Research

Following the environmental disaster on the River Oder, an Oder data platform is being set up at IGB, which will contain biological data as well as chemical and other environmentally relevant data. The sub-project "oderDATA" will update the data portal of the Freshwater Information Platform (FIP) to the latest technical standard in order to publish the collected biological data of the Oder in compliance with the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and thus enable, for example, the direct analysis of spatio-temporal patterns, investigations of time series and trends or appealing visualizations of biological and environmental data.

The project "development in flood prone areas: assessment of flood management alternatives" has the goal to develope integrated strategies to reduce flood risk at the federal level to support the implementation of the EU flood risk directive. Previous project have shown the necessity to analyse and to assess the various flood risk management alternatives. There seems to be also the need for an improved communication and cooperation among the various actors in this domain. The instruments should be assesed with respect to legislative and economic criteria and their potential for integrated application to reduce flood risk. The deficits of the instruments should be assessed especially in APSFR regions.

The planned work is to contribute significantly to structuring the area of synthetic biology, which is still unclear with regard to its dual use potential (in particular in interaction with the associated converging technologies) with the aid of a future-oriented risk analysis and assessment. Based on this, a scientifically sound prognosis of the corresponding biosafety risks is to be drawn up. In addition, this work is intended to lay the foundation for a continuation of such an analysis by operationalizing the procedure for analysis and assessment in the sense of a tool.