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Welcome new group member: Carlotta Carlini

03.09.2021 EDGE

Carlotta Carlini has joined EDGE as a visiting Ph.D. student from the Environmental and Management Research Group (UNIBO) at Bologna University in…

Welcome new group member: Veer Singh

30.08.2021 EDGE

Veer Vikram Singh has joined EDGE as a Ph.D. student in August 2021. He will work with Stephan Kraemer, Richard Kimber, and Naresh Kumar towards…

Plastic for breakfast

23.08.2021 EDGE

Plastic is still underestimated as an environmental hazard. Thilo Hofmann, Thorsten Hüffer, and their colleagues at EDGE are researching micro- and…

New publication in the JACS: A Metabolite of Pseudomonas Triggers Prophage-Selective Lysogenic to Lytic Conversion in Staphylococcus aureus

17.08.2021 CeMESS

Bacteriophages are still a relatively unknown component of the human microbiome. However, they can play a powerful role in the life cycles of…

Gabriel Sigmund gives talk for the "Green Carbon Webinar" series

16.08.2021 EDGE

Gabriel Sigmund recently gave a seminar talk for the open virtual "Green Carbon Webinar" series. His talk on biochar's potential for sorbing ionic and…

Swimming to raise awareness for plastic pollution

04.08.2021 CeMESS

Every day, the Danube carries four tons of plastic into the Black Sea. Thilo Hofmann and Thorsten Hüffer from EDGE are collaborating on a project that…

New publication in ACS ES&T Water: Wildfire-Derived Pyrogenic Carbon Modulates Riverine Organic Matter and Biofilm Enzyme Activities in an In Situ Flume Experiment

30.06.2021 EDGE

Wildfires produce large amounts of pyrogenic carbon which can be transported into rivers via water erosion. To date the effects of such post-fire…

New Publication in Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Microplastic extraction protocols can impact the polymer structure

25.06.2021 EDGE

icroplastics are ubiquitous in the environment. Indications of the resulting risks to nature and health are numerous. Therefore, questions arise as to…

New CMESS report out now

25.06.2021 CeMESS

Our research, facilities, and faculty – our new CMESS report with insights into our work and organisation has just been published. The report outlines…