Centre for Microscale Ecosystems

The Centre for Microscale Ecosystems (CME) was founded in 2003. The stated objective of the young institute is to promote, develop and support research projects and international academic programmes within an interdisciplinary framework. Key processes in the interplay between the living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) environment take place on a microscale. Investigating these processes is a special research objective of CME. The focus here is two-pronged: 1) to explore and understand abiotic processes taking place on a molecular scale and 2) to study the basic functions of living organisms in a way that takes account of both the intracellular and intercellular interplay and the complex interactions between living organisms and their abiotic environment.