Geomicrobiology - GFZ

Welcome to the Twitter of the #Geomicrobiology group at @GFZ_Potsdam! We are here to provide insights into our #scientific work and keep you updated on #publications, #research and #events in our group.

Deep beneath the driest hot desert on Earth, researchers have discovered an active microbial community that may be surviving by using water found in deposits of gypsum. The authors note that Mars has similar gypsum deposits. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/p7Sy50S2An9

Day 2 at @VAAM_Microbes #vaam2024! Today @lhorstma and Claudia take the stage at 11.15 and 11.45

Victoria Rodriguez P-EMP-023 => Microbial transcriptome patterns highlight increased pedogenesis-related activity in arid compared to semiarid soils under humid conditions. (4/4)

Johanna Schwarzer P-EMP-011 => The compositional nature of microbial sequencing datasets hides significant community changes in wetlands Diego Medina P-EMP-013 =>Hotspot for microbial life in the Puna de Atacama (Andes): Effect of a fresh-water high-altitude temporary lake (3/4)

We are at #dghmvaam2024 this week! Come and visit our posters and talks and learn about exciting #environmental #microbiology and #geomicrobiology research we do @GFZ_Potsdam! (1/4)

Ready for the 🔬🧬🧪🧑‍🔬#PotsdamerTagderWissenschaften tomorrow! @GFZ_Potsdam

The fascinating work on #Atacama desert #subsurface #microbial communities led by @lhorstma is now published 🦠🧬 Check it out: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti…

We also had some great poster presentations at #VAAM #Göttingen @lhorstma showcased his work on #microbialcommunities in Chilean #deepsubsurface granite, while @AlexBartholoma1 presented a project exploring #microbialprocesses associated with plastic degradation in soil

Socializing and mixing at the mixer 🤓

Another week of sharing our diverse research #VAAM23 #Göttingen with Victoria Rodriguez presenting part of her PhD work on microbial impact on #soil formation and transformation and @daniel_lipus talking about microbial communities in high CO2 #subsurface environments

It's conference time! #GeoBerlin #DGGV at #FUBerlin Let's assess biosphere geosphere interactions in the subsurface and aquifer geothermal energy storages 🪨🦠

@Arminsilico also attended the 1st Energy Geosciences 2023 Conference and gave an insightful talk on #microbes in sub-seafloor #oilreservoirs

Our new study highlighting the ecological role of #methanogenic #Archaea in natural #highCO2 terrestrial #subsurface environments is now available. Great work by @jia_zeyu @daniel_lipus @JensKallmeyer @AlexBartholoma1 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

@JensKallmeyer introduced the overaching strategy and goals of @prospectomics , while MSc E. Schnabel presented her results on the #biogeochemistry of hydrocarbon-exposed subseafloor in the session "Geomicrobiology in storage and exploration".

@JensKallmeyer and Ellen represented @GFZ_Potsdam and the @prospectomics project at the "1st Energy Geosciences 2023 Conference: Powering the Energy Transition through subsurface collaboration."

In #HighCO2 we study the phycological adaption of microbial communities to CO2 in natural, high CO2 environments with the goal to develop and establish CO2-based biotechnological production processes. (2/2)

@daniel_lipus attended the @helmholtz_en #generalassembly and gave an update on the #innovative #InnoPool #HighCO2 project, a shared @GFZ_Potsdam @fz_juelich and @GEOMAR_en endeavor...(1/2)

Over the last weeks we were well represented at #scientific #conferences, sharing the exiting #Geomicrobiology #research going on in our group: