Workshop des Schwerpunktprogramms SPP2404 DeepDyn

April 9-10 2026 @ Universität Bayreuth

Introduction to laboratory work with magnetotactic bacteria
Learn to take samples from ponds
Learn to grow magnetotactic bacteria in your lab
Analyse samples by light microscopy and track the magnetotactic bacteria
Get a tour through the Chair of microbiology facilites
Listen to lectures about magnetosome biosynthesis (Dirk Schüler), magneto-aerotaxis and evolution (Daniel Pfeiffer), magneto-protists (Bill Orsi), magnetofossils (Stuart Gilder), magnetoreception in animals (Michael Winkelhofer) and the implication of time and amplitude variance of the geomagnetic field for life on Earth (Monika Korte)

Number of attendees limited, please register early!

Start of workshop	9 April 09:00
End of workshop	10 April 17:30

The workshop will take place in the rooms of the University of Bayreuth. Hotel rooms in the Hotel Ibis are reserved for participants from 8.4. - 10.4.2026.

If you cannot reach your home with the train on Friday evening (trains departing Bayreuth after 19:00 should be reached) you can stay another night in the hotel. Please check train connections rights now and book the extra night here if needed to reserve a room for April 10-11.

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