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23.04.: Guest lecture: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the “Plastisphere”
On April 23, Prof. Dr. Linda Amaral-Zettler will hold a talk on ‘A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the “Plastisphere”‘. The Department of Biosciences cordially invites all listeners!
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IMPACT OF EVENING SMARTPHONE USE
People who continually use their smartphones before going to sleep have trouble recuperating during the night and are less alert the next morning.
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New Publication from Working Group Agatha
The brand-new publication of the working group Agatha in collaboration with German and Chinese partners demonstrates that cosmopolitan distribution in marine planktonic ciliates is less common than previously postulated.