Visit of the Association of German Foundations at MARUM

Oct 15, 2024

Elda Miramontes and Kai-Uwe Hinrichs present the large deep-sea technologies. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen; J. Nitsch

The challenges of state-of-the-art basic research and strategic processes in research institutions were the focus of a visit to MARUM by the Association of German Foundations and science-promoting foundations. The visit was part of a two-day workshop on “Excellent, relevant, committed – old and new criteria for science” organized by the Science and Research Working Group at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg in Delmenhorst.

Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Elda Miramontes García, Kai Bischoff and Matthias Zabel from MARUM presented the center, its mission and some of its research priorities to the approximately 25 participants. A tour of the MARUM followed. Particular interest was shown in the new remotely operated vehicle MARUM-QUEST5000, the seafloor drilling rigs MeBo70 and Mebo200 developed at MARUM, the one of only three core repositories worldwide of the international ocean drilling program (IODP), as well as individual drill core segments in which prominent extreme events are clearly visible, such as the asteroid impact in the Gulf of Mexico at the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary eras.

Abbildung zeigt In the simulation container of the diving robot MARUM-QUEST4000. — In the simulation container of the diving robot MARUM-QUEST4000.

Abbildung zeigt The Bremen IODP core repository houses around 193 kilometers of samples from the ocean floor. — The Bremen IODP core repository houses around 193 kilometers of samples from the ocean floor.