• From the Beginning to the Present

    research ship suited for the mudflats: the catamaran Mya. In 1998, the BAH was integrated into the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. In 2008, the institute building was

  • 100 years of Wadden Sea research in List on Sylt

    in 1924 would evolve into a modern, fully equipped research station that has been part of the Alfred Wegener Institute since 1998. Today, the AWI Wadden Sea Station on Sylt is pursuing answers to what is

  • Graduate School POLMAR

    POLMAR PhD Program Welcome to POLMAR! The graduate school POLMAR offers all PhD students at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) a structured qualification program to complement their individual research work [...] Coordination: Dr. Claudia Sprengel Dr. Claudia Hanfland POLMAR Assistance: Christine Hieber Address Alfred-Wegener-Institut AWI Campus Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Opening hours To ensure the safety of

  • Higher CO2 absorption in the Southern Ocean

    of East Anglia (UEA) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), with the participation of the Alfred Wegener Institute, has found that the Southern Ocean around Antarctica absorbs more carbon dioxide (CO

  • Projects

    (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Correlation of multidecadal temperature variations in Brussels with temperature variations in the rest of the world in a climate model simulation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] .pdf Illustration of the concept of “Boreal forest bi‐stability and glacial legacy“. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lake & Sea ice algae Lake & Sea-ice algae The seasonal extent and properties of Arctic [...] to investigate taxonomic and functional ice algae composition in the ocean and lakes. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) High-resolution reconstruction of regional climate changes in Antarctica High-resolution

  • DNA shearing

    DNA shearing Covaris M220 Focused-ultrasonicator™ (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Covaris instrument is a focused-ultrasonicator which shears DNA into smaller sized fragments to prepare genomic DNA

  • UV workstations

    UV workstations UV hood workstations (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) The UV workstations are designed for clean operations providing protection against contamination. They are equipped

  • DNA quantity & quality

    Next-Generation sequencing. PCR cycler (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Istitut, Levent Vorpahl) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 4200_TapeStation.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • DNA isolation & library prep

    DNA isolation & library prep Fast-Prep®-24 Instrument (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) The FastPrep-24™ Instrument is a high-speed homogenizer for the lysis of sediment or plant samples

  • Coastal Waters Under Pressure

    habitats that are so vital for humans could suffer as a result, warns a team of researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. To better understand these critical de