Rotaru Lab

University of Southern Denmark

By - Amelia Rotaru

Memrise and student learning

On the 8th of December, I participated in the poster session of the Lecturer Training Program at SDU. I presented the poster attached, which discusses how students could use spaced-repetition to learn biochemistry concepts. Poster LTP Amelia 2

By - Amelia Rotaru

Questioning: how it can support learning, teaching and assesment

I went to a course held by Donna Hurfort at SDU on Questioning and it’s impact on learning and teaching. This course concludes my Lecturer Training Program  training at SDU. Soon, I should be a certified University teacher – at least in the nordic countries where this certification is required. Here is a link to the course, if you’re interested to learn more

By - Amelia Rotaru

Radboud Uni in Nijmegen and the KNVM Meeting

I visited A/Prof. Cornelia Welte, and Prof. Mike Jetten at Radboud University Nijmegen to establish a future collaboration with their labs. With this occasion I gave a talk about DIET and discussed the possible electron uptake mechanism in methanogens. Just a day after the KNVM Microbial Ecology meeting took place where I gave a speech about DIET in anaerobic microorganisms. The meeting although

By - Amelia Rotaru

Third EU-ISMET meeting in Rome, Italy

From the 26th of September to the 28th, Mon and Amelia went to EU-ISMET in Rome, Italy, where Mon presented the poster entitled: “A step towards understanding electromethanogenesis.”  

By - Amelia Rotaru

ASM Microbe 2016

Amelia and Paola went to ASM Microbe 2016 in Boston Massachusetts. Amelia gave a talk in the session “Microbial electric grids: electromicrobiology, fuel cells, nanowires and cable bacteria.”. The talk was entitled: “Methanogens hungry for electrons” and you can find the abstract here. Tweeps twitted during the talk, and even photos were snapped.   After the conference Amelia also visited