Dr. Birger Neuhaus

Phone	+49 (0)30 2093 8525
Fax	+49 (0)30 2093 8868
E-Mail
Address	Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin Invalidenstrasse 43 10115 Berlin Germany

professional background

• born: 1960
• 1980 – 1986: Studies of biology at Göttingen
• 1985 – 1986: Master's Thesis „On the ultrastructure of the protonephridia of the Gastrotricha“, supervisor Prof. Dr. P. Ax
• 1986 – 1991: PhD Thesis „On the ultrastructure, postembryonic development and phylogenetic relationships of the Kinorhyncha“, supervisor Prof. Dr. P. Ax
• 1987 – 1989: Dissertation grant (Niedersächsisches Graduiertenförderungsgesetz)
• 1989: Visiting scientist at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, at the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, Georgetown, SC, and at the Smithsonian Marine Station in Link Port, FL (2 months, DAAD)
• 1992: Visiting scientist on Carrie Bow Cay, Belize (2 months, travel grant DFG, grant Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program, Smithsonian Institution)
• 1992 – 1993: Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Museum of Natural History (grant Smithsonian Institution)
• 1993: Visiting scientist at the Smithsonian Marine Station in Link Port, FL (1 month)
• 1994: Visiting scientist at the University of Düsseldorf, as well as at the Zoologisk Museum and at the Institute for Cell Biology and Anatomy, Copenhagen (6 months, Sachbeihilfe DFG)
• 1994 – 1995: Visiting scientist at the Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Copenhagen
• since 1995: Curator of „worm-like animals“ at the Museum of Natural History, Berlin

tasks

• Curator of the collection "Vermes" (= "worm-like animals")
• Responsible for the light microscopical equipment of the zoological collections and central laboratory

collections

• The collection "Vermes" contains a mixture of invertebrate, worm-like animals which are generally not phylogenetically related to each other: Plathelminthes = flatworms, Gnathostomulida = "jaw mouth worms", Nemertini = ribbon worms, Rotatoria = wheel animals, Acanthocephala = "prickly head animals", Gastrotricha = "bottle animals" or "belly-haired animals", Nematoda = threadworms or roundworms, Nematomorpha = horsehair worms, Kinorhyncha = "muddragons", Priapulida = "love worms", Loricifera = corset animals, Sipuncula = peanut worms, Echiura = spoonworms, Pogonophora = beard worms, Annelida = segmented worms, Chaetognatha = arrow worms. About 100,000 specimens are catalogued under some 30,000 lot numbers. The collection contains type material of more than 2,140 species which can be searched in the database SeSam.

research interests

• Phylogenetic relationships within the group Nemathelminthes (= Aschelminthes) and relationships of Nemathelminthes to other invertebrates
• Taxonomy, zoogeography and evolution of the Kinorhyncha (= "muddragons")

current research projects

• Taxonomy, zoogeography and evolution of the Kinorhyncha and Loricifera in the Pacific and Atlantic deep sea
• Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of the Cephalorhyncha (= Loricifera + Kinorhyncha + Priapulida + Nematomorpha)

supervision of "Studienjahres- & Facharbeiten"

• Supervision of a student's study by Tina Blasche about Kinorhyncha (Nemathelminthes) of the East Pacific: description of a new species with light microscopical methods; 2002
• Supervision of a student's study by Antje Kegel about Kinorhyncha (Nemathelminthes) of the Indic Ocean: description of a new species with light microscopical and scanning electron microscopical methods; 2006

grants

• Copenhagen Biosystematics Centre (COBICE): research stay at the Zoologisk Museum, Copenhagen, project "Ultrastructure of the protonephridia (= kidneys) of the Loricifera (= corset animals)" (allowance for travel, accomodation, and consumer items; 10-11/2000)
• Copenhagen Biosystematics Centre (COBICE): research stay at the Zoologisk Museum, Copenhagen, project "Ultrastructure of the jaw apparatus of Gnathostomulida (= "jaw mouth animals"), Rotatoria (= wheel animals), and Micrognathozoa (= "micro jaw animals") as well as WGA-gold labelling test for chitin" (allowance for travel, accomodation, and consumer items; 10-11/2000)
• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Projektträger BEO (application in cooperation with Peter Götz, FU Berlin): Evolution and biogeography of the benthic deep-sea fauna of the East Pacific (SO 158) (2 days of ship time for biological sampling with R/V "Sonne"; 7-8/2001)
• German Research Association (DFG): Sachbeihilfe Ne 446/3-1 for the project "Evolution and biogeography of the benthic deep-sea fauna of the East Pacific (SO 158)" (5,900.- € for sampling with R/V "Sonne" + personnel budget for 1 student 45 hours/month for 2 months; 7-8/2001)
• Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, initiative "Action programme 2000, PUSH - dialogue between science and society": support of the project "What's a wadden worm? Children and families study the hidden world of the wadden sea" (PUSH = Public Understanding of Science and Humanities) (11,416.- €; 2001-2003)
• Fördererkreis der naturwissenschaftlichen Museen Berlins e. V.: purchase of a PC for an interactive multimedia installation, in connection with the project "What's a wadden worm? Children and families study the hidden world of the wadden sea" (1,534.- €; 2001-2003)
• Leica Mikrosysteme Vertrieb and Carl Zeiss: loan of 20 microscopes and stereomicroscopes for the project "What's a wadden worm? Children and families study the hidden world of the wadden sea" (2001-2002)
• Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, initiative "Science in dialogue": presentation of the PUSH-projects "Wonderful world in a drop of water" and "What's a wadden worm? Children and families study the hidden world of the wadden sea" during the Summer of Science in the Year of Life Science 2001 at the Museum of Natural History (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman; 20,452.- €; 2001)
• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Projektträger BEO: Biological studies about selected animal key groups during the deep-sea expedition SO 168 with R/V "Sonne" East of New Zealand (2 days of ship time for biological sampling with R/V "Sonne" + 23,973.- €; 2002-2004; in cooperation with Carsten Lüter)
• Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, initiatives "Action programme 2000, PUSH - dialogue science and society" and "Science in dialogue": Presentation of the projects "Wonderful world in a drop of water" and "What's a wadden worm?" during the Year of Geoscience 2002, main topic "Water" on 22.-28.8.2002 at Bremen (PUSH = Public Understanding of Science and Humanities)(17,230.- €; 2002, in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman)
• Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft: "I see something that you do not see: Small and Large on expedition into the microcosm", purchase of microscopes for the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Centre (10,000.- €; 2002; in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop & Dipl.-Biol. A. Wessel)
• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), programme Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): "Digitalization of collection data of parasitic worms and of primary types of free-living worms in the Museum of Natural History, Berlin" (94,412.- €; 2003-2005)
• Robert Bosch Stiftung, programme NaT-Working - Nature science and technique: pupils, teachers, and scientists build networks: "I see something that you do not see: Small and Large on expedition into the microcosm", connected with the establishment of the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Centre (63,700.- €; 2003-2006; in cooperation with 8 additional scientists of the Museum)
• National Institute of Atmospheric and Water Research (NIWA), New Zealand: "Meiofaunal methods and taxa for New Zealand biodiversity surveys" (14,592.- €; 2004)
• Flora-Immerschitt-Stiftung: "Digitalization of collection data of invertebrates in the frame of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Access to international biodiversity information via the internet" (7,000.- €; 2003-2004; in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman & Dr. C. Lüter)
• Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, programme "PUSH goes Europe!": Presentation of the project "Expedition into the microcosm" during the First EuroScience Open Forum ESOF 2004 from 24.-29.8.2004 at Stockholm (20,000.- €; 2004; in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop & Dr. L. Hecht)
• Fördererkreis der naturwissenschaftlichen Museen Berlins e. V. : Purchase of 5 stereo microscopes and 3 microscopes as well as optical equipment in connection with the project "Expedition into the microcosm" (18,935.- €; 2004; in cooperation with Dr. Ch. O. Coleman)
• IKA-Werke GmbH & Co. KG: Donation of a magnetic stirrer with heating plate and an orbital shaker for the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Centre (List price 1,353.- €; 2004; in cooperation with Dr. Ch. O. Coleman)
• A. Krüss Optronic GmbH: Donation of 2 hand refractometers for the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Centre (List price 430.- €; 2004; in cooperation with Dr. Ch. O. Coleman)
• Sartorius GmbH: Donation of a laboratory precision balance CP323P and of a portable laboratory pH meter PT10P for the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Centre (List price 3,070.- €; 2004; in cooperation with Dr. Ch. O. Coleman)
• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH: Donation of a large refrigerator for the Carl Zeiss Mikroskopierzentrum (List price 860,- €; 2004; in cooperation with Dr. Ch. O. Coleman)
• Robert Bosch Stiftung: Second Prize among more than 90 applicants for the project "I see something that you do not see: Small and Large on expedition in the microcosm", awarded during the NaT-Working-Symposium 2005, programme NaT-Working - Nature science and technique: pupils, teachers, and scientists build networks (4000.- €; 2005; in cooperation with 8 additional scientists of the Museum)
• Robert Bosch Stiftung: Presentation of the project "Expedition into the microcosm" during the Euroscience Open Forum 2006 from 15.-19.7.2006 at Munich (8,800.- €; 2006; in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, Dr. L. Hecht & Dr. R.-T. Schmitt)
• Wissenschaft im Dialog (Science in dialogue): Presentation of the project "Expedition into the microcosm" during the Euroscience Open Forum 2006 from 15.-19.7.2006 at Munich (1,200.- €; 2006; in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, Dr. L. Hecht & Dr. R.-T. Schmitt)
• Flora-Immerschitt-Stiftung: "Investigation of microscopic slides from 2 centuries with modern light microscopy" (3,500.- € for optical equipment; 2006-2007)
• Lernort Labor, Kiel: "School labs as experimental field for students and teachers - Carl Zeiss Mikroskopierzentrum, NatLab and UniLab Adlershof network" (60,000.- €; 2006-2007; in cooperation with Dr. M. Beschorner, Dr. R. Brechel, Dr. Ch. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, G. Ernst, Dipl.-päd. F. Grittner, Dr. L. Hecht, G. Krüger, Prof. Dr. J. Ramseger, Dr. B. Richter, Dipl.-päd. C. Schaffert, Dr. R.-T. Schmitt, Prof. Dr. L.-H. Schön, Dr. K. Schütt & PD. Dr. P. Skiebe-Corrette)
• Freunde und Förderer des Museums für Naturkunde e.V. (Friends and supporters of the museum of natural history e.V.): Expeditions into the deep sea - Biodiversity, biogeography and evolution (1.000,- € for a stereomicroscope used during deep-sea expeditions; 2006-2007)
• Johanna und Fritz Buch Gedächtnis-Stiftung (Johanna and Fritz Buch Memorial Foundation): Expeditions into the deep sea - Biodiversity, biogeography and evolution (2,500.- € for a stereomicroscope used during deep-sea expeditions; 2006-2007)
• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Projektträger ptj: Biological studies about selected animal key groups during the deep-sea expedition SO 193 with R/V "Sonne" to the Manihiki Plateau Northeast of Fidji and (4.3 days of ship time for biological sampling with R/V "Sonne" + 36,350.- €; 2007-2009; in cooperation with Dr. C. Lüter, Project Leader)
• German Research Association (DFG): Parasitological study of museum specimens of earthworms in the Museum für Naturkunde: search for drilonematids. Funding of the Russian scientist Dr. Elena Ivanova for a two-months research stay in the collection "Vermes" (9,000.- €; 2007)
• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Projektträger ptj: Biological studies about selected animal key groups during the deep-sea expedition SO 199 with R/V "Sonne" to Investigator Ridge and Wharton Basin (4.5 days of ship time for biological sampling with R/V "Sonne" + 46,170.- €; 2008-2010; in cooperation with Dr. C. Lüter, Project Leader)
• Kulturstiftung des Bundes: Establishment and public communication of a science-based collection management of zoological wet collections in the frame of the "KUR – Programme of conservation and restauration of mobile cultural heritage" (500,000.- €; 2008-2011; application and project leader for the Division of Collections)
  
• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Projektträger ptj: Biological studies about selected animal key groups during the deep-sea expedition SO 208 with R/V "Sonne" to the equatorial East Pacific (3 days of ship time for biological sampling with R/V "Sonne" + 36,000.- €; 2010-2012; in cooperation with Dr. C. Lüter)
• Freunde und Förderer des Museums für Naturkunde e.V. (Friends and supporters of the museum of natural history e.V.): Training course for teachers Excursion to the island Darss, Baltic Sea (900,- € for transportation and accomodation; 2009)

activities public relations

• What's a wadden worm? Children and families study the hidden world of the wadden sea: (1) School children from Berlin study the microscopic life of the wadden sea in a country house on the islands of Föhr and Amrum, (2) live demonstration of microscopically small animals from the wadden sea for children, families, and adults at the Museum of Natural History during a Sunday activity (supported by Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, initiative "Action programme 2000, PUSH - Dialogue between science and society"; PUSH = Public Understanding of Science and Humanities)(2001-2003)(in cooperation with Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin)
• Presentation of the PUSH-projects "What's a wadden worm?" and "Wonderful world in a drop of water" during the Year of Life Science 2001" on 9.-17.9.2001 in the Museum of Natural History(supported by Wissenschaft im Dialog and Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, initiative "Action programme 2000, PUSH - Dialogue between science and society")(in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Kinder & JugendMuseum im Prenzlauer Berg and Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin)
• Long Night of the Museums on 2.2.2002 from 18.00-24.00, also on 3.2.2002 from 10.00-18.00: What's a wadden worm? Children and families study the hidden world of the wadden sea - young and older visitors study microscopically small animals from the wadden sea, additional informations and activities for children of different age
• Long Night of Science on 15.6.2002 from 17.00-23.00, also on 16.6.2002 from 10.00-18.00: Presentation of the PUSH-projects "What's a wadden worm?" and "Wonderful world in a drop of water" (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman) - young and older visitors study microscopically small animals from an urban pond and from the wadden sea, additional informations and activities for visitors of different age
• Presentation of the PUSH-projects "What's a wadden worm?" and "Wonderful world in a drop of water" during the Year of Geoscience, main topic "Water" on 22.-28.8.2002 in the guest house of the University of Bremen (supported by Wissenschaft im Dialog and Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, initiative "Action programme 2000, PUSH - Dialogue between science and society")(in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Kinder & JugendMuseum im Prenzlauer Berg and Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin)
• Presentation of the PUSH-projects "What's a wadden worm?" and "Wonderful world in a drop of water" during the Show case into science on 11.-15.9.2002 at Potsdamer Platz (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman)
• Presentation of the PUSH-projects "What's a wadden worm?" and "Wonderful world in a drop of water" in Oekologia during the World Children's Party on 21.-22.9.2002 at Potsdamer Platz (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Kinder & JugendMuseum im Prenzlauer Berg and Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin)
• Long Night of Science on 14.6.2003 from 17.00-01.00 in the foyer of the main building of Humboldt University, Unter den Linden 6: Presentation of the PUSH-projects "What's a wadden worm?" and "Wonderful world in a drop of water" - young and older visitors study microscopically small animals from an urban pond and from the wadden sea, additional informations and activities for visitors of different age (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman)
• Long Night of the Museums on 30.8.2003 from 15.00-24.00: Inauguration of the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Centre in the Museum of Natural History (in cooperation with 8 scientists of the Museum) - and older visitors study microscopically small animals from urban areas and from the wadden sea as well as thin sections through meteorites and rocks, additional informations and activities
• Presentation of the Expedition in the microcosm during the anniversary party "10 years Voluntary Ecological Year" (FÖJ) on 3.9.2003 in the FEZ-Wuhlheide Palast, Berlin (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman)
• Presentation of the Expedition in the microcosm during the "World Children's Party" on 21.9.2003 at Potsdamer Platz (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. K. Schütt, Wiebke Rambke & Stephanie Eumann)
• Long Night of the Museums on 31.1.2004 from 18.00-24.00: Expedition in the microcosm in the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Centre of the Museum of Natural History - young and older visitors study microscopically small animals from soil, freshwater, and the wadden sea as well as rock material, additional informations and activities for children of different age (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, Dipl.-Geol. Jörg Fritz, Dr. A. Greshake, Dr. T. Kenkmann, W. Rambke, Prof. Dr. U. Riller, N. Wiese)
• Long Night of Science on 12.6.2003 from 17.00-01.00 in the foyer of the main building of Humboldt University, Unter den Linden 6: Presentation of the Expedition in the microcosm - young and older visitors study microscopically small animals from an urban pond and from the wadden sea, additional informations and activities for visitors of different age (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, Dr. L. Hecht, N. Wiese, Dipl.-Biol. N. Woyda)
• Presentation of Expedition in the microcosm during the First EuroScience Open Forum ESOF 2004 from 24.-29.8.2004 at Stockholm (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, Dr. L. Hecht, Dipl.-Biol. I. Heiner, Dipl.-Biol. J. Kasper, Prof. Dr. R. M. Kristensen, Dr. R. Tagle, Dipl.-Biol. N. Woyda)
• Presentation of the Expedition in the microcosm during the World Children's Party on 19.9.2004 at Potsdamer Platz (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, Dipl.-Biol. A. Friederichs, J. Giesecke, M. Graeben & J. Hoffmann)
• Day of sponsorship of the museum on 2.10.2004 from 10.00-18.00: Expedition in the microcosm in the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Centre of the Museum of Natural History - young and older visitors study microscopically small animals from soil, freshwater, and the wadden sea, additional informations and activities for children of different age (in cooperation with J. Giesecke, M. Graeben, J. Hoffmann & Dipl.-Biol. J. Kasper)
• Long Night of the Museums on 29.1.2005 from 17.00-24.00: Expedition in the microcosm in the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Centre of the Museum of Natural History - young and older visitors study microscopically small animals from soil, freshwater, and the wadden sea as well as rock material, additional informations and activities for children of different age (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dipl.-Geol. D. Doman, Dr. J. Dunlop, M. Graeben, J. Hoffmann, Dipl.-Biol. J. Kasper, Dr. S. Nawai, Dr. R. Tagle, & Prof. Dr. U. Riller)
• GEO-Day of Biodiversity on 11.6.2005 at 10.00-16.00 in the yard of the Grünflächenamt in the Berlin Tiergarten including a visit by the Minister of Environmental Protection Jürgen Trittin: Young and older visitors study animals from the Tiergarten with excellent microscopes, additonal information available (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, A. Friederichs, J. Giesecke, M. Graeben, D. Harms, J. Hoffmann & M. Schneider)
• Presentation of the Expedition in the microcosm during the "World Children's Party" on 18.9.2005 at Potsdamer Platz (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, K. Fischer, F. Jordan & K. Schade)
• Presentation of Expedition in the microcosm during the Euroscience Open Forum 2006 from 15.-19.7.2006 at Munich (in cooperation with Dr. J. Dunlop, Dr. J. Fritz, PD Dr. L. Hecht, Dipl.-Biol. J. Kasper, S. Neumann, Dr. R.-T. Schmitt, Dr. K. Schütt, Dipl.-Geol. A. Wittmann)
• Expedition in the microcosm in the Carl Zeiss Microscopy Centre of the Museum of Natural History, often in the mornings - study live specimens provided by us or bring your own little creatures! (in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop)

