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GeoUmwelt @ LMU @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
DeepDyn @lmu.de goes Mini-München
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LMU München @lmu.de · 21/07/2026
🌕 Lanzarote als Testgelände für die #Mondforschung 🗺️Wie lassen sich verborgene Ressourcen auf dem Mond aufspüren? Im Projekt #NEPOS testen #LMU München & DLR passive seismische Messverfahren, um Strukturen unter der Mondoberfläche zu erkunden – etwa Lavahöhlen & mögliche Wassereisvorkommen.
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Lanzarote als Mondlabor: Forschende testen Verfahren für die Ressourcensuche
Forschende der LMU und des DLR haben auf Lanzarote seismische Verfahren für die Erkundung von Lavahöhlen unter der Mondoberfläche getestet.
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SPP 2404 DEEPDYN @deepdyn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🗺️ Lost in the mud? Why evolve your own magnetic sense when you can hire micro-roommates?🤝🧲 Mitali Chitnis & Leon Kaub uncovered a wild 3-way partnership: A single-celled ciliate carrying magnetotactic bacteria & methane-producing archaea! 📄@pnas.org: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #Microbiology
Electron micrograph showing pearl necklace-shaped magnetosome chains inside the endosymbiotic bacterium. (Elena Sturm / PNAS)
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Gonzalo Gomez Saez @ggomezsaez.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Unique symbiosis bestows magnetic sense to single-celled organism
LMU researchers have discovered an unusual three-way partnership between a ciliate, bacteria, and archaea.
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Gonzalo Gomez Saez @ggomezsaez.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Excited to see our article featured on the monthly cover of @plosbiology.org @drbradbrad.bsky.social @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social
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GeoUmwelt @ LMU @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🍄 Surprise at the seafloor! 🌊 New study in @PLOSBiology by LMU researchers around Prof. William Orsi shows that marine fungi in Arctic fjord sediments play a key role in the carbon cycle—efficiently storing organic matter as biomass instead of releasing it as CO₂. ❄️👇 www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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Fungi help lock carbon into Arctic fjord sediments
LMU-Researchers show that fungi play an important role in the marine carbon cycle.
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Gonzalo Gomez Saez @ggomezsaez.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Many ocean microbes have the genetic potential of consuming taurine, a key organosulfur compound, but it is unclear how this activity is linked to the worldwide decline in oxygen levels. Here, we found by 13C-DOS qSIP that taurine was only used as a C source in hypoxic waters of the Mariager Fjord.
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Gonzalo Gomez Saez @ggomezsaez.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Great work of Ömer Coskun, former postdoc of my #DFGEmmyNoether group, in collaboration with colleagues in Munich, Bremen, Oldenburg and Aarhus @ianpgm.bsky.social
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Gonzalo Gomez Saez @ggomezsaez.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Link to the article (open-access) published in #TheISMEjournal: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
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Hypoxia increases microbial carbon assimilation of taurine in a seasonally anoxic fjord
Abstract. Hypoxic zones are expanding globally altering marine biogeochemical cycles. Within these low-oxygen regions, microbial communities play a key rol
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Gonzalo Gomez Saez @ggomezsaez.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Link to the @lmu.de press release: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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Climate change: how oxygen deficiency changes metabolic processes in the ocean
A new study reveals how sulfur compounds are metabolized under oxygen-deficient conditions – and which microorganisms are responsible.
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GeoUmwelt @ LMU @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Even half a world away, our instruments at the Fürstenfeldbruck Observatory captured the seismic waves from the recent #earthquake off the east coast of #Japan. 🌍💥📈: www.geo.lmu.de/geoumwelt/de... #TsunamiWarning 🌊 #EarthScience #Observatory #Seismometer
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GeoUmwelt @ LMU @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🌋 How to predict an volcanoe eruption? You go straight to the source ⬇️! Check out the WDR children's news #MausZoom audio feature, where researchers from our department are drilling into a volcano to improve eruption forecasts! 🎧Listen here: shorturl.at/ZiuI4 #Volcanology #EarthScience #KMT 🌋✨
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LMU München @lmu.de · 17/04/2026
🦕 Ein Team um LMU-Dinosaurierexperten Oliver Rauhut hat einen neuen Langhalssaurier entdeckt: Bicharracosaurus dionidei lebte in der oberen Jurazeit Argentiniens, vor ungefähr 155 Millionen Jahren.🏔️Das Fossil trägt zum besseren Verständnis der Evolution der Saurier auf den südlichen Kontinenten bei.
