Host: PLAN-B and AquaPLAN projects

Mike Wood, Professor for Applied Ecology in the School of Environmental Science and Director of the Environmental Research & Innovation Centre (ERIC) at the University of Salford, Manchester (UK)

Elena Maggi, Associate Professor of Ecology at the Department of Biology at the University of Pisa and coordinator of the EU Horizon Europe-funded AquaPLAN project, Pisa (Italy)

- Prof Mike Wood and Prof Elena Maggi will give a brief overview of two ongoing research programmes funded by Horizon Europe and UKRI on the effects of light and noise pollution on biodiversity.

Host: MyDiv

Johanna Pausch, Professor for Agroecology and Director of Bayreuth Center for Stable Isotope Research in Ecology and Biogeochemistry (BayCenSI) at University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth (Germany)

Title: "Contribution of mycorrhizal fungal necromass to soil organic matter fractions"

Marion Schrumpf, Leader of the research group Soil Biogeochemistry at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC) and iDiv Member, Jena (Germany)

Title: "How the interplay of soil mineral, plant and microbial composition drives the formation and stability of mineral-associated organic matter in temperate soils"

Host: Stephanie Jurburg, UFZ

Leonardo Oña, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Ecology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück (Germany)

Title: "Microbial Cross-Feeding: Evolutionary Drivers and Ecological Dynamics "