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Dr. Lars-Peter Wörmer |
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Organic Geochemistry |
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+49 421 218-95715 |
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MARUM I - 2570 |
Research Interest
- Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) of geobiomolecules
- Ultra-high resolution climate and environmental reconstruction
- Bacterial endospores in the deep biosphere and elsewhere
- Cyanobacterial diazotrophy and diagnostic lipid biomarkers
- Microbial (lipid) biomarkers
Academic Formation & scientific experience
| 2021 | Senior Researcher (tenured) | |
| 2015 | 2021 | Senior Researcher at MARUM (Universität Bremen) ZOOMECULAR project (link) Endospores in the deep marine biosphere: distribution, abundance and function (link) |
| 2010 | 2015 | Postdoctoral research at MARUM (Universität Bremen) DARCLIFE project (link) |
| 2009 | 2010 | Postdoctoral research at the Department of Biology (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) |
| 2005 | 2009 | Ph.D. at the Department of Biology (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain): "Distribution and degradation of the cyanobacterial toxins microcystin and cylindrospermopsin in reservoirs" Tutor: Dr. Antonio Quesada |
| 2004 | NASA Planetary Biology Internship at Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, USA) "Microbial degradation of organoarsenicals" Supervisor: Dr John F. Stolz |
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| 1999 | 2004 | Environmental Sciences student at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) |
Selected Publications
Book chapters
- Wörmer L., Lipp J.S., Hinrichs KU. (2015) Comprehensive Analysis of Microbial Lipids in Environmental Samples Through HPLC-MS Protocols. In: McGenity T., Timmis K., Nogales B. (eds) Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg link
Scientific articles
| 2022 | Napier, T. J., Wörmer, L., Wendt, J., Lückge, A., Rohlfs, N., & Hinrichs, K. U. (2022). Sub‐annual to interannual Arabian Sea upwelling, sea surface temperature, and Indian monsoon rainfall reconstructed using congruent micrometer‐scale climate proxies. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, e2021PA004355. |
| 2021 | Alfken, S., Wörmer, L., Lipp, J. S., Napier, T., Elvert, M., Wendt, J., ... & Hinrichs, K. U. (2021). Disrupted coherence between upwelling strength and redox conditions reflects source water change in Santa Barbara Basin during the 20th century. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36(12), e2021PA004354. |
| 2020 | Wörmer L, Gajendra N, Schubotz F, Matys E D, Evans T W, Summons R E, Hinrichs K-U (2020) A micrometer-scale snapshot on phototroph spatial distributions: mass spectrometry imaging of microbial mats in Octopus Spring, Yellowstone National Park. Geobiology 18 (6), 742-759. |
| Alfken S, Wörmer L, Lipp J S, Wendt J, Schimmelmann A, Hinrichs K-U (2020) Mechanistic insights into molecular proxies through comparison of sub-annually resolved sedimentary records with instrumental water column data. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 35, e2020PA004076 | |
| Hoshino T, Doi H, Uramoto GI, Wörmer L, Adhikari R R, Xiao N, Morono Y, D’Hondt S, Hinrichs K-U, Inagaki F. (2020). Global diversity of microbial communities in marine sediment. PNAS 201919139 | |
| Obreht I, Wörmer L, Brauer A, Wendt J, Alfken S, De Vleeschouwer D, Elvert M, Hinrichs KU. (2020) An annually resolved record of Western European vegetation response to Younger Dryas cooling. Quaternary Science Reviews. 231:106198. | |
| Gutiérrez MH, Vera J, Srain B, Quiñones RA, Wörmer L, Hinrichs KU, Pantoja-Gutiérrez S. (2020) Biochemical fingerprints of marine fungi: implications for trophic and biogeochemical studies. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 84:75-90. | |