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Paläontologie: Forschende entdecken neuen Langhalssaurier in Patagonien
Der neu entdeckte Saurier Bicharracosaurus dionidei lebte vor ungefähr 155 Millionen Jahren in der oberen Jurazeit Argentiniens.
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LMU München @lmu.de · 17/04/2026
🌊🔍 Wie steht es um Bayerns Seen? Forschende von #LMU und @tum.de entwickeln im Projekt #ecoBay ein autonomes System mit #Robotik, genetischem Monitoring & #KI, um #Biodiversität und #Gewässerzustand schneller & präziser zu erfassen. #ecoBay #LMUMuenchen #Klimawandel
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Biodiversität: Ein Frühwarnsystem für die Gesundheit bayerischer Seen
Im Rahmen des neuen Projekts „ecoBay“ wird untersucht, wie sich der Zustand bayerischer Seen mithilfe von Robotik, genetischem Monitoring und Künstlicher Intelligenz besser erfassen lässt.
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LMU München @lmu.de · 13/04/2026
🌍 Die #Erde dreht sich – aber nicht perfekt gleichmäßig. Hochdruckgebiete, Gezeiten oder Klimawandel beeinflussen ihre #Rotation. Die neue DFG-Forschungsgruppe „RING“ nutzt #Ringlaser, um diese Schwankungen zu messen – wichtig für präzise Navigation und Einblicke in #Klimawandel und #Erdbeben. #LMU
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So dreht sich die Erde: Neue Forschungsgruppe zur Messung kleinster Schwankungen
Eine neue DFG-Forschungsgruppe unter LMU-Leitung entwickelt innovative Ringlaser zur hochpräzisen Messung von Rotationsbewegungen der Erde.
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Dr Paul Wallace @pawallace.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
‼️New Paper 💥 #Amphibole reaction rims record shear during #magma ascent 🚨 EBSD reveals reaction rims provide an archive of pre-eruptive magma #deformation, making them valuable proxies for quantifying #shear histories and unveiling hidden forces leading to #eruption 📃 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Amphibole reaction rims record shear during magma ascent - Nature Communications
In this study, authors investigate what happens to magma before a volcanic eruption. They find that crystals react to magma flow before it reaches the surface, preserving a mechanical fingerprint of t...
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GeoUmwelt @ LMU @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Things are heating up 🔥 Drilling into a #MagmaChamber 🇮🇸? Groundbreaking (literally!) research to unlock better eruption forecasts and #GreenEnergy! ⚡️🌋 So proud that it got featured on #Tagesschau: 🔗 www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forsc... #GeologyRocks #Magma #Iceland #Geothermal #Innovation
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Island: Wissenschaftler wollen erstmals Vulkan anbohren
Forschende wollen unter dem isländischen Krafla-Vulkan eine Magmakammer mit flüssigem Gestein anbohren. Die Herausforderungen bei diesem Projekt sind gewaltig - aber auch der mögliche Erkenntnisgewinn ist groß. Von Frank Bäumer.
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GeoUmwelt @ LMU @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Wanted to see Earth from above but missed the Artemis II crew list? 🌕🚀 No space suit? No problem! ​You can still explore the Earth in stunning detail from the comfort of your desk: Our new website is officially LIVE! 🌍✨ 👉 www.geo.lmu.de/geoumwelt/de/ ​Follow our stable orbit around @lmu.de! 🛰️✨
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Komplexe Prozesse, die unsere Erde formen und die Umwelt beeinflussen
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Gonzalo Gomez Saez @ggomezsaez.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
#Climatechange: when the ocean runs out of oxygen Press article on our last expedition aboard #RV_Aurora, sampling the water column and sediments of the seasonally anoxic #MariagerFjord. Thank you #LMUpress and Dr. Dominic Anders! Link: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/... @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social
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Climate change: when the ocean runs out of oxygen
Oxygen levels are low in many ocean regions. How does this affect organic matter cycling and microorganisms? In search of an answer, biogeochemist Gonzalo Gomez Saez journeyed by ship to Jutland.
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Gert Wörheide @gwoerhe.eurosky.social · 16/03/2026
🧽 New LMU research shows the Indo-Pacific is a hotspot of sponge endemism. Large-scale DNA barcoding reveals that many “cosmopolitan” sponge species are actually regionally restricted lineages—uncovering hidden marine biodiversity. 🧪 @lmu.de @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social #molpalmuc
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Sponges in the Indo-Pacific: a hotspot of endemism
Using genetic analyses, LMU geobiologists have shown that many sponge species in the Indo-Pacific are regionally unique.
