Die Lehrveranstaltung ist zweiteilig aufgebaut:Im Molekularbiologischen Laborpraktikum (5 Kurstage, jeweils freitags, ab dem 26. Sept) erlernen die Studierenden grundlegende Techniken der Molekularbiologie.Im anschliessenden Methodentraining (5 Kurstage im Block) wenden sie zentrale Methoden des jeweiligen Fachgebiets praxisnah in einer der beteiligten Forschungsgruppen an.

The general theme of this course is the effect of environmental factors (such as light, temperature, relative humidity, CO2 concentrations, etc.) on plant physiology: water uptake and transport, transpiration, CO2 gas exchange of plants (photosynthesis, respiration), growth and C allocation, yield and production, stress physiology. Working with measurement data and Jupyter Notebooks is included.

This course provides an overview about the applicability of stable isotopes (carbon 13C, nitrogen 15N, oxygen 18O and hydrogen 2H) to process-oriented ecological research. Topics focus on stable isotopes as indicators for the origin of pools and fluxes, partitioning of composite fluxes as well as to trace and integrate processes. In addition, students carry out a small project during lab sessions.