| 2019 | Alfken S, Wörmer L, Lipp JS, Wendt J, Taubner H, Schimmelmann A, Hinrichs KU. (2019) Micrometer scale imaging of sedimentary climate archives–Sample preparation for combined elemental and lipid biomarker analysis. Organic Geochemistry. 127:81-91. |
| Wörmer L, Wendt J, Alfken S, Wang JX, Elvert M, Heuer VB, Hinrichs KU. Towards multiproxy, ultra-high resolution molecular stratigraphy: Enabling laser-induced mass spectrometry imaging of diverse molecular biomarkers in sediments. Organic Geochemistry. 127:136-45. | |
| Wörmer L, Hoshino T, Bowles MW, Viehweger B, Adhikari RR, Xiao N, Uramoto GI, Könneke M, Lazar CS, Morono Y, Inagaki F., Hinrichs K.-U. (2019) Microbial dormancy in the marine subsurface: Global endospore abundance and response to burial. Science advances. 5(2), eaav1024. | |
| van Maldegem LM et al. (2019) Bisnorgammacerane traces predatory pressure and the persistent rise of algal ecosystems after Snowball Earth. Nature communications. 10(1):476. | |
| 2018 | Schulze-Makuch D et al. (2018) Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert. PNAS link |
| Shvarev D, Nishi C, Wörmer L, Maldener I. (2018) The ABC Transporter Components HgdB and HgdC are Important for Glycolipid Layer Composition and Function of Heterocysts in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. Life 8(3), 26 link | |
| 2017 | Perez R, Wörmer L, Sass P, Maldener I. (2017) A highly asynchronous developmental program triggered during germination of dormant akinetes of filamentous diazotrophic cyanobacteria. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 94, 1 link |
| Evans TW, Wörmer L, Lever MA, Lipp JS, Lin YS, Jorgensen BB, Hinrichs K-U. (2017) Size and composition of subseafloor microbial community in the Benguela upwelling area examined from intact membrane lipid and DNA analysis. Organic Geochemistry 111, 86-100 link | |
| 2016 | Kellermann MY, Yoshinaga MY, Valentine RC, Wörmer L, Valentine DL. (2016) Important roles for membrane lipids in haloarchaeal bioenergetics. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes 1858 (11), 2940-56. |
| Gomez-Saez GV, Niggemann J, Dittmar T, Pohlabeln AM, Lang SQ, Noowong A, Pichler T, Wörmer L, Bühring SI. (2016) Molecular evidence for abiotic sulfurization of dissolved organic matter in marine shallow hydrothermal systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 190, 35-52 | |
| 2015 | Becker KW, Lipp JS, Wörmer L, Versteegh GJM, Hinrichs K-U (2015). Rapid and simultaneous analysis of three molecular sea surface temperature proxies and application to sediments of the Sea of Marmara. Organic Geochemistry 85, 42-43. (link) |
| Yoshinaga MY, Gagen EJ, Wörmer L, Broda NK, Meador TB, Wendt J, Thomm M, Hinrichs K-U (2015). Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus modulates its membrane lipids in response to hydrogen and nutrient availability. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 5. (link) | |
| 2014 | Wörmer L, Elvert M, Fuchser J, Lipp JS, Buttigieg PL, Zabel M, Hinrichs K-U. Ultra-high-resolution paleoenvironmental records via direct laser-based analysis of lipid biomarkers in sediment core samples. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS) 111, 15669-15674 (link) |
| Bühring S I., Kamp A, Wörmer L, Ho S, Hinrichs K-U. Functional structure of laminated microbial sediments from a supratidal sandy beach of the German Wadden Sea (St. Peter-Ording). Journal of Sea Research 85, 463-473 (link) | |
| 2013 | Zhu C, Lipp J S, Wörmer L, Becker K W, Schröder J, Hinrichs K-U. Comprehensive glycerol ether lipid fingerprints through a novel reversed phase liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry protocol. Organic Geochemistry 65, 53-62. (link) |
| Wörmer L, Lipp JS; Schröder J, Hinrichs K-U. Application of two new LC-ESI-MS methods for improved detection of intact polar lipids (IPLs) in environmental samples. Organic Geochemistry 59, 10-21 (link) | |
