Congratulations to Bashir Olasunkanmi Ayinde and colleagues: their new study demonstrates, for the first time, how size and shape influence the detachment and transport of tyre wear particles by the wind.
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Congratulations to Aileen Jung and the groups of Tillmann Lüders und Eva Lehndorff at BayCEER.
The study “Conventional and biodegradable microplastics elicit contrasting taxon-level responses in rhizosphere microbiomes of maize and strawberry” shows that different Polymers have different effects to different plants.
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The new study introduces a new class of polymers with more sustainable processing methods and biodegradable and recyclable properties.
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From 12 – 16 October there will be the 6th Edition of the International Conference MICRO 2026. We are looking forward to these interesting and exciting days in Cádiz.
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Keylab Genome Analysis & Bioinformatics has now installed an Illumina MiSeq™ i100, a compact, high-throughput sequencing device and making it available to all established and young researchers at the University of Bayreuth.
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Congratulations to the S01 team and colleagues on their publication: “COLLEMBOT: AI-assisted counting of Collembola for OECD 232 tests”, which describes an AI-assisted tool that automates counting in OECD 232 ecotoxicological tests.
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The doctoral student group of SFB 1357 Microplastics travelled to Bremerhaven and visited the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for an intensive scientific discourse and to expand their network.
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Congratulations to Prof. Laforsch and Dr. Löder on this special award "Highly Cited Researchers 2025": it honours the 1% of scientists whose publications are cited most frequently worldwide. An overview of all publications of tht CRC can be found in the "Publications" section.
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