Topic 6 Symposium 2026

Sep 30, 2026, 9:00 AM → Oct 1, 2026, 4:15 PM Europe/Berlin

8A-002 - Hörsaal Ostufer / Lecture Hall East (GEOMAR - Standort Ostufer / GEOMAR - East Shore)

Anja Engel, Frauke Pescheck, Beate Slaby (GEOMAR)

Topic 6 symposium

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Wed, September 30

Arrival and registration: Topic 6 Symposium 2026

Foyer

Welcome: Anja Engel and Katja Matthes

Convener: Anja Engel

Marine Ecosystem Futures: Biodiversity & Society: Part I

Convener: Meren (HIFMB)

1 From customary tenure to capital: connecting ocean, water and fisher peoples’ territorial struggles to global production networks, land politics and agrarian change

Speaker: Paula Satizábal (HIFMB)

2 For oblique engagement with tipping points: diversifying perspectives for governing a changing Earth

Speaker: Cameron Byron (HIFMB)

3 Antarctic soundscapes

Speaker: Ilse van Opzeeland (AWI)

4 Microbial seasonal succession in the Arctic surface ocean: a dance on a tightrope

Speaker: Xi Chen (HIFMB)

11:30 AM Coffee

Adaptation in Marine Organisms: Part I

10 + 5 min talks

Convener: Sylke Wohlrab (AWI)

5 Patterns of epigenetic variation in Caribbean reef-building corals

Speaker: Kim de Luca (HIFMB)

6 Synteny-aware microbial pangenomes reveal blueprints of genomic variation

Speaker: Alexander Henoch (HIFMB)

7 Biochemical Capacities and Limits of Benthic Marine Invertebrates in the Arctic

Speaker: Reinhard Saborowski (AWI)

8 Unravelling deep pelagic predator prey interactions: a multi census approach

Speaker: Henk-Jan Hoving (GEOMAR)

1:00 PM Group picture

1:15 PM Lunch

Marine Carbon & Element Cycles Ahead: Part I

10 + 5 min talks

Convener: Tom Browning (GEOMAR)

9 Biologically processed carbon drives the annual marine carbon sink over centuries after CO2 emissions cease

Speaker: Wolfgang Koeve (GEOMAR)

10 Global patterns of particle size-depth distribution in the mesopelagic

Speaker: Bianca Thobor (GEOMAR)

11 Cold storage: Efficient trapping of iron in Greenland’s fjords

Speaker: Yaqing Ruan (GEOMAR)

12 Microbial metalloenzymes shape biogeochemical nutrient cycles

Speaker: Viktoria Steck (GEOMAR)

Flash talks for posters: Part I

25 x 1 minute

Poster Session: Part I

with coffee

Ocean Pressures & Policy: Part I

10 + 5 min talks

Convener: Lars Gutow (AWI)

13 Impacts of MSP in the German EEZ

Speaker: Maysa Ito (GEOMAR)

14 Deep sea mining, sediment plume and impact on benthic megafauna

Speaker: Iason Gazis (GEOMAR)

15 Overview of EU Projects about Marine Munition

Speaker: Jens Greinert (GEOMAR)

16 Munition in the Sea. Status from different European perspectives

Speaker: Daniela Henkel (GEOMAR)

Symposium dinner buffet-style

Thu, October 1

Marine Ecosystem Futures: Biodiversity & Society: Part II

Convener: Meren (HIFMB)

17 Long-Term Satellite Observations (1998–2025) Reveal Changing Phytoplankton Community Structure and Phenology in the Fram Strait

Speaker: Hongyan Xi (AWI)

18 SEAKEY - a new identification key for the seaweeds of the German coasts

Speaker: Svenja Heesch (GEOMAR)

19 New findings on the CAO ecosystem and implications for policy and management

Speaker: Hauke Flores (AWI)

Flash talks for posters: Part II

25 x 1 minute

Poster Session: Part II

with coffee

Adaptation in Marine Organisms: Part II

10 + 5 min talks

Convener: Daniela Storch (AWI)

20 Heat adaptation of Fucus meadows from molecules to ecosystems

Speaker: Daniela Liesner (GEOMAR)

21 Results overview from the MOSAiC Ecosystem Team

Speaker: Clara Hoppe (AWI)

22 Functional Motifs in Food Webs and Networks

Speaker: Melanie Habermann (HIFMB)

12:15 PM Lunch

Marine Carbon & Element Cycles Ahead: Part II

10 + 5 min talks

Convener: Tom Browning (GEOMAR)

23 Leveraging metagenomic data for genome-resolved inference of microbial metabolic interactions at scale

Speaker: Iva Veseli (HIFMB)

24 Seasonality and Mineral Type Shape Phytoplankton Responses to Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement in Temperate Waters - A Mesocosm Study

Speaker: Juliane Tammen (GEOMAR)

25 When microbes meet rocks: microbial responses to enhanced benthic weathering in coastal sediments

Speaker: Stefanie Böhnke-Brandt (GEOMAR)

1:45 PM Coffee

Ocean Pressures & Policy: Part II

10 + 5 min talks

Convener: Gunnar Gerdts (AWI)

26 Light pollution can influence growth in macroalgae and epiphytes

Speaker: Mark Lenz (GEOMAR)

27 Studies on the effects of (micro)plastics and alternative materials

Speaker: Lars Gutow (AWI)

28 AI MareExplore: Utilizing AI for marine enzyme discovery to address human-made grand challenges

Speaker: Erik Borchert (GEOMAR)

From Topic 6 to Topic C

Wrap-up and Farewell

Convener: Anja Engel