Choose your lectures Name:  First Name:  Institution:  Address:  Zip Code:  City:  Phone:  E-Mail:  Student-ID:  Major Field of Study:  Research Interests:  We will make an effort to accomodate the particular needs of each course participant by asking students to indicate 10 of the 36 lecture themes listed below which most closely reflect their interests. Here, you will find a short explanation of the 36 lectures themes Please selecte 10 different lectures please tick one -------- 1. Diversity among microbes 2. Phenotypic characterization of metabolic versatility 3. Phylogenetics: Evolution of microbial diversity 4. Microbial paleontology 5. Microbially dominated ecosystems 6. Ecological determinants which regulate microbial life on earth 7. Carbon cycling and carbonate buffering 8. Simulation of ecological determinants for the cultivation of microorganisms 9. Perception and responses to environmental variability and changes 10. Biochemistry of energy metabolism 11. Bridging chemistry and microbial physiology 12. Application of thermodynamics to environmental processes 13. From thermodynamics to bacterial lifestyles 14. Ecoenergetic case studies 15. Geomicrobiological processes in the sulfur cycle 16. The role of sulfate and sulfur reducing bacteria 17. Coupled phosphorus and iron cycling: sediments as microbial ecosystems 18. Global biogeochemical cycling of elements 19. Anoxigenic photosynthesis: processes and organisms 20. Ecology of anoxigenic phototrophic bacteria 21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms 22. Oxigenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria and prochloron 23. Cyanobacteria as sources for secondary metabolites 24. Diversity of C1-fixation pathways 25. Lithotrophy 26. How microbes interact 27. Examples of interactions between bacteria 28. Acetogenic bacteria in anaerobic food webs 29. Microbe-Macrobe interactions 30. Technically and industrially important processes 31. Ecology of clinically important microbes 32. Concepts in microbial ecology 33. Criteria for life: Applications to Exo- and Astrobiology 34. Levels of abstraction applied to the study of microbial ecology 35. Defining complexity in microbial ecosystems 36. Microbial ecology in the modern era of biology please tick one -------- 1. Diversity among microbes 2. Phenotypic characterization of metabolic versatility 3. Phylogenetics: Evolution of microbial diversity 4. Microbial paleontology 5. Microbially dominated ecosystems 6. Ecological determinants which regulate microbial life on earth 7. Carbon cycling and carbonate buffering 8. Simulation of ecological determinants for the cultivation of microorganisms 9. Perception and responses to environmental variability and changes 10. Biochemistry of energy metabolism 11. Bridging chemistry and microbial physiology 12. Application of thermodynamics to environmental processes 13. From thermodynamics to bacterial lifestyles 14. Ecoenergetic case studies 15. Geomicrobiological processes in the sulfur cycle 16. The role of sulfate and sulfur reducing bacteria 17. Coupled phosphorus and iron cycling: sediments as microbial ecosystems 18. Global biogeochemical cycling of elements 19. Anoxigenic photosynthesis: processes and organisms 20. Ecology of anoxigenic phototrophic bacteria 21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms 22. Oxigenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria and prochloron 23. Cyanobacteria as sources for secondary metabolites 24. Diversity of C1-fixation pathways 25. Lithotrophy 26. How microbes interact 27. Examples of interactions between bacteria 28. Acetogenic bacteria in anaerobic food webs 29. Microbe-Macrobe interactions 30. Technically and industrially important processes 31. Ecology of clinically important microbes 32. Concepts in microbial ecology 33. Criteria for life: Applications to Exo- and Astrobiology 34. Levels of abstraction applied to the study of microbial ecology 35. Defining complexity in microbial ecosystems 36. Microbial ecology in the modern era of biology please tick one -------- 1. Diversity among microbes 2. Phenotypic characterization of metabolic versatility 3. Phylogenetics: Evolution of microbial diversity 4. Microbial paleontology 5. Microbially dominated ecosystems 6. Ecological determinants which regulate microbial life on earth 7. Carbon cycling and carbonate buffering 8. Simulation of ecological determinants for the cultivation of microorganisms 9. Perception and responses to environmental variability and changes 10. Biochemistry of energy metabolism 11. Bridging chemistry and microbial physiology 