Geomicrobiology at NORCE
@nicoledopffel.bsky.social
We are doing R&D on the topic of subsurface- and geomicrobiology at the NORCE labs in Bergen, Norway. Our focus is how microbes affect natural and engineered subsurface systems like reservoirs, aquifers, salt caverns, wells and other.
Happy New Year! We have four new projects starting this year! Geological hydrogen, biofilms, extreme halophiles....this will an exciting year🤩
January 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Happy New Year! We have four new projects starting this year! Geological hydrogen, biofilms, extreme halophiles....this will an exciting year🤩
We are now moving into Christmas holidays, so we want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and see you all in 2026 with some cool new projects!
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We are now moving into Christmas holidays, so we want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and see you all in 2026 with some cool new projects!
Verena has started her 3-month research stay at the University of Edinburgh! We hope that she has lots of fun and good weather :D And of course that the experiments work out!
December 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Verena has started her 3-month research stay at the University of Edinburgh! We hope that she has lots of fun and good weather :D And of course that the experiments work out!
Hurra! We got a FRIPRO Project funded by the Norwegian Research Council! We are so happy and excited to unravel the hidden microbial diversity in halite!🎉
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Hurra! We got a FRIPRO Project funded by the Norwegian Research Council! We are so happy and excited to unravel the hidden microbial diversity in halite!🎉
Soon there will be the new knowledge building calls out from the norwegian research council! If you are a norwegian company who wants to investigate mirobiological topics, get in touch with us😊
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Soon there will be the new knowledge building calls out from the norwegian research council! If you are a norwegian company who wants to investigate mirobiological topics, get in touch with us😊
Next week is the EAGE GET 2025 conference! Nicole was part of the technical committee but unfortunately can't go. But if you are interested in the HyLife CETP project, Katerina from TUL will present the recent findings!
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Next week is the EAGE GET 2025 conference! Nicole was part of the technical committee but unfortunately can't go. But if you are interested in the HyLife CETP project, Katerina from TUL will present the recent findings!
Yesterday the norwegian government announced again that they will cut in research funds. Sad to see! Research and development is so important for our future! And here I mean not only research in defence
October 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Yesterday the norwegian government announced again that they will cut in research funds. Sad to see! Research and development is so important for our future! And here I mean not only research in defence
Last week we sucessfully submitted a CETP pre proposal on salt cavern monitoring! Thanks to all who contributed! Fingers crossed!
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Last week we sucessfully submitted a CETP pre proposal on salt cavern monitoring! Thanks to all who contributed! Fingers crossed!
Today was the Biosirkel Forum meeting in Stavanger. It was exciting to see how the region is developing towards a circular economy! Nicole presented work about the influence of fish sludge on biogas production and how this can help to reduce waste streams.
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Today was the Biosirkel Forum meeting in Stavanger. It was exciting to see how the region is developing towards a circular economy! Nicole presented work about the influence of fish sludge on biogas production and how this can help to reduce waste streams.
Annie as at the EURO-MIC final conference in Horsens in Denmark! Say hello if you want to learn more about microbial corrosion!
September 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Annie as at the EURO-MIC final conference in Horsens in Denmark! Say hello if you want to learn more about microbial corrosion!
Wow, we got three new projects funded in three months! What an amazing success for our subsurface microbiology team!
August 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Wow, we got three new projects funded in three months! What an amazing success for our subsurface microbiology team!
In two weeks we will be at the ISMOS conference in Nashville, US! If you are interested in reservoir microbiology, it is the place to be!
July 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In two weeks we will be at the ISMOS conference in Nashville, US! If you are interested in reservoir microbiology, it is the place to be!
Our PostDoc Verena Nikeleit will be presenting at the Goldschmidt conference in Prague. Check out her presentation on microbes eating hydrogen
June 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Our PostDoc Verena Nikeleit will be presenting at the Goldschmidt conference in Prague. Check out her presentation on microbes eating hydrogen
Yeah! Our project on novel ways of biofilm control got funding today!🥳https://www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2025/416-millioner-til-energiforskning/
June 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Yeah! Our project on novel ways of biofilm control got funding today!🥳https://www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2025/416-millioner-til-energiforskning/
In the first way of July there will be the next hydrogen underground storage summer school at DTU in Kopenhagen. I will be there to talk about recent research on the topic. If you are around, see you there!
June 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In the first way of July there will be the next hydrogen underground storage summer school at DTU in Kopenhagen. I will be there to talk about recent research on the topic. If you are around, see you there!
Thanks to everyone joining our Living on Hydrogen webinar this week! It was great seeing so many people there and hearing about new research!
May 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Thanks to everyone joining our Living on Hydrogen webinar this week! It was great seeing so many people there and hearing about new research!
Tomorrow is our Living on Hydrogen webinar! Come join us to hear the latest research on microbes in hydrogen underground storage settings!
www.norceresearch.no/en/events/li...
www.norceresearch.no/en/events/li...
Living on Hydrogen 2025 - Norce
Join us at the webinar on the role of microbes in hydrogen underground storage
www.norceresearch.no
May 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Tomorrow is our Living on Hydrogen webinar! Come join us to hear the latest research on microbes in hydrogen underground storage settings!
www.norceresearch.no/en/events/li...
www.norceresearch.no/en/events/li...
Ckeck our new paper on pressure effects during growth on hydrogen!
March 31, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Ckeck our new paper on pressure effects during growth on hydrogen!
Join us is May for our Living on Hydrogen webinar 2025: www.norceresearch.no/en/events/li...
March 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Join us is May for our Living on Hydrogen webinar 2025: www.norceresearch.no/en/events/li...
Finally, our paper on the microbiological investigations of a salt cavern has been published!
We did some sequencing and long-term incubations of salt cavern brine and found an amazing diversity and many unknown microbial types. A unique microbial world! 😊 dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758...
We did some sequencing and long-term incubations of salt cavern brine and found an amazing diversity and many unknown microbial types. A unique microbial world! 😊 dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758...
March 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Finally, our paper on the microbiological investigations of a salt cavern has been published!
We did some sequencing and long-term incubations of salt cavern brine and found an amazing diversity and many unknown microbial types. A unique microbial world! 😊 dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758...
We did some sequencing and long-term incubations of salt cavern brine and found an amazing diversity and many unknown microbial types. A unique microbial world! 😊 dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758...
Hello everyone on Bluesky! Happy to be here!
We will use this channel to bring you updates and infos on our subsurface microbiology projects. Stay tuned!
We will use this channel to bring you updates and infos on our subsurface microbiology projects. Stay tuned!
January 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Hello everyone on Bluesky! Happy to be here!
We will use this channel to bring you updates and infos on our subsurface microbiology projects. Stay tuned!
We will use this channel to bring you updates and infos on our subsurface microbiology projects. Stay tuned!