What is GAME?
A good starting carrer for a young scientist
The GAME (Global Approach by Modular Experiments) project is an international student training and research program based at GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany. This project was created in 2002 by João’s PhD advisor – Martin Wahl. During their project term, participants address a marine-ecological problem in simultaneous experiments at a number of coastal sites, which are distributed widely across the globe.
Research is carried out by students working in bi-national pairs between a German participant and a student of the hosting institute from the country that he’s coming from and the project preparation plus the analysis of the global data sets both take place at GEOMAR in Kiel.
João is a former GAME student and since 2009 he is mentoring GAME students, first in the USA during his time at the Smithsonian and now in Madeira, Portugal
More information about GAME [Link]
Former GAME students mentored by João
2019: GAME XVII Project title:
MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Quinta do Lorde Marina Sítio da Piedade 9200-044 Caniçal, Madeira
Ana Nóbrega
Marilena Loeffler
2018: GAME XVI Project title: How Does Global Warming Affect Chemical Communication Processes in the Sea? MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Quinta do Lorde Marina Sítio da Piedade 9200-044 Caniçal, Madeira
Felicitas ten Brink
Anne Holzhauer
2017: GAME XV Project title: Does ocean warming influence the interplay between macroalgae and their predators? MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Quinta do Lorde Marina Sítio da Piedade 9200-044 Caniçal, Madeira
Katrin Schertenleib
Joana Coelho Roma
2016: GAME XIV Project title: Are there any interactive effects of heat stress and microplastic contamination on benthic filter feeders? MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Marine Biology Station of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Sabrina Schneider Covachã
Catarina Serra Gonçalves
2015: GAME XIII Project title: Thermotolerance in sea anemones. MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Marine Biology Station of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Sara Doolittle llanos
Suzie Schäfer
2014: GAME XII Project title: Effects of contaminated microplastic particles on marine deposit and filter feeder organisms. IMAR – Instituto do Mar, Marine Biology Station of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Laura Mazaira
Lisa Hentschel
2013: GAME XI Project title: Effects of microplastic particles in coastal environments. IMAR – Instituto do Mar, Marine Biology Station of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Filipa Paiva
Jenni Grossmann
2012: GAME X Project title: Do adverse conditions during transport select for stress-tolerant genotypes in founder populations of non-native invertebrates? Center of Oceanography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Filipa Paiva
Marie Garcia
2011: GAME IX Project title: Which impact does ecological resource predictability have on distribution patterns of marine species? Marine Invasions Research Lab, SERC, USA.
Tiffany Pasco
Imbarini Raraswati
2010: GAME VIII Project title: Invasive marine organisms: Are populations living in an invaded habitat more resistant against environmental stress than their counterparts in the source regions? Marine Invasions Research Lab, SERC, USA.
Anne Phillip
Florian von Bechtolsheim