awards

• Award of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, initiative "Action programme 2000, PUSH - Dialogue between science and society" for the project "What's a wadden worm? Children and families study the hidden world of the wadden sea" (PUSH = Public Understanding of Science and Humanities)
• Second Prize among more than 90 applicants for the project "I see something that you do not see: Small and Large on expedition into the microcosm", awarded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, programme NaT-Working - Nature science and technique: pupils, teachers, and scientists build networks (in cooperation with 8 additional scientists of the Museum)
• Nomination of the project "I see something that you do not see" for the NaT-Working Price 2006 for excellent cooperation projects between research institutions and schools of the Robert Bosch Foundation together with 10 additional school lab initiatives (143 applications out of 220 school labs in Germany)(in cooperation with 8 additional scientists of the museum)
• Möbius-Preis 2006 for the project "I see something that you do not see" awarded by the Museum of Natural History Berlin (in cooperation with 10 additional scientists of the museum)

research travels

• Participation in the deep-sea expedition SO 144-3 (project PAGANINI) with R/V "Sonne" in the East Pacific (sampling of biological macro- and meiofauna; 11-12/1999)
• Participation in the deep-sea expedition Me 48-1 (project DIVA) with R/V "Meteor" in the East Atlantik (sampling of biological macro- and meiofauna; 7-8/2000)
• Visiting scientist at the Zoologisk Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark (ultrastructure of protonephridia of Loricifera, labelling of trophi of Cycliophora; 10-11/2000)
• Participation in the deep-sea expedition SO 158 (project MEGAPRINT) with R/V "Sonne" in the East Pacific (sampling of biological macro- and meiofauna; 7-8/2001)
• Participation in the deep-sea expedition SO 168 (project ZEALANDIA) with R/V "Sonne" in the Southwest Pacific (sampling of biological macro- and meiofauna; 12/2002-1/2003)
• Visiting scientist at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand (sampling and processing of meiofauna, workshop about meiofauna; 3-4/2004)
• Participation in the deep-sea expedition SO 193 (project MANIHIKI) with R/V "Sonne" to the Manihiki Plateau Northeast of Fiji (sampling of biological macro- and meiofauna; 5-7/2007)
  
