New publication!

April 2020

Great News! Our paper about fungal-bacterial interactions in alpine forest ecosystems has been accepted at Scientific Reports. Thanks again to all the coauthors, specially Dr. Maraike Probst, for their contribution!

Award of Excellence 2018 Tommaso´s thesis

Wednesday 5th of December 2018

We are proud to announce that Dr. Bardelli has received the „Award of Excellence 2018“ from the Austrian Ministery of Education, Science and Research {Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung) in Vienna, for his excellent PhD-Thesis. His extraordinary actiivities during his PhD - in CoTutela between the University of Florence (IT) and the University of Innsbruck, Institut of Microbiology headed by Prof. Insam (A) - yielded in total 10 publications (!) in international, high impact factor Journals, further evidencing also the great collaboration among all WPs of the DACH-DecAlp project!

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Well done Tommaso: excellent!

Marta´s PhD defense

27th of June 2018

Marta Petrillo successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Establishing a Model about Coarse Woody Debris Decay Dynamics in Subalpine Forest – A Case Study from Trentino, Italy”at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, on 27th of June 2018. Well done Marta! Congratulations!

Niels´s PhD defense

14th of June 2018

Niels defended his PhD entitled "Spatial patterns of humus forms, soil organisms and soil biological activity at high mountain forest sites in the Italian Alps" at the University of Osnabrück (Germany) on 14th of June 2018 with "Summa cum laude": great job Niels! Congrats!

PhD defense from Dr. Bardelli

March 16th, 2018

Tommaso Bardelli successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Carbon pools and microbiota along an alpine soil climosequence" in co-tutelage between the University of Innsbruck and the University of Florence on the 16th of March, 2018. Congratulations Dr. Bardelli! Well done!!

Masterthesis from Evelyn Burkia Stocker

June 19th, 2017

Evelyn successfully defended her master thesis entitled "Digging deeper into the structure and function of microbial communities involved in deadwood decomposition: an in-field mesocosm study" within the framework of our DACH-DecAlp project.  Well done!! Congratulations!!

In Totholz steckt viel Leben

27th of May, 2017

Our special DACH-DecAlp project is officially over but not our interest as well as the interest from the public, as further evidenced by the recent "Die Presse"-article (based on a phone-interview) dedicated to our research activities. Please click on the photo to read the whole article.

Bacteria, deadwood and climate change

March 27th, 2017

It is our pleasure to inform you that the Austrian Science Fund FWF has selected our DACH-DecAlp project, interviewed and dedicated us a report. We are becoming famous! Please click in the photo on the left to see the whole article. 

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International Minisymposium on Deadwood and Soil Organic Matter

March 03, 2017

The Minisymposium dealing with deadwood and SOM held at the Institute of Microbiology at the University of Innsbruck was a roaring success. Thanks to all the participants for their contribution. Special thanks to Prof. Cindy Prescott and Prof. Sue Grayston from the University of British Columbia for joining us to this Minisymposium! 

DACH-DecAlp meeting and Florence Symposium

September 28-29, 2016

Both the final DACH-DecAlp meeting and the Florence Symposium were a roaring success. Thanks to Judith, Tommaso, Maria Theresa and Giacomo for organising it. We had a great and productive time there!  We hope that the "Dream Team" can collaborate again in the near future. 

Florence Symposium: running projects focused on C-dynamics in Italian forest soils

September 28-29, 2016

In the forthcoming symposium scheduled to take place in the prestigious Academy of Forest Sciences in Florence on the 29th of September 2016, focus is given on the eminent role of soil organic carbon (dead wood – coarse woody debris; labile and recalcitrant carbon, etc.) in the fertility maintenance of forest ecosystems. The participation of leading scientists presenting current projects, at national and European level, provides a promising platform to i) strengthen our knowledge on the mechanisms beyond the C cycling in European forest soils; ii) set up an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary consortium among the participants aiming at new collaborations; iii) to screen the “project-call-calendar” for best fitting regional, national, European calls and perform an initial brain-storming on concrete project-proposals, aiming at sensitizing national and European Institutions on this topic of global ecological relevance and thus, of paramount importance.

Poster presented by Tommaso Bardelli in the conference Enzymes in the Environment: Activity, Ecology and Applications

July 24-28, 2016

Tommaso Bardelli successfully presented the poster entitled "Deadwood represents microbial hot spots: the more advanced the decay the hotter the wood" in the conference Enzymes in the Environment. Bravo Tommaso! 

Oral presentation given by Tommaso Bardelli in the conference Enzymes in the Environment: Activity, Ecology and Applications

July 24-28, 2016

Tommaso rocked it with his presentation entitled "Interdisciplinary characterization of an alpine soil climosequence by simple yet powerful techniques" in the conference Enzymes in the Environment: Activity, Ecology and Applications. Well-done Tommaso!!

