Our aim is to understand the cause-effect relationships of environmental parameters on cellular processes and to gain a better understanding of the adaptability of marine animals to (anthropogenic) environmental influences.
One of our priority questions is how environmental parameters (temperature, hypoxia, ocean acidification, pollution) and their combination affect fish, mussels and snails. One focus is on the cellular stress response and the distribution of energy between central (vital) and secondary (“dispensable”) processes. The combined investigations at organism and cell level should deepen our understanding of the mechanisms and allow conclusions to be drawn about the adaptive and performance capacity of animals under future environmental scenarios.

For example, Tomás is working on his doctoral thesis on the impact of plastic pollution on the common periwinkle Littorina littorea under different climate scenarios. One focus is on the effect of soluble, plastic-associated chemicals, known as leachates, during extreme weather events (heatwaves). His work is embedded in the P-LEACH project, in which Daria conducts ecotoxicological and ecophysiological studies on the effects of various plastic materials and associated leachates on mussels and snails.

We participate in teaching at the University of Bremen and are happy to assign Bachelor and Master theses. Please contact Gisela Lannig directly about possible BSc/MSc theses in her lab.

Head of group
Dr. Gisela Lannig

Team
Dr. Daria Bedulina
M.Sc. Tomás García
Anette Tillmann