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2008 - 2011:
Biomarker analysis (molecular imaging) of small samples using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS)
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The Phylogeny of Calcareous Sponges (Calcarea, Porifera)
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2008 - 2011: Research Unit 571 (DFG-FOR 571) 'Geobiology of organo- and biofilms', subproject 6 - Thiel V.: ToF-SIMS imaging mass spectrometry of microbial systems.
- 2009: Martin Blumenberg DFG AZ, BL 971/1-2 Titel: Biosynthesis and geochemical fate of bacterial hopanoids in anoxic environments.
- Until 2009: DFG WO896/6-1: Wörheide G., Reitner J., Morgenstern B.: Within DFG Priority Programme SPP 1174 "Deep Metazoan Phylogeny - Stammesgeschichte der Großgruppen der Tiere". A combined phylogenomic and palaeontological approach to resolve deep phylogenetic incongruences among Phylum Porifera
- Reitner J., Thiel V., Hansen B., Simon K., : Mikrobial biomineralisation processes, biogeochemistry, and biodiversity of chemolithotrophic mikroorganisms in the tunnel of Äspö (Sweden) (section of FOR 571, see below)
- 2005 - 2008: Forschergruppe 571(DFG-FOR 571) Reitner J.: Geobiology of organo- and biofilms:Coupling of the geosphere and the biosphere by microbial processes (joint research project)
- Until 2008: Blumenberg M.: DFG, Az.: BL 971/1-1, Titel: Biosynthesis and geochemical fate of bacterial hopanoids in anoxic environments.
- Until 2008: DFG WO896/5-1: Janussen D., Wörheide G., Reitner J.: Phylogenetic analysis of hexactinellid sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) based on molecular and comparative morphological data.
- 2008: Reitner J., Hoppert M.: Förderung durch DFG, Az.: RE 665/31-1: Structure and functional relationships of metabolism and biomineralisation in microbial anaerobe methane oxidizing communities.
- 2004 - 2008: DFG WO896/3-1,3: Wörheide G., Reitner J., Thiel V.: The phylogeny of calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea)
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2004 - 2008: DFG WO896/7-1: Wörheide G., Reitner J., Lüter C.: Exploration of relict faunas on the deep slopes of the Queensland Plateau
- 2004 - 2008: DFG WO896/4-1,2,3: Wörheide G., Reitner J.: Characterization of matrix proteins of the coralline demosponge Astrosclera willeyana, - A contribution to understanding the evolution of biomineralization
- Until 2007: Thiel V.: DFG 713/4-1 suppl.: Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems:
Molecular mapping of lipid biomarkers with Time-of-Flight - Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS): a feasibility study.
- Project: Th 713/4-1: Thiel V.: "Time-of-Flight - Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) in organic biomarker research".
- Until 2007: DFG 713/3-1: Thiel V.: Lipid biomarkers in Cold Seeps o the pacific northwest of the USA: origin, heterogenity, and molekula fossils
- 2006-2007: Schumann G.: Europäischer Sozialfonds. Dr. FAB: Executives for labormarket and career entry
- 2006-2007: Schumann G.: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) # SCHU 1501/2-4, Continuation. Metagenomic: An ecological study from the „Deep Biosphere“.
- 2004-2005: Schumann G. , Manz W.: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) # SCHU 1501/2-3, Continuation: Microbial diversity in the deep biosphere at ODP Leg 200 site 1224 (North Pacific).
- 2003-2004: Schumann G.: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) # SCHU 1501/2-2, Continuation: ODP Leg 200 Deep Biosphere II - Microbial life in volcanic layers of the North Pacific Ocean,
- 2002-2003, Schumann-Kindel G. and Manz W.: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) # SCHU 1501/2-1.ODP Leg 200 Deep Biosphere - Microbial life in volcanic layers of the North Pacific Ocean.
- 2004-2006:Böttcher M., Reitner J., Schumann G., .Böttcher M. and Peckmann J.: (German Research Foundation) # RE 665/25-1: Geobiology of modern and ancient endolithic microorganisms within ultramafic rocks on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2004 bis 2006: Böttcher M., Reitner J., Peckmann J., Schumann G.: DFG Re 665/25: Geobiology of modern and ancient endolithic microorganisms within ultramafic rocks on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- 2002 - 2005: Reitner J., Reimer A., Schumann G. : DFG RE 665/19: Geobiology of saline fluids from the deep biosphere obtained from the KTB pump test.
- 2003-2004: Reitner J., Schumann-Kindel G. and Reimer A.: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) # RE 665/19-2, Continuation.. Geobiology of saline fluids from the deep biosphere obtained from the KTB pump test.
- 2004-2005: Reitner J., Schumann G. and Reimer A.: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) # RE 665/19-3, Continuation. Geobiology of saline fluids from the deep biosphere obtained from the KTB pump test.
- 2000-2004: DFG Ei 272/10: Eisenhauer A.: Coralline sponges as archives of geochemical and climatological proxies
- 1999 bis 2003: DFG Re 665/17: Reitner J.: Porifera-rich microbialites in the Lowermost Liassic of the Eastern Alps: Strategies of re-colonisation of dead Rhaetic reefs by ancestral benthic communities
- 2000-2002: Thiel V.: DFG Th 713/2 Molecular process markers for the cycling of methane carbon in marine environments
- 1998 bis 2002: DFG Re 665/16: : Reitner J.: Biogeochemistry of porifera-rich mud mounds as indicators of the change at the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary
- 2005-2008: Coordination of EU - Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship (OIF) of Dr. Dirk Erpenbeck (Contract No. MCOIF-2004-2882): The systematics of Sponges without Mineral Skeleton and its Phylogeographic implications.
- 2006-2010: European Union, 6th Framework Programme: Human Resources and Mobility (HRM) Activity. Marie Curie Actions. Host Fellowships for Early Stage Research Training (EST): Proposal FP6-020561: "HOTSPOTS" (Understanding and Conserving Earth's Biodiversity Hotspots). Coordinator: Dr. Vincent Savolainen, Kew Botanical Gardens. One EuroPhD fellowship to be supervised by G. Wörheide.
- 2005-2008: Wörheide G. B. Degnan, F. Simpson, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; V. Hinman, California Institute of Technology, USA.: Discovery Project DP0558901: The making of a sea shell: function and evolution of genes encoding calcareous architectures of phenomenal strength, purity and beauty.
- Volkswagen-Foundation supported by the I/78 706: Porada H., Reitner J.: Signatures and significance of microbial mats in Neoproterozoic siliciclastic sequences
- DFG SCHU 1501/2; DFG-piority programme "Integrated Ocean Drilling Program" [IODP])
ODP Leg 200 Deep Biosphere - Microbial life in volcanic layers of the North Pacific Ocean
- DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm "International Continental Drilling Program" [ICDP])
- Reitner J.: BMBF Priority Program "Marine Natural Products" Joint project BOSMAN: Boreal sponges as a source of marine natural products. Porifera from deep water reef habitats of the Norwegian Shelf (Sula Ridge): Taxonomy and Geobiology.
- Reitner J.: BMBF Priority Program"Gas Hydrates", Joint project GHOSTDABS: Gas Hydrates: Occurrence, Stability, Transformation, Dynamics, and Biology in the Black Sea
Carbonate precipitates around methane seeps in the northern Black Sea
contact:
Prof. Dr. Joachim Reitnerjreitne@gwdg.de






