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Light at night changes animals’ behaviour. A new study shows that moths are attracted to street lamps within a radius of approximately 23 metres.

Throughout the LakeLab experiment 2016 samples are regularly taken during day and night. For example, the team of IGB scientist Gabriel Singer gets out once a week shortly before dawn. They focus on aquatic bacteria which are responsible for the decomposition of organic material.

Stefan Linzmaier is researching the mechanisms and consequences of invasive species in domestic ecosystems. His thesis is titled "Mechanisms of exploitation and interference competition in a novel invader – the marbled crayfish".

Hormonally active substances may contribute to global amphibian decline.

Forscher des IGB und der renommierte Ökologe Gene E. Likens haben eine weltweite Bestandsaufnahme durchgeführt.

Sereina Rutschmann and Jens Kiesel won the Schwörbel-Benndorf Young Talent Award of the DGL. 

Breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer in women and currently accounts for 29% of all new cancer cases in the U.S. Wide-ranging mammography screening programs have been set up for early diagnosis. A new study shows that swarm intelligence can help to considerably improve cancer diagnosis.

After returning from his postdoctoral residency at the University of Brisbane in Australia,  Andreas Jechow visited by chance the Lake Stechlin Information Center in 2012. There he saw a scale model of the LakeLab and was immediately fascinated by the research platform and the concept behind it. Now, three years later he is part of the LakeLab team and studies the light regimes in the mesocosms.