12. Application of thermodynamics to environmental processes 13. From thermodynamics to bacterial lifestyles 14. Ecoenergetic case studies 15. Geomicrobiological processes in the sulfur cycle 16. The role of sulfate and sulfur reducing bacteria 17. Coupled phosphorus and iron cycling: sediments as microbial ecosystems 18. Global biogeochemical cycling of elements 19. Anoxigenic photosynthesis: processes and organisms 20. Ecology of anoxigenic phototrophic bacteria 21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms 22. Oxigenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria and prochloron 23. Cyanobacteria as sources for secondary metabolites 24. Diversity of C1-fixation pathways 25. Lithotrophy 26. How microbes interact 27. Examples of interactions between bacteria 28. Acetogenic bacteria in anaerobic food webs 29. Microbe-Macrobe interactions 30. Technically and industrially important processes 31. Ecology of clinically important microbes 32. Concepts in microbial ecology 33. Criteria for life: Applications to Exo- and Astrobiology 34. Levels of abstraction applied to the study of microbial ecology 35. Defining complexity in microbial ecosystems 36. Microbial ecology in the modern era of biology please tick one -------- 1. Diversity among microbes 2. Phenotypic characterization of metabolic versatility 3. Phylogenetics: Evolution of microbial diversity 4. Microbial paleontology 5. Microbially dominated ecosystems 6. Ecological determinants which regulate microbial life on earth 7. Carbon cycling and carbonate buffering 8. Simulation of ecological determinants for the cultivation of microorganisms 9. Perception and responses to environmental variability and changes 10. Biochemistry of energy metabolism 11. Bridging chemistry and microbial physiology 12. Application of thermodynamics to environmental processes 13. From thermodynamics to bacterial lifestyles 14. Ecoenergetic case studies 15. Geomicrobiological processes in the sulfur cycle 16. The role of sulfate and sulfur reducing bacteria 17. Coupled phosphorus and iron cycling: sediments as microbial ecosystems 18. Global biogeochemical cycling of elements 19. Anoxigenic photosynthesis: processes and organisms 20. Ecology of anoxigenic phototrophic bacteria 21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms 22. Oxigenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria and prochloron 23. Cyanobacteria as sources for secondary metabolites 24. Diversity of C1-fixation pathways 25. Lithotrophy 26. How microbes interact 27. Examples of interactions between bacteria 28. Acetogenic bacteria in anaerobic food webs 29. Microbe-Macrobe interactions 30. Technically and industrially important processes 31. Ecology of clinically important microbes 32. Concepts in microbial ecology 33. Criteria for life: Applications to Exo- and Astrobiology 34. Levels of abstraction applied to the study of microbial ecology 35. Defining complexity in microbial ecosystems 36. Microbial ecology in the modern era of biology please tick one -------- 1. Diversity among microbes 2. Phenotypic characterization of metabolic versatility 3. Phylogenetics: Evolution of microbial diversity 4. Microbial paleontology 5. Microbially dominated ecosystems 6. Ecological determinants which regulate microbial life on earth 7. Carbon cycling and carbonate buffering 8. Simulation of ecological determinants for the cultivation of microorganisms 9. Perception and responses to environmental variability and changes 10. Biochemistry of energy metabolism 11. Bridging chemistry and microbial physiology 12. Application of thermodynamics to environmental processes 13. From thermodynamics to bacterial lifestyles 14. Ecoenergetic case studies 15. Geomicrobiological processes in the sulfur cycle 16. The role of sulfate and sulfur reducing bacteria 17. Coupled phosphorus and iron cycling: sediments as microbial ecosystems 18. Global biogeochemical cycling of elements 19. Anoxigenic photosynthesis: processes and organisms 20. Ecology of anoxigenic phototrophic bacteria 21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms 22. Oxigenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria and prochloron 23. Cyanobacteria as sources for secondary metabolites 24. Diversity of C1-fixation pathways 25. Lithotrophy 26. How microbes interact 27. Examples of interactions between bacteria 28. Acetogenic bacteria in anaerobic food webs 29. Microbe-Macrobe interactions 30. Technically and industrially important processes 31. Ecology of clinically important microbes 32. Concepts in microbial ecology 33. Criteria for life: