Pringle Lab | Guse Lab

Awards & Summer BBQ

2014-08-10 By Annika Guse

July was an exciting month in the Guse Lab. Iliona was selected to get the 2014 award of the Dr. Alexander and Dr. Rosemarie-Stiftung. Each year, this award supports the career development of one young scientist undertaking a PhD in the areas of biology or chemistry at Heidelberg University by sponsoring a stay in another lab of the awardees choice. Iliona will take her award money to visit the John Pringle lab at Stanford University.
Moreover, Desiree got her BSc degree awarded and can soon start her MSc studies. Congratulations to both of you!
After so many awards, the Guse Lab embarked on a little trip to Ziegelhausen for a chilled summer BBQ with burgers and a couple of drinks…

Iliona & Desiree with their certificates

Lab BBQ in Ziegelhausen

Hannelore, the Anemone!

2014-06-16 By Annika Guse

The Guse lab has a new member: Hannelore, the Anemone! Hannelore has recently arrived from the Pringle lab in Stanford and became friends with Karl-Heinz right away. When Hannelore is not discussing science and politics with Karl-Heinz, she enjoys sitting on the lab computer watching people passing by the lab. (P.S.: Hannelore was hand-made by Kristen in the Pringle Lab and is the sweetest thing we have ever seen. Dankeschön, Kristen!)

Aiptasia Paper in Current Biology

2013-09-27 By Annika Guse

A new paper published by the Grossman, Pringle and Palumbi labs from Stanford University was published in Current Biology (PMID:24012312). Typically, coral bleaching is induced by the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) under high light conditions. Interestingly, Tolleter and colleagues find corals as well as Aiptasia respond to periods of heat with bleaching even in the absence of light. The so-called dark bleaching could be an additional mechanism compromising the fidelity of coral reefs during the summer. The paper also nicely demonstrates how lab experiments using Aiptasia as a model system for corals complement coral field studies.

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Aiptasia Arrived at COS

2012-12-12 By Annika Guse

Thanks to Liz Hambleton from the Pringle Lab and modern pet relocation services, my Aiptasia strains made it safely to Heidelberg. Welcome! I hope you will like it here.

Pringle lab video introducing Aiptasia as a model system

2012-09-09 By Annika Guse

This video was created by Natalya & Cody Gallo. Thanks guys!