• Participation in the deep-sea expedition SO 199 (project CHRISP) with R/V "Sonne" to Investigator Ridge and Wharton Basin South of Java (sampling of biological macro- and meiofauna; 8-9/2008)
• Participation in the deep-sea expedition SO 208 (project PLUMEFLUX) with R/V "Sonne" to the equatorial East Pacific (sampling of biological macro- and meiofauna; 7-8/2010)
• Investigation of the meiofauna of the North Sea with school children from Berlin in the country house Charlottenburg on the islands of Föhr (project "What's a wadden worm? Children and families study the hidden world of the wadden sea"; 6/2001)
• Investigation of the meiofauna of the North Sea with school children from Berlin in the country house Wilmersdorfer Nordseeheim on the islands of Amrum (project "What's a wadden worm? Children and families study the hidden world of the wadden sea"; 6/2002 and 5/2003)

other activities

• "First International Workshop on the Biodiversity and Evolution of the Scalidophora" at the Museum of Natural History from 28.-30.10.2003; Organizing committee: Dr. Dr. h.c. R. P. Higgins (Asheville, USA), Prof. Dr. R. M. Kristensen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Dr. B. Neuhaus, Dr. F. Pardos (Madrid, Spain)
• “Training workshop in meiofaunal general ecology, sampling, preservation, handling and mounting of specimens, and recognition of major taxa”. One-day Workshop by B. Neuhaus including 3 lectures, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand, 15.4.2004
• Workshop for teachers „Biology and ecological role of the interstitial fauna in the wadden sea“ on 10.-14.11.2004 at Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Wattenmeerstation List/Sylt in connection with the Carl Zeiss Mikroskopierzentrum in the Museum of Natural History
• Workshop for teachers „Biology and ecological role of the interstitial fauna in the wadden sea“ on 18.-22.5.2005 at Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Wattenmeerstation List/Sylt in connection with the Carl Zeiss Mikroskopierzentrum in the Museum of Natural History
• Workshop for teachers „Expedition in the microcosm“ on 25.8.2005 during meeting for improvement of MNU in connection with the Carl Zeiss Mikroskopierzentrum in the Museum of Natural History (MNU = education in mathmatics and natural history)(in cooperation with Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, Dr. L. Hecht & Dr. R.-T. Schmitt)
• Supervision of pupils S. Lebedewa, M. Sarr and N. Thanh Hoang in the BIO-Team in the Carl Zeiss Mikroskopierzentrum with their project „Earth worm and amphipod against the leaf-mining moth“: 1.3.2006 participation in the 41. Regional Competition Berlin North of jugend forscht - Prize and Special Prize in environmental technique and nature conservation (= participation in the State Competition), 29.3.2006 participation in the 41. State Competition Berlin of jugend forscht - 3. Prize and Special Prize for a study with special importance for sustainability and/or environmental protection (in cooperation with C.O. Coleman & teacher B. Weidemann)
• Workshop for teachers „Expedition in the microcosm“ on 31.8.2005 during meeting for improvement of MNU in connection with the Carl Zeiss Mikroskopierzentrum in the Museum of Natural History (MNU = education in mathmatics and natural history)(in cooperation with Dr. M. Beschorner, Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, M. Engel, C. Franke, Dr. L. Hecht & Dr. R.-T. Schmitt)
• Workshop for teachers „Wat's a wadden worm? Tool box for school classes on seminar at the North Sea shore“ on 26.4.2007 at the Museum of Natural History in connection with the Carl Zeiss Mikroskopierzentrum(in cooperation with M. Engel & C. Franke)
• Workshop for teachers „Excursion to the island Darss, Baltic Sea“ on 9.-11.10.2009 in connection with the Carl Zeiss Mikroskopierzentrum in the Museum of Natural History (in cooperation with Dr. M. Beschorner, Dr. C. O. Coleman, Dr. J. Dunlop, Dr. L. Hecht & Dr. B. Kröger)
  

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