
Further Information on the Thematic Field
The Department of Environmental Sciences conducts interdisciplinary research and provides solutions to stewardship the natural resources plants, water and air in the view of the human perspective. By that we are contributing to providing high quality food and an intact environment. We are tackling actual problems of society and environment such as:
- the quality of drinking water resources which are endangered by chemical and biological pollution
- the quality of plants and soils in the light of global change and actual developments in soil use and management
- air quality with specific focus on ambient and biogenic aerosols
- prevention of human diseases associated with environmental factors.
- the need of new bioactive compounds in agronomic and health issues and thus the sustainable use of ecosystem resources
Our goals are to understand the fundamental principles of ecosystem functioning. We develop new concepts for a sustainable use of ecosystem services, which provide mankind with the most essential goods plants, water and air by minimizing chemical inputs and hazardous emissions. Specifically, the department investigates complex interactions of abiotic and biotic components in terrestrial and sub surface ecosystems. The focus of research is on elucidating chemical and biological mechanisms and on regulating processes from the molecule to the organism and subsequently to entire ecosystems. The department provides a bridge between the Helmholtz research fields ‘Health’ and ‘Earth and Environment’, and is integrated into the Munich university landscape.
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Interdisciplinary Lecture Series: Cellular Plasticity and Stem Cells
Credit Points: 3.5 HE/term
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COMI Environmental Science Speaker Series
Credit Points: depending on number of talks that were attended
read moreTuesdays, 11-12 am (once per month 5-6 pm), Building 22, Room 104
BIOP Journal Club, Progress Report, Invited Seminar
Credit Points: 3.5 HE/term
read moreFridays, 9-10:30 am; Building 22, Room 001d
Plant Biochemistry and Genetics Journal Club
Credit Points: 5.5 HE/term
read moreThursdays, 9–10 AM, building 22, room 001d
Priming Mechanisms in Innate Immunity
Credit Points: 5.5 HE/term
read moreThursdays, biweekly, time to be announced; Bldg. 25/library
IGOE Journal Club
Credit Points: 2 HE/term
read moreWednesdays, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, Bldg. 3532/ Room 229
PGSB Seminar and Progress Reports
Credit Points: 7 HE/term
read more1st and 3rd Tuesday every month, 15:00-16:00, Building 107
CMA Journal Club
Credit Points: 2 HE/term
read moreRefer Program (PDF)
Seminar of the Joint Mass Spectrometry Center
Credit Points: Depending on workload
read moreEvery second Wednesday – Seminar room, Building 56, Room 160
Soil Microbiomes Seminar
Credit Points: 2 HE/term
read moreEvery second Wednesday – Seminar room building 56/160
Human Microbiomes Seminar
Credit Points: 2 HE/term
read moreEvery second Friday – Seminar room building 43b
Bioinformatics to analyse microbial genomes and metagenomes
Credit Points: 2 HE/term
read moreEvery second Wednesday – Seminar room building 56/160
Microbiomes in the Environment Seminar
Credit Points: 2 HE/term
read moreEvery second Thursday a Month, 9-10 am, Bldg. 25 Room 127
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Method Teaching
Credit Points: 1 HE/term
read more17.–21.09.2018, 9 am - 17 pm, Campus Weihenstephan Freising
Metabolomics – An Introduction
Credit Points: 10 HE
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