| Cirés S, Wörmer L, Wiedner C, Quesada A. Temperature-dependent dispersal strategies of Aphanizomenon ovalisporum (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): Implications for the annual life cycle. Microbial Ecology 65, 12-21 (link) | |
| 2012 | Wörmer L, Cirés S, Velázquez D, Quesada A, Hinrichs K-U. Cyanobacterial heterocyst glycolipids in cultures and environmental samples: Diversity and biomarker potential. Limnology & Oceanography 57(6), 1775-1788 (link) |
| Yoshinaga M Y, Wörmer L, Elvert M, Hinrichs K U. Novel Cardiolipins from Uncultured Methane-Metabolizing Archaea. Archaea, doi:10.1155/2012/832097 (link) | |
| 2011 | Wörmer L, Cirés S, Agha R, Verdugo M, De Hoyos C, Quesada A. First detection of cyanobacterial PSP (paralytic shellfish poisoning) toxins in Spanish freshwaters. Toxicon 57(6), 918-921 (link) |
| Wörmer L, Cirés S, Quesada A. Importance of natural sedimentation in the fate of microcystins. Chemosphere 82, 1141-1146 (link) | |
| 2010 | Wörmer L, Huerta-Fontela M, Cirés S, Carrasco D, Quesada A. Natural photodegradation of the cyanobacterial toxins microcystin and cylindrospermopsin. Environmental Science & Technology 44, 3002-3007 (link) |
| 2009 | Wörmer L, Carrasco D, Cires S, Quesada A. Advances in solid phase extraction of the cyanobacterial toxin cylindrospermopsin. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 7, 568-575. (link) |
| 2008 | Wörmer L, Cires S, Carrasco D, Quesada A. Cylindrospermopsin is not degraded by co-occurring natural bacterial communities during a 40-day study. Harmful Algae 7, 206-213. (link) |
| 2007 | Stolz JF, Perera E, Kilonzo B, Kail B, Crable B, Fisher E, Ranganathan M, Wörmer L, Basu P. Biotransformation of 3-nitro-4-hydroxybenzene arsonic acid (roxarsone) and release of inorganic arsenic by Clostridium species. Environmental Science & Technology 41, 818-823. (link) |
Teaching Experience
(Co)supervised theses
- Susanne Alfken - PhD Thesis "Refining molecular stratigraphy through mass spectrometry imaging of sediments at sub-millimeter resolution" (2019)
- Niroshan Gajendra - MSc Thesis "High-resolution imaging of biomarker distributions in microbial mats of the Yellowstone National Park" (2018)
- Andreas Greve - MSc Thesis "High resolution imaging of spatially structured microbial communities with LDI-FTICR-MS and microXRF: biomarker distribution and elemental mapping in Antarctic microbial mats on the micrometer scale" (2016)
- Stanislav Jabinski - BSc thesis "Erste Erkentnisse zu hochauflösenden bildgebenden Biomarker- und Elementanalysen anhand Sedimenten des Gotland Beckens" (2016)
- Niroshan Gajendra - BSc thesis "Tiefenverteilungen von bakteriellen Endosporen in Sedimenten des östlichen Mittelmeeres" (2015)
- Susanne Alfken - MSc Thesis "Laser-based assessment of shorte-term climate fluctuations: Validation and application of LDI FTICR-MS as a tool for ultra-high-resolution molecular stratigraphy" (2015)
- Thomas Evans - MSc thesis "A new approach for the improved detection of phospholipids (PLs) in subseafloor sediments - The separation of PLs from the organic matrix and a case study in the Benguela upwelling area" (2012)
- Stefan Braun - MSc thesis "New cell separation procedure improves the analysis of intact polar membrane lipids of sub-seafloor microbial communities" (2011)
Lectures
- since 2021: Molecular Geobiology (M.Sc. Marine Geosciences, Universität Bremen)
- since 2014: Biogeochemistry Projects (M.Sc. Marine Geosciences, Universität Bremen)
- 2004-09: Department of Biology (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
Scientific Expeditions
DARCSEAS (Feb 2011)
Meteor M84/1 (DarcSeas): Deep subseafloor Archaea in the Eastern Mediterranean, Marmara, and Black Seas: carbon cycle, life strategies, and role in sedimentary ecosystems.
Cruise report
LIMNOPOLAR (January-February 2010)
Non-marine aquatic ecosystems in the polar regions and their reaction to potential climate change (Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antartica)