Name: Topic 6 Symposium 2026
Start: 2026-09-30T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-01T16:15:00+02:00
Location: GEOMAR - Standort Ostufer / GEOMAR - East Shore

Topic 6 Symposium 2026

from Wednesday, September 30, 2026 (9:00 AM) to Thursday, October 1, 2026 (4:15 PM)

Monday, September 28, 2026
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

9:00 AM Arrival and registration: Topic 6 Symposium 2026
Topic 6 Symposium 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: 8A-001 - Foyer

10:00 AM Welcome: Anja Engel and Katja Matthes
Anja Engel and Katja Matthes
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East
10:30 AM Marine Ecosystem Futures: Biodiversity & Society: Part I
Part I
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East
Contributions

10:30 AM From customary tenure to capital: connecting ocean, water and fisher peoples’ territorial struggles to global production networks, land politics and agrarian change - Paula Satizábal (HIFMB)

10:45 AM For oblique engagement with tipping points: diversifying perspectives for governing a changing Earth - Cameron Byron (HIFMB)

11:00 AM Calcium signaling: the missing link in the bleaching cascade - Nils Rädecker (HIFMB)

11:15 AM Microbial seasonal succession in the Arctic surface ocean: a dance on a tightrope - Xi Chen (HIFMB)
11:30 AM Coffee
Coffee
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: 8A-001 - Foyer
12:00 PM Adaptation in Marine Organisms: Part I
Part I
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East
Contributions

12:00 PM Patterns of epigenetic variation in Caribbean reef-building corals - Kim de Luca (HIFMB)

12:15 PM Synteny-aware microbial pangenomes reveal blueprints of genomic variation - Alexander Henoch (HIFMB)

12:30 PM Biochemical capacities and limits of benthic marine invertebrates in the Arctic - Reinhard Saborowski (AWI)

12:45 PM Unravelling deep pelagic predator prey interactions: a multi census approach - Henk-Jan Hoving (GEOMAR)
1:00 PM Group picture
Group picture
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Room: 8A-001 - Foyer

1:15 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: 8A-001 - Foyer
2:15 PM Marine Carbon & Element Cycles Ahead: Part I
Part I
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East
Contributions

2:15 PM Biologically processed carbon drives the annual marine carbon sink over centuries after CO2 emissions cease - Wolfgang Koeve (GEOMAR)

2:30 PM Large-particle regimes coincide with high carbon export but low mesopelagic transfer efficiency - Bianca Thobor (GEOMAR)

2:45 PM Cold storage: efficient trapping of iron in Greenland’s fjords - Yaqing Ruan (GEOMAR)

3:00 PM Microbial metalloenzymes shape biogeochemical nutrient cycles: trace metals and phosphorus - Viktoria Steck (GEOMAR)
3:15 PM Flash talks for posters: Part I (19 x 1 minute)
Part I (19 x 1 minute)
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East

3:45 PM Poster Session: Part I
Part I
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Room: 8-0 - Lithothek
5:15 PM Ocean Pressures & Policy: Part I
Part I
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East
Contributions

5:15 PM Impacts of marine spatial planning in the German exclusive economic zone - Maysa Ito (GEOMAR)

5:30 PM Deep sea mining, sediment plume and impact on benthic megafauna - Iason Gazis (GEOMAR)

5:45 PM How research triggers political decisions – the success story of marine munitions - Jens Greinert (GEOMAR) Samar Ensenbach (GEOMAR)
6:15 PM Symposium dinner buffet-style

6:15 PM - 8:15 PM
Room: 8A-001 - Foyer
Thursday, October 1, 2026
9:00 AM Marine Ecosystem Futures: Biodiversity & Society: Part II
Part II
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East
Contributions

9:00 AM Long-term satellite observations (1998–2025) reveal changing phytoplankton community structure and phenology in the Fram Strait - Hongyan Xi (AWI)

9:15 AM SEAKEY - a new identification key for the seaweeds of the German coasts - Svenja Heesch (GEOMAR)

9:30 AM New findings on the CAO ecosystem and implications for policy and management - Hauke Flores (AWI)
9:45 AM Flash talks for posters: Part II (15 x 1 minute)
Part II (15 x 1 minute)
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East

10:00 AM Poster Session: Part II
Part II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: 8-0 - Lithothek
11:30 AM Adaptation in Marine Organisms: Part II
Part II
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East
Contributions

11:30 AM Heat adaptation of Fucus meadows from molecules to ecosystems - Daniel Liesner (GEOMAR)

11:45 AM Results overview from the MOSAiC ecosystem team - Clara Hoppe (AWI)

12:00 PM Functional motifs in food webs and networks - Melanie Habermann (HIFMB)
12:15 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: 8A-001 - Foyer
1:00 PM Marine Carbon & Element Cycles Ahead: Part II
Part II
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East
Contributions

1:00 PM Leveraging metagenomic data for genome-resolved inference of microbial metabolic interactions at scale - Iva Veseli (HIFMB)

1:15 PM Seasonality and mineral type shape phytoplankton re-sponses to ocean alkalinity enhancement in temperate waters – a mesocosm study - Juliane Tammen (GEOMAR)

1:30 PM When microbes meet rocks: microbial responses to enhanced benthic weathering in coastal sediments - Stefanie Böhnke-Brandt (GEOMAR)
1:45 PM Coffee
Coffee
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: 8A-001 - Foyer
2:15 PM Ocean Pressures & Policy: Part II
Part II
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East
Contributions

2:15 PM Light pollution can influence growth in macroalgae and epiphytes - Mark Lenz (GEOMAR)

2:30 PM Studies on the effects of (micro)plastics and alternative materials - Lars Gutow (AWI)

2:45 PM AI MareExplore: utilizing AI for marine enzyme discovery to address human-made grand challenges - Erik Borchert (GEOMAR)
3:00 PM Looking into the Future: Growing from Topic 6 into Topic C

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East

3:45 PM Wrap-up and Farewell

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: 8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East