Dr. Nicole Adam-Beyer
Geomicrobiology
Forschungsbereich 2: Marine Biogeochemie
FE Marine Geosystems
Office: 12-337
Phone: +49 431 600-1249
E-Mail: nadam@geomar.de
Adresse: Wischhofstraße 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Scientific Career
since 07/2023:
Postdoctoral Researcher at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Current project "MiCorFe"
05/2020 - 06/2023:
Postdoctoral Researcher at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Current project "New hydrogenases from hydrothermal vents and sediments"
12/2014 - 04/2020:
Ph. D. at the University of Hamburg and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Topic: „Microbial hydrogen oxidation in deep-sea hydrothermal vents“ (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mirjam Perner).
2013 - 2014:
Student assistant at the University of Hamburg (Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology and Institute for Soil Science)
10/2012 - 11/2014:
M. Sc. in Biology at the University of Hamburg, major: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Master thesis: "Identification and characterization of functional RubisCOs from metagenomic libraries – CO2-fixation in hydrothermal vent systems“ (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mirjam Perner).
10/2009 - 03/2013:
B. Sc. in Biology at the University of Hamburg, Bachelor thesis: "Sequence-based and functional screening of a metagenomic library for hydrogenases“ (Betreuung durch Prof. Dr. Mirjam Perner).
Awards
02/2022:
Poster Prize at the annual Congress of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) in Germany
12/2020:
Young scientist award of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen foundation for outstanding dissertations
Cruise participations
06/2023:
AL595 - research cruise with RV Alkor (North-Atlantic Ocean - Grimsey hydrothermal vent field)
07/2019:
M156 - research cruise with RV Meteor (Atlantic Ocean)
10/2018 & 03/2019:
One day cruises with RV Alkor in Eckernförde Bay (Baltic Sea)
01/2016:
INDEX2016 research cruise with N/O Pourquoi pas? (Indian Ocean)
Publications
Adam-Beyer, N., Laufer-Meiser, K., Fuchs, S., Schippers, A., Indenbirken, D., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Petersen, S. and Perner, M.(2023) Microbial ecosystem assessment and hydrogen oxidation potential of newly discovered vent systems from the Central and South-East Indian Ridge. Front. Microbiol. 14:1173613. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1173613
Adam-Beyer, N., Perner, M. (2023). Activity-Based Screening of Metagenomic Fosmid Libraries for Hydrogen-Uptake Enzymes. In: Streit, W.R., Daniel, R. (eds) Metagenomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2555. Humana, New York, NY. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2795-2_6
Perner M., Wallmann K., Adam-Beyer N., Hepach H., Laufer-Meiser K., Böhnke S., Diercks I., Bange HW., Indenbirken D., Nikeleit V., Bryce C., Kappler A., Engel A. and Scholz F. (2022) Environmental changes affect the microbial release of hydrogen sulfide and methane from sediments at Boknis Eck (SW Baltic Sea). Front. Microbiol. 13:1096062. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1096062
Hansen, C.T., Kleint, C., Böhnke, S., Klose, L., Adam-Beyer, N., Sass, K., Zitoun, R., Sander, S. G., Indenbirken, D., Dittmar, T., Koschinsky, A., Perner, M. (2022) Impact of high Fe-concentrations on microbial community structure and dissolved organics in hydrothermal plumes: an experimental study. Sci Rep 12, 20723. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25320-0
Adam, N., Han, Y., Laufer-Meiser, K., Bährle, R., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Schippers, A. & Perner, M. (2021) Deltaproteobacterium Strain KaireiS1, a Mesophilic, Hydrogen-Oxidizing and Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium From an Inactive Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Chimney. Front. Microbiol. 12:686276. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.686276
Adam, N., Schlicht, S., Han, Y., Bechelany, M., Bachmann, J. & Perner, M. (2020) Metagenomics Meets Electrochemistry: Utilizing the Huge Catalytic Potential From the Uncultured Microbial Majority for Energy-Storage. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 8:567. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00567
Adam, N., Kriete, C., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Gonnellla, G., Krause, S., Schippers, A., Kurtz, S., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Han, Y., Indenbirken, D. & Perner, M. (2020) Microbial Community Compositions and Geochemistry of Sediments with Increasing Distance to the Hydrothermal Vent Outlet in the Kairei Field, Geomicrobiol. J., 37:3, 242-254, doi: 10.1080/01490451.2019.1694107
Gonnella, G., Adam, N. & Perner, M. (2019) Horizontal acquisition of hydrogen conversion ability and other habitat adaptations in the Hydrogenovibrio strains SP-41 and XCL-2. BMC Genomics 20:339. doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-5710-5
Adam, N. & Perner, M (2018) Microbially mediated Hydrogen Cycling in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents . Front. Microbiol. 9:2873, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02873
Han, Y., Gonnella, G., Adam, N., Schippers, A., Burkhardt, L., Kurtz, S., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Franke, H. & Perner, M. (2018) Hydrothermal chimneys host habitat-specific microbial communities: analogues for studying the possible impact of mining seafloor massive sulfide deposits. Sci. Rep. 8(1), 10386, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28613-5
Adam, N. & Perner, M. (2018) Novel hydrogenases from deep-sea hydrothermal vent metagenomes identified by a recently developed activity-based screen. ISME J. 12, 1225-1236, doi: 10.1038/s41396-017-0040-6
Adam, N. & Perner, M. (2017) Activity-Based Screening of Metagenomic Libraries for Hydrogenase Enzymes. Chapter in „Metagenomics: Methods and Protocols“, Ed. Streit, W. R. & Daniel, R.; Springer New York
Selected presentations
07/2023
Adam-Beyer, N., Scholz, F. & Perner, M. Benthic microbial communities exposed to seasonal hypoxia in the Baltic Sea. FEMS-Conference (FEMS2023) in Hamburg, Germany
03/2019
Adam, N. & Perner, M. Novel H2-uptake active enzymes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents: evidence for the need of functional metagenomics. VAAM-Conference in Mainz, Germany
08/2018
Adam, N. & Perner, M. An activity-based screen reveals novel hydrogen-converting enzymes in deep-sea hydrothermal vent metagenomes. ISME-Symposium (ISME17) in Leipzig, Germany
03/2015
Adam, N., Rychlik, N. & Perner, M. Establishing a novel function-based screen for the identification of [NiFe]-hydrogenases in metagenomic libraries. VAAM-Conference in Marburg, Germany
