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LEADING HOUSE:
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich: Prof. Bernhard Schmid
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PARTNERS:
- Institute of Plant Sciences, ETHZ
Prof. Nikolaus Amrhein
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- Botanical Institute, University of Basel
Prof. Thomas Boller
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PROJECT MANAGER:
- Dr. Melanie Paschke, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center
Melanie Paschke is an ecologist. She did her PhD at the Univerissity of Zurich in Environmental Sciences. She realized the online course VIRT.UM "Virtuelle Umweltwissenschaften". She is the projet manager of PRESS.
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EDITORIAL BOARD:
- EDITOR-IN CHIEF:
Dr. Melanie Paschke, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center
- MEMBERS:
Prof. Christian Körner, Prof. Enrico Martinoia, Prof. Christine Müller, Dr. Diana Soldo
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LANGUAGE:
- Dipl. Übers. FH Martina von Arx
Martina von Arx is a translator. She was responsible for proofreading, editing, and translating the language content of this course. She also developed some of the learning activities in Lesson 9.
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INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN, LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
- M.A. Ute Milotich
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Ute Milotich is an instructional designer and was responsible for the information architecture of this course.
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- Ursula Frick, Dipl. Biol.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES (LESSONS 2, 3, 4, 9)
Ursula Frick studied biology at the University of Berne and at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ). She developed many of the learning activities in PRESS.
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- Dr. Melanie Paschke
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN & LEARNING ACTIVITIES (LESSONS 2, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Melanie Paschke also worked as an instructional designer in the course. She was responsible for a lot of the learning activities in the lessons.
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- Nicole Fürst
SELF ASSESSMENTS
Nicole Fürst is an environmental scientist. She has written the self assessments of the course.
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DESIGN & PROGRAMMING:
- lic. phil. Michael Ruppen
Michael Ruppen is the head of the multimedia production team at the Multimedia & E-Learning Services (MELS) of the University of Zurich. He was responsible for flash programming & multimedia development.
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- lic. phil. Michael Ziege
Michael Ziege works for the Multimedia & E-Learning Services (MELS) at the University of Zurich and was responsible for web applications and flash programming for the Virtual Experiment Platform. |
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- Dr. Pascal Niklaus
R-Programming VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT PLATFORM
PD Dr. Pascal Niklaus is a grassland biologist working at the ETH Zurich. He is an expert in experimental design and statistical analysis in ecology. |
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- B.A. Desiree Iturbide
Desiree Iturbide is a graphic designer and works for the Multimedia & E-Learning Services (MELS) at the University of Zurich. She was responsible for most of the graphics in PRESS. |
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- Arturo La Vecchia
Arturo La Vecchia is a graphic designer at the ETH Zurich. He was responsible for the icons in PRESS. |
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- Dr. Samuel Schluep
Samuel Schluep works at the Center for Organizational and Occupational Sciences of the ETH Zurich and was responsible for the development and programming of the dynamic Learning Content Management System (dLCMS). |
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- Dipl. Übers. FH Davorin Barbaric
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AUTHORS:
- Prof. Nikolaus Amrhein
AUTHOR (LESSON 4)
Prof. Nikolaus Amrhein works in the field of plant biochemistry and physiology, a discipline which analyzes and aims to find causal explanations for the processes of life and is mainly concerned with regulatory and control processes in complex living systems.
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- Prof. Klaus Apel
AUTHOR (LESSON 2)
Prof. Klaus Apel is concerned with plant genetics, especially with the identification of genes that may improve the performance of crop plants. To achieve his research goals, he mainly uses methods of classical genetics and molecular biology. |
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- Dr. Sacha Baginsky
AUTHOR (LESSON 3 and 9)
Dr. Sacha Baginsky is interested in plant biotechnology, plant cell physiology, and molecular biology. Currently, he is doing research in the field of proteomics, investigating the plastid proteome and its biochemical pathways. |
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- PhD Daniel Bloch
AUTHOR (VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT PLATFORM)
PhD Daniel Bloch works at the Department of Integrative Biology of the University of Basel. He was responsible for 'Experimental Designs', 'Anova', 'Ancova' in the Virtual Experimental Platform.