D.A.CH.-DecAlp meeting in Osnabrück

November 26-27, 2015

A great D.A.CH-DecAlp meeting in Osnabrück. It was as productive as always and it was nice to catch up with all the D.A.CH members!! Thanks to Gabi, Niels and Kerstin for organising everything!

Fräulein Brehm's special performance about "Lumbricus terrestris: Der Regenwurm"

March 4, 2015

It was a big surprise and pleasure that Fräulein Brehm did a special performance about "Lumbricus terrestris: Der Regenwurm" for the D.A.CH.-DecAlp meeting in Innsbruck. More information can be found in: http://www.brehms-tierleben.com/en/about-us/foundation. Thanks Barbara (Barbara Geiger alias Fräulein Brehm) for your enthusiasm and contribution to the meeting!

The D.A.CH-DecAlp meeting in Innsbruck

March 4, 2015

The D.A.CH-DecAlp meeting in Innsbruck was highly productive thanks to the contribution of all the DACH members. Looking forward to seeing you all in our next meeting in Osnabrück! 

Vincent Fatton finished his master thesis

February, 2015

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Vincent finished his Master thesis entitled "Comment les champignons contribuent-ils à l'intégration du bois mort au sol ? Mise en place d'un contexte méthodologique", this methodological work focuses on the parameters directly and indirectly linked to the decay activity of the fungi in the wood and its underlying soil. Congratulations Vincent!

New members on the D.A.CH-DecAlp team

January 28, 2015

Two new members have joined the D.A.CH-DecAlp team. Welcome Dr. Kerstin Anschlag from the University of Osnäbruck, and Layzza Roberta Alves Medeiros from Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Our D.ACH team is getting bigger and bigger and even more international!!

D.A.CH-DecAlp meeting in Innsbruck

January 27, 2015

We are looking forward to our next D.A.CH-DecAlp meeting in Innsbruck on the 4th and 5th of March. Hopefully as productive as always!!

First Global Soil Biodiversity Conference

November 25, 2014

The Innsbruck-Florence team will attend the “First Global Soil Biodiversity Conference” that will be held in Dijon, France from the 2nd to the 5th of December 2014 (http://www.gsbiconference.elsevier.com) in order to present some contributions related to the D.A.CH-DecAlp project. 

Mikrobiologie: Kleinste Organismen auf und in Totholz

November 24, 2014

An article with the heading “Mikrobiologie: Kleinste Organismen auf und in Totholz” related to the D.A.CH-DecAlp project was published in “Die Presse” on the 21st of November, 2014

http://diepresse.com/home/science/4601636/Mikrobiologie_Kleinste-Organismen-auf-und-in-Totholz

Niels Hellwig defended his master thesis and got a PhD position

November 7, 2014

Niels Hellwig defended his master thesis entitled “Humusformen und Enchyträen an Hochgebirgsstandorten in den italienischen Alpen – Prognose der räumlichen Verteilung auf der Basis von GIS und Fuzzy-Logik” on the 12th of September 2014 at the University of Osnabrück under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gabriele Broll. Moreover, he got a PhD position within the framework of the D.A.CH project. CONGRATULATIONS NIELS!

Judith Ascher was invited to present the DACH-DecAlp project at the Polish Academy of Science

October 21, 2014

Judith Ascher was invited to present (among other lectures) the DACH-DecAlp project at the Polish Academy of Science, Institute of Agrophysics, Lublin, Poland.

Many thanks to Prof. Jozef Horabik (Director of the IPAN), Prof. Magda Frac and Prof. Jerzy Lipiec for giving her this great opportunity and exciting experience! 

Dziękuję!

Tommaso Bardelli has won a PhD position at the University of Florence

October 20, 2014

Tommaso Bardelli has won a PhD position (Dottorato di Ricerca in SCIENZE AGRARIE E AMBIENTALI – Ciclo XXX) in the Department of Agrifood and Environmental Science (DiSPAA) at the University of Florence. The coordinator of Tommaso's PhD thesis entitled "Effetto del clima sul ciclo del carbonio in suoli forestali – Clima effect on the C cycle in forest soil systems” is Prof. Giacomo Pietramellara. His co-supervisor will be Prof. Heribert Insam (University of Innsbruck). He will be co-tutored by Dr. Judith Ascher (Florence) and Dr. Maria Gómez-Brandón (Innsbruck).

WELCOME (BACK) on the "ROOF" (=DACH) Tommaso!

Tommaso Bardelli tesis defense

October 15, 2014

Tommaso Bardelli defended his master thesis entitled “Impatto di differenti sequenze microclimatiche (altitudine, esposizione) sulle caratteristiche fisico-chimiche e microbiologiche di suoli alpini (Trentino Alto Adige)” on the 28th of April 2014 receiving the maximum qualification: BRAVO TOMMASO!

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014

October 10, 2014

Marta Petrillo participated in the conference “European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014 (EGU2014)” which was held in Vienna from the 27th of April to the 2nd of May 2014. THANKS FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION MARTA!