Applications to Exo- and Astrobiology 34. Levels of abstraction applied to the study of microbial ecology 35. Defining complexity in microbial ecosystems 36. Microbial ecology in the modern era of biology please tick one -------- 1. Diversity among microbes 2. Phenotypic characterization of metabolic versatility 3. Phylogenetics: Evolution of microbial diversity 4. Microbial paleontology 5. Microbially dominated ecosystems 6. Ecological determinants which regulate microbial life on earth 7. Carbon cycling and carbonate buffering 8. Simulation of ecological determinants for the cultivation of microorganisms 9. Perception and responses to environmental variability and changes 10. Biochemistry of energy metabolism 11. Bridging chemistry and microbial physiology 12. Application of thermodynamics to environmental processes 13. From thermodynamics to bacterial lifestyles 14. Ecoenergetic case studies 15. Geomicrobiological processes in the sulfur cycle 16. The role of sulfate and sulfur reducing bacteria 17. Coupled phosphorus and iron cycling: sediments as microbial ecosystems 18. Global biogeochemical cycling of elements 19. Anoxigenic photosynthesis: processes and organisms 20. Ecology of anoxigenic phototrophic bacteria 21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms 22. Oxigenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria and prochloron 23. Cyanobacteria as sources for secondary metabolites 24. Diversity of C1-fixation pathways 25. Lithotrophy 26. How microbes interact 27. Examples of interactions between bacteria 28. Acetogenic bacteria in anaerobic food webs 29. Microbe-Macrobe interactions 30. Technically and industrially important processes 31. Ecology of clinically important microbes 32. Concepts in microbial ecology 33. Criteria for life: Applications to Exo- and Astrobiology 34. Levels of abstraction applied to the study of microbial ecology 35. Defining complexity in microbial ecosystems 36. Microbial ecology in the modern era of biology please tick one -------- 1. Diversity among microbes 2. Phenotypic characterization of metabolic versatility 3. Phylogenetics: Evolution of microbial diversity 4. Microbial paleontology 5. Microbially dominated ecosystems 6. Ecological determinants which regulate microbial life on earth 7. Carbon cycling and carbonate buffering 8. Simulation of ecological determinants for the cultivation of microorganisms 9. Perception and responses to environmental variability and changes 10. Biochemistry of energy metabolism 11. Bridging chemistry and microbial physiology 12. Application of thermodynamics to environmental processes 13. From thermodynamics to bacterial lifestyles 14. Ecoenergetic case studies 15. Geomicrobiological processes in the sulfur cycle 16. The role of sulfate and sulfur reducing bacteria 17. Coupled phosphorus and iron cycling: sediments as microbial ecosystems 18. Global biogeochemical cycling of elements 19. Anoxigenic photosynthesis: processes and organisms 20. Ecology of anoxigenic phototrophic bacteria 21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms 22. Oxigenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria and prochloron 23. Cyanobacteria as sources for secondary metabolites 24. Diversity of C1-fixation pathways 25. Lithotrophy 26. How microbes interact 27. Examples of interactions between bacteria 28. Acetogenic bacteria in anaerobic food webs 29. Microbe-Macrobe interactions 30. Technically and industrially important processes 31. Ecology of clinically important microbes 32. Concepts in microbial ecology 33. Criteria for life: Applications to Exo- and Astrobiology 34. Levels of abstraction applied to the study of microbial ecology 35. Defining complexity in microbial ecosystems 36. Microbial ecology in the modern era of biology please tick one -------- 1. Diversity among microbes 2. Phenotypic characterization of metabolic versatility 3. Phylogenetics: Evolution of microbial diversity 4. Microbial paleontology 5. Microbially dominated ecosystems 6. Ecological determinants which regulate microbial life on earth 7. Carbon cycling and carbonate buffering 8. Simulation of ecological determinants for the cultivation of microorganisms 9. Perception and responses to environmental variability and changes 10. Biochemistry of energy metabolism 11. Bridging chemistry and microbial physiology 12. Application of thermodynamics to environmental processes 13. From thermodynamics to bacterial lifestyles 14. Ecoenergetic case studies 15. Geomicrobiological processes in the sulfur cycle 16. The role of sulfate and sulfur reducing bacteria 17. Coupled