Project A03 will determine the fate of surface-derived and chemolithoautotrophically produced microbial carbon in the Hainich aquifers. By combining Raman microspectroscopy with stable isotope probing, a novel high-throughput cell sorting method will be established, to track fluxes of microbial carbon and separate metabolically active microbes. Metagenomics anallysis of sorted subpopulations will be interpreted within the context of CO2 fixation rate measurements for a transect-wide functional analysis of the deep biosphere.
PIs
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Prof. Dr. Kirsten Küsel
Chair of Aquatic Geomicrobiology, Institute of BiodiversityFriedrich Schiller University Jena
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+49 (0)3641 9-49461
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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Popp
Chair of Physical Chemistry II, Institute of Physical Chemistry,Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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Dr. Martin Taubert
Chair of Aquatic Geomicrobiology, Institute of BiodiversityFriedrich Schiller University Jena
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Dr. Petra Rösch
Chair of Physical Chemistry II, Institute of Physical Chemistry,Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Dr. Will Overholt
Chair of Aquatic Geomicrobiology, Institute of BiodiversityFriedrich Schiller University Jena
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Doctoral Researchers
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Rola Houhou
Chair of Physical Chemistry II, Institute of Physical Chemistry,Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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Georgette Azemtsop
Chair of Physical Chemistry II, Institute of Physical Chemistry,Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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Associated Postdoctoral Researcher
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Dr. Narendrakumar Chaudhari
Chair of Aquatic Geomicrobiology, Institute of BiodiversityFriedrich Schiller University Jena
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Associated Researchers
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PD Dr. Thomas Bocklitz
Chair of Physical Chemistry II, Institute of Physical Chemistry,Friedrich Schiller University Jena
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Prof. Dr. Cassandre S. Lazar
Department of Biological SciencesUniversité du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Associated Doctoral Researcher
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Constantinos Xenophontos
Chair of Aquatic Geomicrobiology, Institute of BiodiversityFriedrich Schiller University Jena
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