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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 2d

The Department of Environmental Microbiology (Umik) invites applications for:

Postdoc on molecular methods for the detection of infectious disease agents in wastewater 🦠💧

👉 apply.refline.ch/673277/1294/...

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 6d

Three recent studies examine pesticide pollution in Swiss streams and rivers. With comprehensive screening of over 250 pesticides, they show which of them occur in water bodies and which pose the highest risks to aquatic organisms 💧

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Pesticides in Swiss streams: much remains to be done

Current studies shed light on which pesticides are particularly relevant for the pollution of Swiss watercourses and where they come from. 

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 9d

Rebecca Oester has received the Schwoerbel-Benndorf Young Scientist Award for her paper ‘Riparian forests shape trophic interactions in detrital stream food webs’, which she wrote as a PhD student at Eawag.

Congratulations! 🎉

👉 Read her paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 20d

Climate change is altering air temperature and precipitation patterns in Switzerland, thereby impairing the recharge and quality of groundwater. A mix of measures is needed to ensure the sustainable use of groundwater as a resource.

Read the full article:
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Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology - Eawag

Climate change is altering air temperature and precipitation patterns in Switzerland, thereby impairing the recharge and quality of groundwater. A mix of measures is needed to ensure the sustainable u...

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 26d

Urban trees are often seen as natural allies in fighting summer heat. But how much they actually help to cool their surroundings depends heavily on how moist the soil is. This is the main finding of a new study, led by environmental engineers at @ethz.ch and #Eawag.

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Trees need water to cool the city

Urban trees are often seen as natural allies in fighting summer heat waves. But how much they actually help to cool their surroundings depends heavily on how moist the soil is. This is the main findin...

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · 27d

Info Day Magazine 2025: Groundwater – utilising and protecting the resource drinking water 💧

Read all about the topics that have been discussed at this years Eawag Infotag: www.eawag.ch/en/info/publ...

#eawaginfotag #infotag2025 #groundwater #climatechange

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Sep 8

The @erc.europa.eu awards one of this year's starting grants to Catalina Chaparro Pedraza 💪🎉

In her five-year research project PHENOTIPPING she will address the question: How does adaptation contribute to ecosystem resilience?

#ERCStG #ecosystems

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Sep 5

Eawag scientist Serina Robinson receives the ERC Starting Grant. She is investigating how microbial enzymes bind PFAS.

👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

@erc.europa.eu @ethz.ch #Eawag #pollutants #foreverchemicals #ERCStG

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Decentlab @decentlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

Eawag, one of the world’s leading water research institutes, monitors bioretention cells at Eawag and Empa's campus to enable early detection of changes in infiltration capacity. @eawag.bsky.social

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Sep 4

Heute findet an der #Eawag der jährliche #Infotag statt. Dieses Jahr mit dem spannenden Thema Grundwasser 💧💪

Unsere Forschenden stellen Resultate und Werkzeuge vor, welche Praxis und Verwaltung unterstützen, die #Trinkwasserressourcen in Qualität und Menge zu sichern.

Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 29

Job alert! We're looking for a Scientific Data Applications Specialist (m/w/d) 80-100% 📢

👉 Are you interested? Find all necessary information here: apply.refline.ch/673277/1287/...

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 29

The European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) has presented @josiannekollmann.bsky.social with the Stan Maes Early Career Award 🏅

Congratulations, Josianne! 🎉

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 28

An international study conducted in Eawag's experimental ponds demonstrates how indirect ecological effects influence the evolution of species.

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Indirect effects drive evolution

An international study conducted in Eawag's experimental ponds demonstrates how indirect ecological effects influence the evolution of species.

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 27

Six million euros for smarter cities with clean water 💧💪

#Eawag and @fhnw.ch are part of the new EU project UrbanM2O.

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#waterqualitymanagement #cleanwater #stormwatermanagement

Six million euros for smarter cities with clean water

The water research institute Eawag and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland are part of the new EU project UrbanM2O. It is led by the Danish Technical University DTU in...