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- Prof. Nina Buchmann
AUTHOR (LESSON 8)
Prof. Nina Buchmann is professor of Grassland Science at the ETH Zurich. Her main research interests include ecosystem carbon dynamics under changing climatic conditions, biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services, as well as sustainable resource use. Apart from methods of classical ecology, she uses stable isotopes to achieve her research goals. |
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- Prof. Andrew Hector
AUTHOR (VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT PLATFORM - ANCOVA)
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- Prof. Enrico Martinoia
AUTHOR (LESSON 4)
Prof. Enrico Martinoia is head of the Department of Molecular Plant Physiology at the University of Zurich. He is investigating cluster roots, a characteristic of members of the Proteaceae and of several other plant species that are adapted to habitats of extremely low soil fertility. |
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- Prof. Christine Müller
AUTHOR (LESSON 7)
Prof. Christine Müller is concerned with community, food web, pollination, and behavioral ecology, as well as with population and conservation biology. Currently, she is engaged in different research projects, for example, investigating fungal endosymbionts and insect food web dynamics. |
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- Prof. Christian Körner
AUTHOR (LESSON 1)
Prof. Christian Körner is interested in alpine plant ecology, questioning the common use of the terms 'stress' and 'limitation' in connection with plants native to "inhospitable" regions. Furthermore, he is engaged in research on the consequences CO2 enrichment has for plants. Based on the example of "Lothar", he has also studied the connection between wood quality and storm damage risk. |
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- PD Dr. Pascal Niklaus
AUTHOR (VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT PLATFORM)
PD Dr. Pascal Niklaus is a grassland biologist working at the ETH Zurich. He is an expert in experimental design and statistical analysis in ecology. |
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- Dr. Melanie Paschke
AUTHOR (LESSON 3,4,5,6,7 AND VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT PLATFORM - TOPICS 'Regression', 'Hypothesis Testing' )
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- Prof. Bernhard Schmid
AUTHOR (LESSON 6 AND VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT PLATFORM - TOPIC 'REGRESSION')
Prof. Bernhard Schmid is professor for environmental studies. His main fields of interest are plant population biology, biodiversity research, conservation biology, and experimental design. |
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- Dr. Peter Stoll
AUTHOR (VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT PLATFORM)
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MULTIMEDIA ASSISTANT:
- Bo Burla
MULTIMEDIA ASSISTANT (LESSON 4)
Bo Burla is a diploma student at the Department of Molecular Plant Physiology at the University of Zurich. He wrote the screen plays for the animations and figures in Lesson 4.
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FILMS:
- Dr. Sacha Baginsky
PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST (FILM "PROTEOMICS")
Dr. Sacha Baginsky is interested in plant biotechnology, plant cell physiology, and molecular biology. Currently, he is doing research in the field of proteomics, investigating the plastid proteome and its biochemical pathways.
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- Dr. Markus Geisler
PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST (FILM "PHYTOEXTRACTION")
Dr. Markus Geisler works in the field of molecular plant physiology. |
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- Dr. Gernot Kunze
PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST ("PATHOGEN RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE")
Gernot Kunze works in the field of plant physiology. |
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- Prof. Thomas Boller
PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST ("PATHOGEN RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE")
Prof. Thomas Boller is interested in biodiversity and in the ecological impact of symbioses and plant-pathogen interactions. Currently, he is heading a team interested in the physiology and diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi and their impact on forest biodiversity. Furthermore, he studies the chemical sense of plants, in particular, the perception and transduction of elicitor signals in plants. |
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- Dr. Werner Eugster
PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST ("CARBON FLUXES AND DROUGHT EFFECT")
Dr. Werner Eugster is a grassland scientist involved in different projects dealing with ecosystem research and micrometeorology. |
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- Dr. Barbara Kornaxl
PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST ("CARBON FLUXES AND DROUGHT EFFECT")
Dr. Barbara Kornaxl is a grassland scientist. |
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- Dr. Volker Hahn
DIRECTOR
Dr. Volker Hahn studied biogeochemistry and has extensive knowledge in the field of documentary film making which he acquired at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg. |
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- lic. phil. Bettina Keller
CAMERA AND CUTTING
Bettina Keller studied biology and worked for the Multimedia & E-Learning Services (MELS) at the University of Zurich. She now studies at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg. |
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- Walter Weber
CAMERA AND CUTTING
Walter Weber works for the Multimedia & E-Learning Services (MELS) at the University of Zurich. |
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- Dr. Roland Werner
PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST ("CARBON FLUXES AND DROUGHT EFFECT")
Roland Werner is a grassland scientist.
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