Nitrogen and sulfur cycles in marine sediments
Molecular ecology of chemoautotrophic microorganisms in hydrothermal and coastal sediments
Single-cell analysis of sub-populations in marine sediments
Chemoautotrophic vs. chemoheterotrophic processes in hydrothermal systems
Genomic analysis of large sulfur oxidizing bacteria

Publications

2010

Arnds, J.; Knittel, K.; Buck, U.; Winkel, M.; Amann, R. (2010); Development of a 16S rRNA-targeted probe set for Verrucomicrobia and its application for fluorescence in situ hybridization in a humic lake. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2010 Apr;33(3):139-48. Epub 2010 Mar 11.

doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2009.12.005

Meetings& Workshops

4th Max Planck Symposium
"Life under extreme conditions"
March 17& 18, 2011, Berlin, Germany
ISME 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, August 22-27 2010, Seattle, WA, USA.
Invited oral presentation:
"The fate of ammonia in Beggiatoa mats covering hydrothermal sediments of the Guaymas Basin"
Thermophiles 2007,
September 24th-27th
Bergen, Norway

Curriculum vitae

since 01/2010	PhD thesis: Chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms in hydrothermal and coastal marine sedimentat the Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen
03/2009-11/2009	Diploma thesis: Nitrifiying microorganisms in hydrothermal systems of the Guaymas Basin at the Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen
04/2008-07/2008	Student Project: In Situ detection of aquatic Verrucomicrobia at the Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen
10/2003-11/2009	Studies of Biology at the University of Bremen

Cruises& field trips

09/2010-10/2010

MS82-3 MENEZMAR “Interdisciplinary geological, chemical and biological studies at the Menez Gwen hydrothermal vent field Mid-Atlantic Ridge, at 37°50’N”