During our two-week internship at Geomar from November 17 to 28, 2025, we worked in the laboratory and participated in a research trip on the MS Littorina. We also had the opportunity to gain insights into the economic processes at Geomar and attend a lecture at Kiel University. We particularly enjoyed the four-day work phase in the laboratory, during which we extracted DNA in various steps and then multiplied it using PCR. These processes gave us the opportunity to do a lot of the work ourselves and gain experience for the future.
BiOc101-01a Biological Oceanography 1 [BiOc101-01a] (500104
Lecturers: Thorsten B.H. Reusch, Ute Hentschel Humeida, Anja Engel, Mark Lenz, Christopher Monk, Jan Muschiol, Florian Weinberger, Mirjam Perner, Stefanie Böhnke-Brandt, David Needham, Rainer Kiko, Florian Schütte, Dieter Piepenburg, Marco Schulz, Reinhold Hanel, Kwi Young Han, Kristina Bayer
Details: Lecture and exercise course, 19 cred.h, certificate, ECTS: 15, language of lecture is English
Dates: every week Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, 8:00 - 12:00, 13:00 - 15:00, WHS1-3/Geb.5 - R.0.318 [Praktikumsraum], WHS1/Geb.8C - R.007[Praktikumsraum FB3]
from 19.10.2026 to 5.2.2027
exam: Friday, 19.2.2027
Prerequisites / Organisational information: OLAT Access: https://lms.uni-kiel.de/url/RepositoryEntry/5822480466
bioc380-03b Ocean Health, Ocean Food and Sustainability (Seminar) [bioc380-03b] (500038)
Lecturers: Ute Hentschel Humeida, Hassan Humeida, Arne Körtzinger, Henk-Jan Hoving, Mark Lenz, David Ngugi, Thorsten B.H. Reusch, Kwi Young Han, Christopher Monk, Marco Scotti, Marie-Catherine Riekhof, Lotta Clara Kluger, Rüdiger Voss, Silja Klepp, Avan Antia, Eva Papaioannou
Details: Seminar, 2 cred.h, ECTS: 6, presence event, suitable for students of all faculties, suitable for ERASMUS-/exchange students, language of lecture is English, To receive ETCS points, additional participation in the lecture "bioc380-03b..." is required
Dates: Thu, 12:00 - 14:00, WHS1/Geb.8A - R.101 [GEOMAR Konf.R. Geb.8A]
single appointment on 5.11.2026, 12:00 - 14:00, WHS1-3/Geb.5 - R.1.213 [Teil1-Konferenzraum]
the course ist held at GEOMAR for the first half of the semester and at CAU campus for the second half of the semester
from 26.10.2026 to 12.2.2027
1st examination date (exam at the end of the lecture period): Tuesday, 9.2.2027
Room Plan
Main seminar room at GEOMAR building 8, room 101
Exceptions: 5 November 2026: building 5, room 1.213
The room plan at CAU will be announced during the lecture
Link to OLAT: lms.uni-kiel.de/url/RepositoryEntry/5822480468
Photo: David Ngugi / Geomar
The practical MNF-bioc 202 concluded yesterday with a superb poster presentation by the students visiting our laboratories for their two week practical. The conducted experiments were newly designed for the course and we were very pleased with the students and impressed by the results they were able to obtain in this short timeframe!
We would also like to thank all people involved from the Marine Symbioses team that supported us in making this practical a valuable experience for the students!
For a general overview see also www.geomar.de/karriere-campus/campus/studieren/msc-biological-oceanography in the Career & Campus section.
