GEOMAR  Adam-Beyer, Nicole

Dr. Nicole Adam-Beyer

Geomicrobiology
Forschungsbereich 2: Marine Biogeochemie
FE Marine Geosystems

Office: 12-337
Phone: +49 431 600-1249
E-Mail: nadam@geomar.de
Adresse: Wischhofstraße 1-3
               D-24148 Kiel

Research focus

  • Microbially influenced corrosion in grounding structures of offshore wind power systems
     
  • Compositions and functions of benthic microbial communities
     
  • Mikrobially influenced biogeochmeical processes in sediments

  • Lander-based in situ measurements of benthic fluxes 
  • Further development and improvements of deep-sea lander systems

Current projects

  • MiCorFe:Microbial Fe-corrosion and posssible corrosion protection measures in monopiles of offshore wind power systems  (Scientist in the project, BMWK, 2023-2026)

  • RETAKE II: CO2-removal via alkalinity enhancement, Subproject 1.4: Enahnced benthic weathering of carbonate und Olivine in the Baltic Sea - Phase 2 (Associated scientist), BMBF, 2024-2027)

  • iFOODis: Intelligent robotics network for future agriculture in the Baltic Sea region (Associated Scientist, 2023-2027)

  • MUSE: Cross-center research infrastructure (AWI, GEOMAR, Hereon) „Marine environmental robotics and -sensor sytems for sustainable science and management of coastal regions, Ocean and polar regoins“ (Co-PI for benthic sensor systems, 2023-2029)

Scientific Career

since 07/2023: 
Postdoctoral Researcher at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Current project "MiCorFe"

05/2020 - 06/2023:
Postdoctoral Researcher at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Current project "New hydrogenases from hydrothermal vents and sediments"

12/2014 - 04/2020:
Ph. D.  at the University of Hamburg and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Topic: „Microbial hydrogen oxidation in deep-sea hydrothermal vents“ (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mirjam Perner).

2013 - 2014:
Student assistant at the University of Hamburg (Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology and  Institute for Soil Science)

10/2012 - 11/2014:
M. Sc. in Biology  at the University of Hamburg, major: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Master thesis: "Identification and characterization of functional RubisCOs from metagenomic libraries – CO2-fixation in hydrothermal vent systems“ (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mirjam Perner).

10/2009 - 03/2013:
B. Sc. in Biology at the University of Hamburg, Bachelor thesis: "Sequence-based and functional screening of a metagenomic library for hydrogenases“ (Betreuung durch Prof. Dr. Mirjam Perner).

Awards

02/2022:
Poster Prize at the annual Congress of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) in Germany

12/2020:
Young scientist award of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen foundation for outstanding dissertations

Cruise participations

02/2025:
L25-02b - research cruise with FK Littorina (EckernfördeBay, Baltic Sea; replacement for cruise AL626)

06/2023:
AL595 - research cruise with RV Alkor (North-Atlantic Ocean - Grimsey hydrothermal vent field)

since 2021:
One day cruises with FK Littorinain Eckernförde Bay (Baltic Sea, >15 one-day cruises, thereof 3 as  leading scientist

07/2019: 
M156 - research cruise with RV Meteor (Atlantic Ocean)

10/2018 & 03/2019:
One day cruises with RV Alkor in Eckernförde Bay (Baltic Sea)

01/2016:
INDEX2016 research cruise with N/O Pourquoi pas? (Indian Ocean)

Publications

Adam-Beyer, N., Deusner, C., Schmidt, M and Perner, M. (in press) Microbial hydrogen oxidation potential in seasonally hypoxic Baltic Sea sediments. Front. Micobiol. 16:1565157. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1565157.

