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Daphnia resurrected
Last changed: 15.10.2019 The team – consisting of Patrick Turko, Piet Spaak, Laura Sigg and Juliane Hollender – retrieved the eggs from sediments in Lake Greifen and brought them to the laboratory to hatch. Daphnia from the 1
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Daphnia resurrected
Collective memory in bacteria
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Bacteria exposed to a moderate concentration of salt survive subsequent exposure to a higher concentration better than if there is no warning event. But in individual cells this effect is short-lived:
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Collective memory in bacteria
Carsten Schubert appointed adjunct professor at ETH Zurich
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Carsten Schubert has been researching in the Department Surface Waters since 2001, which he is head of since 2012. Since 2004, he has also been a lecturer at ETH Zurich in the Department of Environmen
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Carsten Schubert appointed adjunct professor at ETH Zurich
NEST earns energy award: "Watt d'Or" for NEST
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Since 2007, the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) has been awarding the "Watt d'Or" to innovative Swiss projects with the aim of publicizing exceptional achievements in the field of energy. This y
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NEST earns energy award: "Watt d'Or" for NEST
Partnership Programme: Portrait series on the occasion of 10th anniversary
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Over the next two months, we will present portraits of different EPP Fellows, that tell their success stories and experiences at Eawag. This is the second part of the portrait series.
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Partnership Programme: Portrait series on the occasion of 10th anniversary
Space research: What happens to soils in weightlessness?
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Life on our planet has always been under the influence of gravity. But how would soils, plants and other organisms react in a zero-gravity situation? Scientists have been puzzling over this question s
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Space research: What happens to soils in weightlessness?
Eawag Partnership Programme: Portrait series on the occasion of 10th anniversary
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Initiated as a fellowship programme only for UNESCO-IHE master’s students, EPP was widened in scope and outreach in 2008 to include a three to four-month global fellowship programme, a dedicated IHE e
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Eawag Partnership Programme: Portrait series on the occasion of 10th anniversary
Florian Altermatt becomes Associate Professor at the University of Zurich
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Prior to that, he completed a postdoc at the UC Davis in California, having earned his PhD from the University of Basel. It is hoped that the newly created professorship will help to further promote s
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Florian Altermatt becomes Associate Professor at the University of Zurich
CENTAUR sewer control system is “Most Innovative New Technology of the Year”
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Urban flooding can now be managed much more effectively, thanks to the smart Artificial Intelligence-based technology, Centaur. The technology has been developed by Eawag, the University of Sheffield
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CENTAUR sewer control system is “Most Innovative New Technology of the Year”
Avoiding widespread drought
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Their calculations are derived from 27 climate models and two scenarios of the development of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. The results show that 30% of the earth’s land surface and
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Avoiding widespread drought
Intelligent control minimizes wet-weather water pollution
Last changed: 15.10.2019 During heavy rainfall, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are often unable to cope with the volumes of water arising, and some wastewater may then be discharged untreated into surface waters. Eawag,
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Intelligent control minimizes wet-weather water pollution
Agriculture and groundwater: Nitrates in the spotlight
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Eawag’s practically-oriented “PEAK” continuing education courses are offered, often in partnership with other institutions, primarily to experts in the field. On November 10th, a course run in collabo
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Agriculture and groundwater: Nitrates in the spotlight
Careful pipe installation for good-quality tap water
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Although bacteria are an inevitable – and important – component of drinking water, the colonization of pipes by pathogenic organisms can lead to microbiological quality problems. However, according to
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Careful pipe installation for good-quality tap water
Chili for clean ship hulls
Last changed: 15.10.2019 In order to protect ship hulls and other surfaces exposed to water from algae, molluscs and crustaceans, they are coated with so-called antifouling biocides. Such biocides do not only protect the surf
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Chili for clean ship hulls
Factsheet: Urine source separation
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Wastewater contains valuable resources. However, because existing wastewater management systems have been designed primarily for pollution control and hygiene, the recovery of resources from wastewate
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Factsheet: Urine source separation
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25 years more practical relevance with PEAK
Last changed: 15.10.2019 In autumn 1993, Eawag launched a series of courses under the "PEAK" brand (practice-oriented Eawag courses). After rather critical grading from practice - "too elitist", "working in an ivory tower" -
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25 years more practical relevance with PEAK
“With complex problems, decisions made from gut instinct can be quite wrong.”
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Judit Leinert, you’re a specialist in good decision making. How can I decide on the perfect place to go on holiday this summer? In my research group, we approach decision making with the help of “Mult
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“With complex problems, decisions made from gut instinct can be quite wrong.”
Interactions of nanoparticles with fish cellsd
Last changed: 17.01.2022 Interactions of nanoparticles with fish cells green: nanoparticles blue: cell nucleus purple: cytosol/sell membrane Do small things lead to big problems? Mechanisms of uptake and toxicity of metal nan
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Interactions of nanoparticles with algaed
Last changed: 17.01.2022 Interactions of nanoparticles with algae The present projects aim at gathering scientific information on the environmental fate and effects of silver- and cerium oxide nanoparticles. AgNP belong to th
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Interactions of nanoparticles with biofilmsr
Last changed: 17.01.2022 Interactions of nanoparticles with biofilms With the aim of developing an understanding of the impact of AgNP on food web interactions and ecological processes, we are currently using the fungal litte
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Adverse Outcome Pathways
Last changed: 17.01.2022 Adverse Outcome Pathways In collaboration with a high level international expert group we are currently developing a framework to advance adverse outcome pathways (AOPs, www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/te
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Adverse Outcome Pathways
Toxic effects on metabolism
Last changed: 17.01.2022 Toxic effects on metabolism Image source: KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes The development of mathematical models for prediction of ecological risks posed by environmental chemicals requi
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Toxic effects on metabolism
Physiologically based toxicokinetic modeling
Last changed: 17.01.2022 Physiologically based toxicokinetic modeling Environmental risk assessment is essential but often relies on ethically controversial and expensive methods. One of the biggest current challenges in ecot
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Physiologically based toxicokinetic modeling
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Excessive levels of plant protection products in small streams
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Between March and October 2017, samples collected from five small streams with catchment areas subject to a variety of agricultural uses were analysed for plant protection products. The Eawag and Ecot
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Excessive levels of plant protection products in small streams
03.05.2019

