Both Marine Stations (Helgoland and Sylt) offer excellent working conditions and equipment for individual guest researchers.
What we offer our guest scientists on Helgoland
To support our guest scientists at the BAH, we provide lab space with basic equipment such as microscopes, a PC, cooling facilities and running sea water supplies. A limited bench fee will be charged for the use of these labs.
Requirements for more extensive facilities can be discussed with the technical supervisor Uwe Nettelmann (Uwe.Nettelmann@awi.de, +44 04725 8193212) and the guest scientist co-ordinator.
The proximity to the Helgoland rocky intertidal means that guest scientists can easily collect biological material for their studies. In addition, orders can be placed for the scientific dive team to collect further material from the sub littoral. Please place your orders directly with the dive centre (order form). Plankton can also be collected onboard our research vessels Aade and Uthörn. Collected plants and animals can be cultured in flow-through tanks and a constant temperature room can be booked for small experiments.
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.
Contact persons
Contact Person
Visiting Scientists Sylt
Dr Lisa Shama
Technical Assistance
Visiting Scientists Sylt
Timm Kress
Registrations for short research cruises with RV Mya II via the scientific research vessel coordination: mya.schedule(at)awi.de