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Gert Wörheide @gwoerhe.eurosky.social · 10/03/2026
🧪 Species-specific community structure in the microbiomes and eukaryotic communities associated with Mediterranean golf ball sponges peerj.com/articles/204... @peerj.bsky.social @lmu.de @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social #molpalmuc
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Species-specific community structure in the microbiomes and eukaryotic communities associated with Mediterranean golf ball sponges
Background Sponges harbor complex and diverse microbiomes that contribute to the host’s fitness and, ultimately, the health of the ecosystems sponges inhabit. Methods Using high-throughput 16S and 18S...
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𝙱𝙰𝚂𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙰 𝙺𝙷𝙰𝙺𝚄𝚁𝙴𝙻 @basantakhakurel.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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Gert Wörheide @gwoerhe.eurosky.social · 13/02/2026
🧪 New preprint alert: "Ecological Filtering is a Better Predictor of Microbiome Assembly than Coevolution in marine sponges" @lmu.de @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social #molpalmuc #geobiomuc www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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LMU München @lmu.de · 07/01/2026
🔥 In Island entsteht etwas weltweit Einzigartiges: das erste #Magma-Observatorium. Am Krafla-Vulkansystem wollen #LMU-Forschende erstmals Sensoren direkt im Magma platzieren. Das Ziel: Vulkanausbrüche besser vorhersagen, Prozesse im Erdinneren verstehen & Magma für die Geothermie erforschen. 🌍
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Tiefenbohrung: Ins heiße Herz der Erde
Glühende Gesteinsschmelze, nur zwei Kilometer unter unseren Füßen: In Island entsteht das erste Magma-Observatorium der Welt – mit enormem Potenzial für Wissenschaft, Frühwarnsysteme und nachhaltige E...
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LMU München @lmu.de · 03/04/2025
🌍🔬 How does the atomic structure change the properties of materials? Sandro Jahn, geoscientist and newly appointed professor at LMU, is researching this in simulations and experiments. More about his exciting findings: #geosciences #research #LMU
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Geosciences: Journey to the Earth’s interior
On the computer and in the laboratory, physicist and geoscientist Sandro Jahn simulates geomaterials to understand their properties.
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Gert Wörheide @gwoerhe.eurosky.social · 09/09/2025
🧪Discovery of calcarins in @elife.bsky.social, a protein family in the sponge Sycon ciliatum, clarifies spicule formation and suggests parallel evolution of carbonate biomineralization in sponges & corals—key for animals as ecosystem engineers of reefs. @lmumuenchen.bsky.social #molpalmuc
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Genetic parallels in biomineralization of the calcareous sponge Sycon ciliatum and stony corals
Discovery of calcarins in calcareous sponges highlights gene duplication and neofunctionalization as drivers of parallel biomineralization, offering insight into the independent evolution of calcifica...
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CRC 392 - Molecular Evolution in Prebiotic Environments @crc392molevo.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
At our Monthly Meeting in Munich, Bill Orsi took us deep into Earth’s early history. We discussed banded iron formations and the big question of how they formed during the Great Oxidation Event. Plenty to think about. (1/4)
A speaker presents a lecture titled “Thiobiochemistry inside and outside the cell” in a seminar room, sitting at a desk in front of a projected slide while the audience listens.A researcher wearing gloves explains a complex laboratory setup with tubes, valves, and electronic components, holding a small device while standing next to the experimental apparatus.A man prepares Kaiserschmarrn on a large flat griddle, cutting the fluffy pancake into pieces with spatulas in a laboratory kitchen setting.
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DVGeo @dvgeo.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
#Geowissenschaftlerin des Monats ist Claudia Trepmann. Sie ist Professorin für Geologische Deformation und Transformation von Gesteinen an der LMU München. Die Geologin engagiert sich in der Geo-Community u.a. als Sprecherin der Konferenz der Fachbereiche Geo und im Vorstand der DGGV. www.dvgeo.org
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Gonzalo Gomez Saez @ggomezsaez.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
If you work on interdisciplinary approaches connecting biogeochemistry and geomicrobiology, you are welcome to our session at #Goldschmidt2026 in Montreal. Abstracts submission deadline: February 26th.
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GeoUmwelt @ LMU @lmugeoumwelt.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Hello World!
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