jellyfish, particularly in having stinging cells known as cnidocysts, they do not look much like […]
Im Rahmen unserer Expedition MSM126 zum Thema “Jellyweb” beschäftigen wir uns auch mit Staatsquallen (Siphonophoren). Selbst in der riesigen und geheimnisvollen Unterwasserwelt, in der es von seltsamen Bewohnern nur so wimmelt, stechen diese einzigartigen Kreaturen hervor. Obwohl sie Ähnlichkeiten mit Quallen haben, vor allem durch ihre Nesselzellen, sehen sie diesen auf den ersten Blick nicht […]