Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME
Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME

Organization of Scientific Meetings and Courses

The following events were organized by employees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME:

 

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  • The workshop “Development of a Screening Test to Assess the Mobility of Polar and Ionizable Substances in the Environment” took place on November 19, 2025, in London and was organized by employees from Fraunhofer IME, the UK Environment Agency, and the consulting firm wca.
  • The international NORMAN workshop of the working group on effect-based methods and the NORMAN JPAs Blueprint Biodiversity and Early Warning Systems took place on November 12 and 13, 2025, at Biologicum Frankfurt and was co-organized by Prof. Dr. Henner Hollert (data basis for the analysis of European research activities on chemical pollution and biodiversity).
  • On September 25, 2025, a workshop on the BioDive4Soil project was held in Dessau, organized by Dr. Karsten Schlich and Dr. Elke Eilebrecht from Fraunhofer IME, project partners (ahu GmbH and EFTAS GeoIT), and employees of the German Federal Environment Agency.
  • The 40th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Limnology (DGL) took place from September 8 to 12, 2025, and the DGL session “Groundwater” on the BMFTR initiative LURCH took place from September 14 to 18, 2025, in Frankfurt, both of which were co-organized by Prof. Dr. Henner Hollert.
  • An interdisciplinary conference of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN): MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON GROWTH IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY - On the exchange of social and natural science approaches, 12 and 13 May 2025, Franz-Hitze-Haus Münster, co-organised by Prof. Dr. Bodo Philipp.
  • On April 2, 2025 as part of the PARC project (European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals), a workshop organized by the Federal Environmental Specimen Bank on the topic of “Early Warning Systems” took place at Fraunhofer IME in Schmallenberg.  
  • The workshop “New strategies for regulatory bioaccumulation assessment” took place on March 10 and 11, 2025, in Berlin and was organized by Prof. Dr. Christian Schlechtriem and Verena Kosfeld from Fraunhofer IME and employees of the German Federal Environment Agency.
  • The ECETOC (European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals) workshop “Overcoming challenges and advancing (bio)degradation guidelines: OECD TG309 revisited” took place in Brussels on January 21 and 22, 2025, and was co-organized by Dr. Dieter Hennecke from Fraunhofer IME.

  •  Joint workshop of the working groups of the Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Divisions of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) from 17 to 19 June 2024 at Fraunhofer IME Schmallenberg. Organised by Dr Dieter Hennecke, Prof. Dr Christoph Schäfers, Dr Bernd Göckener and Dr Boris Meisterjahn as well as Dr Stefan Hahn, Fraunhofer ITEM.
  • Workshop ‘Expert meeting on environmental risk assessment of RNAi-based crop protection and transient modification techniques of plants’ of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) from 24 to 25 October 2024. Organised by the BfN and Dr Sebastian Eilebrecht, Dr Udo Hommen, Dr Kerstin Derz, Dr Elke Eilebrecht and Dr Andreas Schiermeyer.
  • Workshop ‘Current developments in the investigation and assessment of PAH contamination in urban soils’ on 3 and 4 June 2024 in Frankfurt. Organised by the GDCh Soil Working Group, chaired by Dr Dieter Hennecke.  

  • Workshop "Innovation potential for valorized cascade use of juice production by-products InVaKaS" March 20th to 26th, 2023 in Bahia, Brasilien  weitere Informationen
  • Symposium: "The concept of the bioeconomy in dialogue - On the role of participation on the way to a sustainable bioeconomy" Jan 20th and 21st, 2023 in Münster; co-organized by Prof. Dr. Bodo Philipp
  • Joint annual conference of SETAC GLB and GDCh-FG U&Ö, scientific and local organizing committee by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c Henner Hollert
  • Joint Workshop NORMAN Network, WGs 2 and 3, in 2023 by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c Henner Hollert.
  • Joint Workshop of the NORMAN Network, the German Environment Agency and RobustNature Workshop on "Innovative approaches for environmental monitoring of chemical pollution and biodiversity - linking biodiversity loss and chemical pollution". Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Henner Hollert, Co-Chair of the workshop
  • RobustNature Workshop "Chemical Pollution and Biodiversity Loss", July 4th and 5th, 2023, Transdisciplinary Stakeholder Workshop on Chemical Pollution and Biodiversity Loss at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c Henner Hollert, Chair of the Workshop
  • SETAC/GDCh Postgraduate Course Aquatic Ecotoxicology GAIAC/Uni Frankfurt, by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c Henner Hollert.
  • Fraunhofer workshop of the Fraunhofer Chemistry Alliance for interested parties from industry, politics and society "PFAS ban - urgent tasks for applied research" on Oct 12th, 2023 in Würzburg - co-organized by Prof. Dr. Christoph Schäfers

  • Biodialogues as part of the BMBF project BIOCIVIS: "Bioeconomy and Sustainability" May 12th to 14th, 2022 by Prof. Dr. Bodo Philipp.
  • Joint annual meeting of SETAC GLB and GDCh-FG U&Ö, scientific and local organizing committee by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c Henner Hollert
  • Joint Workshop NORMAN Network, WGs 2 and 3, in 2022 by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c Henner Hollert.
  • SETAC/GDCh Postgraduate Course Aquatic Ecotoxicology GAIAC/Uni Frankfurt, March 2022 by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c Henner Hollert.
  • WildOMICs - Workshop on the implementation of molecular biological methods in environmental monitoring, organized by Dr. Bernd Göckener on Nov 2nd and 3rd, 2022 at Fraunhofer IME Schmallenberg

  • Workshop of the Federal Environment Agency and Fraunhofer IME: "Food web on ice", digital event on March 16th and 17th, 2021 organized by Dr. Heinz Rüdel and employees.
  • Biodialogues as part of the BMBF project BIOCIVIS: "Bioeconomy and Sustainability" on May 28th and 29th, 2021 and on August 20th and 21st, 2021 by Prof. Dr. Bodo Philipp.