ECT at 3rd Clustermeeting of NanoCare and NanoNature projects
Presentations
Weil, M., Meißner, T., Kühnel, D.: Erste Schritte zur ökotoxikologischen Bewertung von Eisen-basierten Nanopartikeln und Nanokompositen
A farewell to Dr. Thomas Knacker
On October 30, 2011 we lost Dr. Thomas Knacker, managing director of ECT and a much valued and loved colleague, research partner and friend. We deeply regret the loss of an internationally honoured ecotoxicologist. A farewell, in which several colleagues and friends are expressing their sorrow, has been published […]
ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH is now SETAC Europe Sustaining Partner
ECT is now supporting the Society of Environmental Toxicology (SETAC) as a SETAC Europe sustaining partner.
ECT at 6th SETAC Special Science Symposium ‘Environmental endocrine disrupter testing and evaluation’
Presentation
Duis, K., Schüürmann, G., Kühne, R., Ost, N., Wagner, M., Holbech, H., Velasco-Santamaría, Y.M., Sacher, F., Warnecke, D.: Evaluation of the endocrine activity of 2,4,6-tribromophenol, benzanthrone and benzophenone-2 […]
ECT at SETAC GLB Annual Meeting in Leipzig, 10 – 13 September 2012
Presentations
Walter, M., Weil, M., Meißner, T., Potthoff, A., Springer, A., Gelinsky, G., Duis, K.: Untersuchung der aquatischen Ökotoxizität Eisen-basierter Nanokomposite mit akuten und chronischen Testverfahren
ECT at the International Colloquium on Soil Zoology and the International Symposium on Enchytraeidae
Talks ICSZ:
Stephan Jänsch, Jörg Römbke, Hubert Höfer, Franz Horak, Martina Roß-Nickoll, David Russell, Andreas Toschki: Earthworms in permanent soil monitoring sites – state of knowledge, database and concept for the improvement of a soil biodiversity assessment within the German National Strategy on Biodiversity
ECT at the 6th SETAC World Congress 2012 / SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting (Berlin, 22 – 24 May 2012)
Chairing
J. Römbke is co-chairing the session ‘Soil Ecotoxicology’, the special session ‘Integrating different tools for assessing soil health status’ and the Annual Meeting of the SETAC-Europe Advisory Group DOTTS (Dung Organism Toxicity Testing Standardization).
Anja Coors voted president of SETAC GLB for 2012
SETAC GLB is a regional branch of SETAC Europe and particularly engaged in supporting education and training of young scientists in the area of environmental sciences. Anja Coors has been in the council of SETAC GLB […]
Activated sludge test according to updated OECD guideline 209
For the activated sludge respiration inhibition test, the updated OECD test guideline 209 (22 July 2010) requires more replicates per treatment than the former guideline. To accomplish this new requirement and process the test within a reasonable timeframe, ECT recently established a multi-channel oxygen meter that allows simultaneous measurement and processing of respiration rates in […]