At the Marine Stations Helgoland w offer excellent working conditions and equipment for individual guest researchers. The Guest science team endeavours to support external scientists and university courses in their work at the Marine Station Helgoland and the Wadden Sea Station List/Sylt. We aim to network our guests with AWI staff at both stations to maximize the benefits derived from their research and to facilitate national and international science and education co-operations.
What we offer our guest scientists on Sylt
Two laboratories are available for guest researchers at the AWI Sylt. Both are equipped with microscopes (stereo/binocular), scales, fresh and seawater access, freezers, drying ovens and fume hoods.
In addition to the basic facilities outlined above, visiting scientists that are directly collaborating with an AWI Sylt researcher have access to
- the nutrient analysis
(e.g. autoanalyser, C/N analyser, muffle furnaces, spectrometers, salinometers) - micro- and molecular biology laboratories
(e.g. clean bench, shaking incubator, PCR, real-time PCR, and QIAxcel capillary electrophoresis) - temperature-constant rooms equipped with CO2 supply
- outdoor mesocosms comprising of twelve 1,800 l replicate tanks to simulate ocean warming and acidification under various tidal conditions.
List is the home port of the AWI`s state-of-the-art research vessel MYA II that can be used for short research cruises to take pelagic or benthic samples. The ship is additionally equipped with a wet lab, IT desk for data uploading, Ferrybox, ADCP (acoustic doppler current profile), BIOSONIC (biomass echo sounder), and a multibeam echo sounder. Registrations for short research cruises with RV Mya II via the scientific research vessel coordination: mya.schedule(at)awi.de
| List of devices | Geräteliste |
|---|---|
Refrigerator | Kühlschrank |
-20°C freezer (chest-type) | -20°C Truhe |
-80°C freezer (chest-type) | -80°C Truhe |
Drying cabinet | Trockenschrank |
Centrifuge (Sigma 3K15) | Zentrifuge (Sigma 3K15) |
Microscopes | Mikroskope |
Fuorescence microscope (Leica DM6000 B) | Fluoreszenzmikroskop (Leica DM6000 B) |
Binoculars with light sources | Binokulare mit Lichtquellen |
Coarse balance | Grobwagen |
Contact persons
Coordinator of the Guest Science Programme
Helgoland & Sylt
MSc Anna Bergmann
E-mail: Anna.Bergmann@awi.de
Phone: +49 4725 8193136
Visiting Scientists Sylt
Dr Lisa Shama
E-mail: Lisa.Shama@awi.de
Phone: +49(4651)956-4201
Technical Assistance
Visiting Scientists Sylt
Timm Kress
E-mail: timm.kress@awi.de
Phone: +49(4651)956-4212