Viehweger, Bernhard

Research interests

• Habitats of microbial life on earth
• Extent and size of the deep biosphere
• Survival strategies of microorganisms in various (extreme) environments
• Methods to identify active microbial life in enivronmental samples

CV

• 2015 - ongoing PhD student Organic Geochemistry, MARUM/University of Bremen
• 2013 - 2015 Master program in (Quaternary) Geology, Lund University
• 2011 - 2013 Research technician, Organic Geochemistry, MARUM
• 2008 - 2011 Bachelor program in Geosciences, University of Bremen

Publications

• Hamann E., Gruber-Vodicka H., Kleiner M., Tegetmeyer H.E., Riedel D., Littmann S., Chen J., Milucka J., Viehweger B., Becker K.W., Dong X., Stairs C.W., Hinrichs K.-U., Brown M.W., Roger A.J., Strous M. (2016) Environmental Breviatea harbour mutualistic Arcobacter epibionts. Nature
• Probst A.J., Weinmaier T., Raymann K., Perras A., Emerson J.B., Rattei T., Wanner G., Klingl A., Berg I.A., Viehweger B., Yoshinaga M., Hinrichs K.-U., Gribaldo S., Thomas B.C., Meck S., Auerbach A.K., Heise M., Banfield J.F. and Moissl-Eichinger C., (2015): "Grappling" with dark matter: Biology of a widespread, uncultivated subsurface Archaeon. Nature Communications
• Beulig F., Heuer V.B., Akob D.M., Viehweger B., Elvert M., Herrmann M., Hinrichs K.-U. and Küsel K., (2014): Carbon flow from volcanic CO2 into soil microbial communities of a wetland mofette. ISME Journal

Poster

• Viehweger B., Wörmer L., Hinrichs K.-U., Lever M. and Expedition 370 Scientists 2017: Exploring ways to assess endospore abundance, diversity and viability in low biomass subseafloor sediments of the Nankai Trough Accretionary Complex. Poster, 3rd DCO International Conference 2017.
• Jones C., Crowe S.A., Viehweger B., Hinrichs K.-U., Maresca J.A., DeLong E., Nomosatryo S., Fowle D.A. and Canfield D.E. 2013: Entire community of microbes lacks phospholipids. Poster, Goldschmidt Conference 2013 Paper
• Jones C., Crowe S.A., Maresca J.A., Delong E., Viehweger B., Hinrichs K.-U., Nomosatryo S., Fowle D.A., and Canfield D.E., 2012: Extreme plasticity of biological stoichiometry. Poster, ISME Conference 2012

Conferences attended

• 3rd Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) International Conference 2017, St Andrews, Scotland
• Deep Life Community (DLC) Meeting 2017, Edinburgh, Scotland

Expedition participation

IODP Expedition 370 Temperature Limit of the Deep Biosphere off Muroto, September 10 - November 10 2016

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Thesis work