31 August 2016 insight At night all researchers are grey 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.
8 September 2016 press release Why moths are attracted to light Light at night changes animals’ behaviour. A new study shows that moths are attracted to street lamps within a radius of approximately 23 metres.
10 August 2015 insight "As a light physicist I have until now mostly worked in darkened and sterile laboratories" 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.
22 July 2015 short news "I have chosen this PhD project because I find it amazingly interesting" After her master's thesis on zooplankton, biologist Susanne Stephan wanted to broaden her knowledge and did not hesitate to accept the proposed PhD position on phytoplankton at the LakeLab. Now after almost 3 months at IGB Stechlin, she is already in the thick of it, and has learned a lot of new techniques. Furthermore, she enjoys working with the highly motivated LakeLab team.
