The 2015 Annual Meeting of SETAC German Language Branch in Zurich (7-10 September, 2015): Ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry-from research to application

Inge Werner; Annette Aldrich; Benjamin Becker; Dennis Becker; Markus Brinkmann; Michael Burkhardt; Norbert Caspers; Sophie Campiche; Nathalie Chèvre; Rolf-Alexander Düring; Beate I Escher; Fabian Fischer; Sabrina Giebner; Katharina Heye; Henner Hollert; Marion Junghans; Cornelia Kienle; Katja Knauer; Muris Korkaric; Veronika Märkl; Jane Muncke; Jörg Oehlmann; Georg Reifferscheid; Daniel Rensch; Andreas Schäffer; Sabrina Schiwy; Simon Schwarz; Helmut Segner; Eszter Simon; Rita Triebskorn; Etiënne L M Vermeirssen; Thomas Wintgens; Markus Zennegg

doi:10.1186/s12302-016-0088-3

The 2015 Annual Meeting of SETAC German Language Branch in Zurich (7-10 September, 2015): Ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry-from research to application

Environ Sci Eur. 2016;28(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s12302-016-0088-3. Epub 2016 Jul 6.

Authors

Inge Werner¹, Annette Aldrich², Benjamin Becker³, Dennis Becker⁴, Markus Brinkmann⁵, Michael Burkhardt⁶, Norbert Caspers⁷, Sophie Campiche¹, Nathalie Chèvre⁸, Rolf-Alexander Düring⁹, Beate I Escher¹⁰, Fabian Fischer¹¹, Sabrina Giebner⁴, Katharina Heye⁴, Henner Hollert⁵, Marion Junghans¹, Cornelia Kienle¹, Katja Knauer¹², Muris Korkaric¹, Veronika Märkl¹³, Jane Muncke¹⁴, Jörg Oehlmann⁴, Georg Reifferscheid³, Daniel Rensch¹⁵, Andreas Schäffer⁵, Sabrina Schiwy⁵, Simon Schwarz¹⁶, Helmut Segner¹⁷, Eszter Simon¹, Rita Triebskorn¹⁶, Etiënne L M Vermeirssen¹, Thomas Wintgens¹⁸, Markus Zennegg¹⁹

Affiliations

¹ Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology Eawag-EPFL, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
² Agroscope, Schloss 1, Postfach, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland.
³ Federal Institute of Hydrology, Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz, Germany.
⁴ Goethe University Frankfurt Am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
⁵ RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
⁶ HSR, University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Environmental and Process Engineering UMTEC, Oberseestrasse 10, 8640 Rapperswil, Switzerland.
⁷ Eco(toxico)consulting, Sankt-Maternus-Eck 14, 51515 Kürten, Germany.
⁸ Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁹ Justus-Liebig-University, Institute of Soil Science, IFZ, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
¹⁰ Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), 04318 Leipzig, Germany ; Environmental Toxicology, Center for Applied Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany.
¹¹ Department Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
¹² Federal Office for Agriculture, 3003 Berne, Switzerland.
¹³ Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Building Materials and Construction Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355 Berlin, Germany.
¹⁴ Food Packaging Forum Foundation, Staffelstrasse 8, 8045 Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁵ Office of Waste, Water, Energy and Air (AWEL), Hardturmstrasse 105, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Animal Physiological Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
¹⁷ Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, University of Berne, 3000 Berne, Switzerland.
¹⁸ University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Gründenstrasse 40, Muttenz, Switzerland.
¹⁹ Laboratory for Advanced Analytical Technologies, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Abstract

This report provides a brief review of the 20th annual meeting of the German Language Branch of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC GLB) held from September 7th to 10th 2015 at ETH (Swiss Technical University) in Zurich, Switzerland. The event was chaired by Inge Werner, Director of the Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology (Ecotox Centre) Eawag-EPFL, and organized by a team from Ecotox Centre, Eawag, Federal Office of the Environment, Federal Office of Agriculture, and Mesocosm GmbH (Germany). Over 200 delegates from academia, public agencies and private industry of Germany, Switzerland and Austria attended and discussed the current state of science and its application presented in 75 talks and 83 posters. In addition, three invited keynote speakers provided new insights into scientific knowledge 'brokering', and-as it was the International Year of Soil-the important role of healthy soil ecosystems. Awards were presented to young scientists for best oral and poster presentations, and for best 2014 master and doctoral theses. Program and abstracts of the meeting (mostly in German) are provided as Additional file 1.

Publication types

Review