From Sep 9-16 I served as a one of the trainers for the MEDSALT summer school for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers (EU-COST Action: Uncovering the Mediterranean salt giant). It was the 4th training school of the COST Action with the title “Deep Life in Buried Salt Deposits“.

The school started in Colchester, UK at the University of Essex with scientific presentations and lab instructions. Participants then moved on to Whitby, from were we visited the Boulby mine and the Boulby Underground Laboratory located 1,100 m below surface – a highlight of the school.

Students and Trainers had a great experience and I am impressed by the interdisciplinary scientific discussions that developed during our time, uniting geologists, geochemists and microbiologists.

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