11:00 - 12:00

Beyond minimum flows : a science-policy gap in the improvement of Alpine instream ecosystems
Evolutionary nightmare: Parasites pass on their manipulatory characteristics
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Evolutionary nightmare: Parasites pass on their manipulatory characteristics
PACT - Participatory Action for Long-Term Arsenic-Safe Water
Last changed: 29.07.2021 Participatory Action for Long-Term Arsenic-Safe Water (PACT) A mural showing people shake hands to collect water from a community based water-source. PACT in brief. This health related behaviour chang
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PACT - Participatory Action for Long-Term Arsenic-Safe Water
Keeping track of fragrances
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Keeping track of fragrances
Drug use in Swiss cities unchanged
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Drug use in Swiss cities unchanged
Tove Larsen explains the toilet revolution
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Tove Larsen explains the toilet revolution
Water monitoring with fish-cell-based biosensor awarded by Venture
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Water monitoring with fish-cell-based biosensor awarded by Venture
06.03.2019

17:00 - 18:30

Public Guided Tour Eawag Dübendorf
Agriculture impacts aquatic macroinvertebrates more than wastewater
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Agriculture impacts aquatic macroinvertebrates more than wastewater
22.03.2019

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Linking Dissolved Organic Matter Composition with Photoreactivity Using High-resolution Mass Spectrometry
Evolution and the tipping points of ecosystems
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Evolution and the tipping points of ecosystems
Floating research station to illuminate Lake Geneva
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Floating research station to illuminate Lake Geneva
How effective is fish stocking in Swiss lakes?
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How effective is fish stocking in Swiss lakes?
05.04.2019

11:00 - 12:00

Development of an Integrated Modeling and Forecasting System for the Great Lakes
29.03.2019

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Evolutionary genomics in extreme environments
World Water Day: What access to clean water really means
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World Water Day: What access to clean water really means
12.04.2019

11:00 - 12:00

Predictive Models in Spatial Freshwater Biodiversity Science: Developing Tools for Conservation
Frequent sediment flushing threatens macroinvertebrate diversity in Alpine streams
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Frequent sediment flushing threatens macroinvertebrate diversity in Alpine streams
Getting into murky waters: Blue-green algae produce cocktail of potential toxins
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Getting into murky waters: Blue-green algae produce cocktail of potential toxins
Improving wastewater disposal with the help of the “Internet of Things”
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Improving wastewater disposal with the help of the “Internet of Things”

Studer, C.; Aicher, L.; Gasic, B.; von Goetz, N.; Hoet, P.; Huwyler, J.; Kägi, R.; Kase, R.; Kobe, A.; Nowack, B.; Rothen-Rutishauser, B.; Schirmer, K.; Schneider, G.; Vermeirssen, E.; Wick, P.; Walser, T. (2015) Scientific basis for regulatory decision-making of nanomaterials report on the workshop, 20–21 january 2014, Center of Applied Ecotoxicology, Dübendorf, , 52 - 56
The search for Selenium: Traces in the high Alps
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Up to a billion people around the world are deficient in selenium and do not get sufficient amounts in their diets. This is detrimental to health, as selenium plays an important role in the immune sys
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The search for Selenium: Traces in the high Alps
Precious metal tracks nanoplastics
Last changed: 15.10.2019 Tiny plastic particles measuring about 100 nanometres (millionths of a millimetre) are used in many products, for example to encapsulate dye or aromatic substances or as additives to shampoos and cosm
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Precious metal tracks nanoplastics
Eawag at the 2019 World Economic Forum
Last changed: 15.10.2019 A walk-through exhibition introduces people to innovative projects from various institutes . Francesco Pomati is presenting Eawag’s underwater microscope, which has been developed in collaboration wit
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Eawag at the 2019 World Economic Forum