phosphorus and iron cycling: sediments as microbial ecosystems 18. Global biogeochemical cycling of elements 19. Anoxigenic photosynthesis: processes and organisms 20. Ecology of anoxigenic phototrophic bacteria 21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms 22. Oxigenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria and prochloron 23. Cyanobacteria as sources for secondary metabolites 24. Diversity of C1-fixation pathways 25. Lithotrophy 26. How microbes interact 27. Examples of interactions between bacteria 28. Acetogenic bacteria in anaerobic food webs 29. Microbe-Macrobe interactions 30. Technically and industrially important processes 31. Ecology of clinically important microbes 32. Concepts in microbial ecology 33. Criteria for life: Applications to Exo- and Astrobiology 34. Levels of abstraction applied to the study of microbial ecology 35. Defining complexity in microbial ecosystems 36. Microbial ecology in the modern era of biology please tick one -------- 1. Diversity among microbes 2. Phenotypic characterization of metabolic versatility 3. Phylogenetics: Evolution of microbial diversity 4. Microbial paleontology 5. Microbially dominated ecosystems 6. Ecological determinants which regulate microbial life on earth 7. Carbon cycling and carbonate buffering 8. Simulation of ecological determinants for the cultivation of microorganisms 9. Perception and responses to environmental variability and changes 10. Biochemistry of energy metabolism 11. Bridging chemistry and microbial physiology 12. Application of thermodynamics to environmental processes 13. From thermodynamics to bacterial lifestyles 14. Ecoenergetic case studies 15. Geomicrobiological processes in the sulfur cycle 16. The role of sulfate and sulfur reducing bacteria 17. Coupled phosphorus and iron cycling: sediments as microbial ecosystems 18. Global biogeochemical cycling of elements 19. Anoxigenic photosynthesis: processes and organisms 20. Ecology of anoxigenic phototrophic bacteria 21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms 22. Oxigenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria and prochloron 23. Cyanobacteria as sources for secondary metabolites 24. Diversity of C1-fixation pathways 25. Lithotrophy 26. How microbes interact 27. Examples of interactions between bacteria 28. Acetogenic bacteria in anaerobic food webs 29. Microbe-Macrobe interactions 30. Technically and industrially important processes 31. Ecology of clinically important microbes 32. Concepts in microbial ecology 33. Criteria for life: Applications to Exo- and Astrobiology 34. Levels of abstraction applied to the study of microbial ecology 35. Defining complexity in microbial ecosystems 36. Microbial ecology in the modern era of biology please tick one -------- 1. Diversity among microbes 2. Phenotypic characterization of metabolic versatility 3. Phylogenetics: Evolution of microbial diversity 4. Microbial paleontology 5. Microbially dominated ecosystems 6. Ecological determinants which regulate microbial life on earth 7. Carbon cycling and carbonate buffering 8. Simulation of ecological determinants for the cultivation of microorganisms 9. Perception and responses to environmental variability and changes 10. Biochemistry of energy metabolism 11. Bridging chemistry and microbial physiology 12. Application of thermodynamics to environmental processes 13. From thermodynamics to bacterial lifestyles 14. Ecoenergetic case studies 15. Geomicrobiological processes in the sulfur cycle 16. The role of sulfate and sulfur reducing bacteria 17. Coupled phosphorus and iron cycling: sediments as microbial ecosystems 18. Global biogeochemical cycling of elements 19. Anoxigenic photosynthesis: processes and organisms 20. Ecology of anoxigenic phototrophic bacteria 21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms 22. Oxigenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria and prochloron 23. Cyanobacteria as sources for secondary metabolites 24. Diversity of C1-fixation pathways 25. Lithotrophy 26. How microbes interact 27. Examples of interactions between bacteria 28. Acetogenic bacteria in anaerobic food webs 29. Microbe-Macrobe interactions 30. Technically and industrially important processes 31. Ecology of clinically important microbes 32. Concepts in microbial ecology 33. Criteria for life: Applications to Exo- and Astrobiology 34. Levels of abstraction applied to the study of microbial ecology 35. Defining complexity in microbial ecosystems 36. Microbial ecology in the modern era of biology

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