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Mirja Meiners
Technician
Department of Molecular Ecology
MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany
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2200 |
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Specialization
- Molecular biology
- Fluorescence microscopy
Technical qualifications
- Different techniques of Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH, CARD-FISH)
- Fluorescence microscopy
- DNA extraction
- Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS)
- Radioactive methods for AOM (anaerobic oxidation of methane) and SRR (sulfate reduction rates)
- Gas chromatography
Expeditions
| 2014 | RV Polarstern PS86 (ARK 28-3), Aurora vent field, Arctic Ocean |
| 2013 | Field trip ECO2 Panarea, Aeolian Islands, Italy |
| 2008/2009 | One-year stay on Helgoland to implement and maintain long-term sampling procedures |
Outreach
| August/September 2016 | Hosting of a stall during the Maritime Week event in Bremen, within the “City Initiative Bremen”. Here, the public – especially youths and children – were informed about the research activities of the MPI Bremen, and were able to view a range of different samples from the North Sea, the river Weser, and a pond under the microscope. |
| May 2014 | Hosting of a stall during the European Maritime Day event in Bremen, within the “City Initiative Bremen”. Here, the public – especially youths and children – were informed about the research activities of the MPI Bremen, and were able to view a range of different sediment samples under the microscope. |