Adam-Beyer, N., Laufer-Meiser, K., Fuchs, S., Schippers, A., Indenbirken, D., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Petersen, S. and Perner, M.(2023) Microbial ecosystem assessment and hydrogen oxidation potential of newly discovered vent systems from the Central and South-East Indian Ridge. Front. Microbiol. 14:1173613. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1173613

Adam-Beyer, N., Perner, M. (2023). Activity-Based Screening of Metagenomic Fosmid Libraries for Hydrogen-Uptake Enzymes. In: Streit, W.R., Daniel, R. (eds) Metagenomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2555. Humana, New York, NY. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2795-2_6

Perner M., Wallmann K., Adam-Beyer N., Hepach H., Laufer-Meiser K., Böhnke S., Diercks I., Bange HW., Indenbirken D., Nikeleit V., Bryce C., Kappler A., Engel A. and Scholz F. (2022) Environmental changes affect the microbial release of hydrogen sulfide and methane from sediments at Boknis Eck (SW Baltic Sea). Front. Microbiol. 13:1096062. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1096062

Hansen, C.T., Kleint, C., Böhnke, S., Klose, L., Adam-Beyer, N., Sass, K., Zitoun, R., Sander, S. G., Indenbirken, D., Dittmar, T., Koschinsky, A., Perner, M. (2022) Impact of high Fe-concentrations on microbial community structure and dissolved organics in hydrothermal plumes: an experimental study. Sci Rep 12, 20723. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25320-0

Adam, N., Han, Y., Laufer-Meiser, K., Bährle, R., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Schippers, A. & Perner, M. (2021) Deltaproteobacterium Strain KaireiS1, a Mesophilic, Hydrogen-Oxidizing and Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium From an Inactive Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Chimney. Front. Microbiol. 12:686276. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.686276

Adam, N., Schlicht, S., Han, Y., Bechelany, M., Bachmann, J. & Perner, M. (2020) Metagenomics Meets Electrochemistry: Utilizing the Huge Catalytic Potential From the Uncultured Microbial Majority for Energy-Storage. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 8:567. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00567

Adam, N., Kriete, C., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Gonnellla, G., Krause, S., Schippers, A., Kurtz, S., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Han, Y., Indenbirken, D. & Perner, M. (2020) Microbial Community Compositions and Geochemistry of Sediments with Increasing Distance to the Hydrothermal Vent Outlet in the Kairei Field, Geomicrobiol. J., 37:3, 242-254, doi: 10.1080/01490451.2019.1694107

Gonnella, G., Adam, N. & Perner, M. (2019) Horizontal acquisition of hydrogen conversion ability and other habitat adaptations in the Hydrogenovibrio strains SP-41 and XCL-2. BMC Genomics 20:339. doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-5710-5

Adam, N. & Perner, M (2018) Microbially mediated Hydrogen Cycling in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents . Front. Microbiol. 9:2873, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02873

Han, Y., Gonnella, G., Adam, N., Schippers, A., Burkhardt, L., Kurtz, S., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Franke, H. & Perner, M. (2018) Hydrothermal chimneys host habitat-specific microbial communities: analogues for studying the possible impact of mining seafloor massive sulfide deposits. Sci. Rep. 8(1), 10386, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28613-5

Adam, N. & Perner, M. (2018) Novel hydrogenases from deep-sea hydrothermal vent metagenomes identified by a recently developed activity-based screen. ISME J. 12, 1225-1236, doi: 10.1038/s41396-017-0040-6

Adam, N. & Perner, M. (2017) Activity-Based Screening of Metagenomic Libraries for Hydrogenase Enzymes. Chapter in „Metagenomics: Methods and Protocols“, Ed. Streit, W. R. & Daniel, R.; Springer New York

 

Selected presentations

03/2025
Adam-Beyer, N., Skottke, C., Schmidt, M., Niepel, C., Niepel, U., Haake, G., Schloesser, J. & Perner, M. Microbial iron corrosion and possible corrosion protection measures in monopiles of offshore wind power systems. VAAM-Conference in Bochum, Germany

07/2023
Adam-Beyer, N., Scholz, F.  & Perner, M.  Benthic microbial communities exposed to seasonal hypoxia in the Baltic Sea. FEMS-Conference (FEMS2023) in Hamburg, Germany 

03/2019
Adam, N. & Perner, M. Novel H2-uptake active enzymes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents: evidence for the need of functional metagenomics. VAAM-Conference in Mainz, Germany

08/2018
Adam, N. & Perner, M. An activity-based screen reveals novel hydrogen-converting enzymes in deep-sea hydrothermal vent metagenomes. ISME-Symposium (ISME17) in Leipzig, Germany

03/2015
Adam, N., Rychlik, N. & Perner, M. Establishing a novel function-based screen for the identification of [NiFe]-hydrogenases in metagenomic libraries. VAAM-Conference in Marburg, Germany