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Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · Aug 27

Indirect effects drive evolution: Researchers of #MainzUniversity, @eawag.bsky.social & @unibas.ch present first direct evidence that species that never interact can profoundly influence each other's #evolution 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/indirect-eff...

#EvolutionaryBiology #biology

Organisms living in terrestrial and aquatic habitats can influence each other through indirect ecological interactions. (ill./©: Shuqing Xu // icons/©: biorender.com)

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 27

From 18–22 August 2025, @ethz.ch welcomed 24 students from ENHANCE universities to the first-ever ENHANCE Summer School at this member university. The programme was organised by ETH’s Department of Environmental Systems Science and #Eawag 👍

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ETH Zurich Hosts its first ENHANCE Summer School

ETH Zurich hosted the first ENHANCE Summer School, fostering interdisciplinary learning and collaboration within the ENHANCE Innovative Learning Campus.

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 21

👉 Jetzt anmelden: www.eawag.ch/de/info/agen...

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 19

A controversial serum has been necessary for the growth of cells in the context of animal-free toxicology research. Eawag researchers have now developed an alternative.

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#animalfreeresearch #animaltesting #celllines #fishcells #serumfree #serumfreeresearch #animalfree

Changing the diet of cell cultures

A controversial serum has been necessary for the growth of cells in the context of animal-free toxicology research. Eawag researchers have now developed an alternative.

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 8

Öffentliche Führung Eawag Kastanienbaum 📢

Mittwoch 27. August 2025, 18:15 – 19:45Uhr
Eawag Kastanienbaum, Mehrzwecksaal Seeheim

Im Anschluss sind die Gäste zu einem Apéro eingeladen.

Anmeldung bis 24. August, die Teilnehmerzahl ist beschränkt
👉 www.eawag.ch/de/info/agen...

Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 7

A new dataset on the water quality in Swiss river catchments is now available. CAMELS-CH-Chem incorporates up to 40 water quality parameters for 115 Swiss catchments between 1981 and 2020 💡

👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...

@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 6

Legionella-related illnesses are on the rise. A paper by an international team shows what steps are needed to combat the pathogen.

👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

@drinkmic.bsky.social #legionella #legionellaresearch #eawag

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Aug 4

Researchers from #Eawag have conducted an extensive meta-analysis of field studies worldwide to better understand how land-cover changes in the watershed influence freshwater food webs.

👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@florianaltermatt.bsky.social #foodwebs #landuse

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Jul 31

Nicht verpassen! 📢👍

Heute um 19 Uhr, SRF 1
«Genfersee – LéXPLORE die Forschungsplattform»

Das Sammeln von Daten rund um die Uhr ist möglich dank der Forschungsplattform LéXPLORE auf dem Genfersee. «Schweiz aktuell» erkundet die Plattform live vor Ort

👉 medien.srf.ch/-/%C2%ABschw...

«Schweiz aktuell»-Sommerspezialwochen: «Seen» - Medienportal

In der dritten Woche der Sommer-Spezialwochen entdeckt «Schweiz aktuell» die Seen in der Schweiz. Moderatorin Sabine Dahinden berichtet für die Sommerserie live von verschiedenen Seen. Die Zuschauende...

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Jul 24

When 50/50 Isn’t Optimal: Debunking Even Rebalancing
New theory of class imbalance demonstrates that the optimal training imbalance in a binary problem is not 50%

💡 An interesting article by our researcher Marco Baity Jesi

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When 50/50 Isn’t Optimal: Debunking Even Rebalancing

New theory of class imbalance demonstrates that the optimal training imbalance in a binary problem is not 50%

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Eawag Aquatic Research @eawag.bsky.social · Jul 23

Climate history from a lake at almost 5000 metres above sea level 💧💡

👉 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

#watercycle #lakenamco #noblegases

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