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PostDoc

Department of Molecular Ecology

MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany

Raum: 

2100

Telefon: 

+49 421 2028-9530

Anneke Heins
 

CREATE-2 (Concepts for Reducing the Effects of Anthropogenic pressures and uses on marine Ecosystems and on Biodiversity)

Role: PI, Co-Work Package Leader (WP1) & Data Manager

Main Goals:
- Development of non-invasive, holistic monitoring strategy
- Biodiversity assessment of German North and Baltic Sea
- Technology and knowledge transfer
- Stakeholder interaction as part of living lab approach

More information about our mission: https://www.create-project.de/content/environmental-dna-biodiversity-assessment-wp111213

Thalassys (start-up)

Role: Team lead, co-founder

Main goals:
- Long-lasting transfer of developed technology, pipelines and knowledge
- Bridge between science and industry

More information about our mission: https://thalassys.com/

Example of light microscopy, cultivation and staining of particle-associated bacteria.
 

CV

Academic Education

2017 – 2021: Doctorate (PhD); Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology/ University of Greifswald

2013 – 2016: Master of Science (Biology); Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg

2013 – 2016: Master of Education (Biology & Art); Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg

2009 – 2013: Bachelor of Science (Biology); Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg

2009 – 2013: Bachelor of Arts (Biology & Art); Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg

2012: Semester abroad; Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden

 

Professional Experience

2023 – present: PI, CO-WP-1 lead, data manager (CREATE-2 project); Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen · Molecular Ecology Department  

2022 – present: Team lead (Start-up Thalassys); Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen · Molecular Ecology Department                        

2021 – 2023: PostDoc, data manager (CREATE-1 project); Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen · Molecular Ecology Department  

2017 – 2021: PhD student (POMPU project); Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen · Microbiology Department  

2016 – 2017: Teacher for Biology & Art; Gymnasium Bad Zwischenahn, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany

2015 – 2016: Research Associate; Senckenberg Institute, Hamburg

2013 – 2015: Tutor; Offene Tür Bloherfelde, Oldenburg

2012: Web Ambassador; Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden

 

Other activities

2023 – 2024: One of two German representatives on the expert panel of the JPI Oceans Joint Action Knowledge Hub “Science for Good Environmental Status (S4GES)”

2023 – present: Ombudsperson, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen

2022 – 2026: Part of MAX!mize incubator program

2022 – 2023: Spokesperson for postdocs, Max Planck Society (PostdocNet), Germany

2022: Part of Yukon22 sampling expedition, permafrost, Herschel Island, Arctic Ocean (Canada)

2021: Founding member and co-organizer of the Diversity Council, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen

2019: Course instructor during the Polarstern cruise PS120/SoNoAT2019 for international students, Atlantic Ocean

2018 – 2019: PhD representative, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen

2018: Mentor of Team 1, Meereswettbewerb, Deutsche Meeresstiftung, Aldebaran, North Sea and German Rivers

2018 – 2026: Planning and running of workshops (with national and international guests)

2018: Co-organizing of the 2nd “It Ma(t)Ters” conference

2017 – 2026: Teaching and supervision (e.g. part of MarMic program, research projects, lab rotations, cruises)

2017 – 2021: Part of MarMic Graduate School program

2018 – 2026: Planning and participation in over 20 research cruises (national and international, as scientist or student supervisor)

2022 – 2026: Public outreach: Open-science events (e.g. Open Campus, Tag der Wissenschaft); contributions to exhibitions (e.g. Nationalparkhaus Spiekeroog); appearances on podcasts, in newspapers, Youtube, and on radio (e.g. Salon 5, Weser Kurier, Deutschlandfunk, Ringvorlesung Uni Hamburg)

 

Publications

Horn et al. (2025). Towards a strategy for offshore installations to enhance the environmental status of coastal seas: Multi-use concepts for ecosystem restoration. Marine Policy, 182:106893. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106893

Höring et al. (2025). Empfehlungen zum Forschungsdatenmanagement für DAM-Forschungsmissionen und Verbünde (Version 3). Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15430225

Reintjes et al. (2023). Abundance and composition of particles and their attached microbiomes along an Atlantic Meridional Transect. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10:1051510. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1051510

Heins & Harder (2023). Particle-associated bacteria in seawater dominate the colony-forming microbiome on ZoBell marine agar. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99:fiac151. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiac151

Priest et al. (2022). Niche partitioning of the ubiquitous and ecologically relevant NS5 marine group. The ISME Journal, 16:1570–1582. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-022-01209-8

Heins et al. (2021). Cultivation of particle-associated heterotrophic bacteria along a spring phytoplankton bloom in the North Sea. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 44:126232. DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126232

Bartlau et al. (2021). Highly diverse flavobacterial phages isolated from North Sea spring blooms. The ISME Journal, 18:555–568. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01097-4

Heins et al. (2021). Particle collection in Imhoff sedimentation cones enriches both motile chemotactic and particle-attached bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:1–17. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.643730

Holst et al. (2019). Morphological and molecular diagnostic species characters of Staurozoa (Cnidaria) collected on the coast of Helgoland (German Bight, North Sea). Marine Biodiversity. 49. 1775-1797. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-019-00943-1.

Heins et al. (2017). Assessment of various investigation techniques for scyphozoan statoliths with focus on the early development of the jellyfish Sanderia malayensis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. DOI: 10.3354/meps12292.

Heins et al. (2015). Revised descriptions of the nematocysts and the asexual reproduction modes of the scyphozoan jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775). Zoomorphology. 134. DOI: 10.1007/s00435-015-0263-x.

Dissertation: https://epub.ub.uni-greifswald.de/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/5675/file/Doktorarbeit_AHeins_2021.pdf

 

Conferences (Selection)

2025: SAME18, Barcelona, Spain

2023: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

2021: It Ma(t)ters, virtual

2019: VAAM, Mainz, Germany

2018: First International Conference on Marine Flavobacteria, Corsica, France

2018: 17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME), Leipzig, Germany

2018: Microbial Interaction in Marine Systems (MIMAS), Greifswald, Germany

 

 
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