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Dome Trip to the Donau-Auen National Park

03.06.22

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This year, our annual Dome Trip took us to the floodplains of the Danube in the Vienna Lobau. We recharged our batteries with a walk through the last great floodplain in central Europe and a relaxed picnic. Many thanks to ...
Photo Contest "Pictures of Life (Sciences)"

03.06.22

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We congratulate our colleague Alejandro Manzano Marín on the 2nd place in the photo contest “Pictures of Life (Sciences)” of the Faculty of Life Sciences. With his photo entitled “A Bloody Good Look” he beautifully showcases his research ...
Dagmar Woebken promoted to Associate Professor

20.05.22

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Dagmar Woebken has been promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Vienna. Dagmar joined DOME as a Group Leader in 2012. She has been an Assistant Professor at our Centre since 2018. Before coming to the University of Vienna, ...
- Dagmar Woebken - Research Profile
MSCA Fellowships awarded to DOME: Three projects start in 2023

16.05.22

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Three current and future DOME researchers receive a highly competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF). Songcan Chen, Anna Lopatina, and a third external colleague joining DOME next year will be funded for a 2-year period by this prestigious EU programme. ...
- More information on MSCA-PF
Dr. Stephan Köstlbacher

27.03.22

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Stephan successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Uncovering the hidden diversity and ancestral states of Chlamydiae genomes". The board of examiners included Martin Embley, Lionel Guy, and Silvia Bulgheresi. Congratulations, Stephan!
Time to go FISHing again! International FISH course will be held in September 2022

21.03.22

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From September 12 to 16, 2022, the International FISH course finally returns. During the one-week course, participants will receive an introduction to the fundamentals of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-based microscopy for identification, quantification, and co-localization of microorganisms. In addition, ...
- International FISH course
CMESS supports Ukrainian scientists and students

27.02.22

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CMESS expresses its solidarity with Ukraine and endorses the plea of “The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities”, which calls for support for Ukrainian academic staff and students. Therefore, our Centre with its four divisions CUBE, DOME, EDGE, and TER ...
Exhibition “Degrees of Life” allows artistic view on microbial life

23.02.22

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From 23 February to 11 March, visitors of the “Degrees of Life” art exhibition have the chance to interact artistically with their microbial environment. David Berry and Andreas Heberlein from DOME are part of the interdisciplinary team of researchers and ...
- Project Website
Jillian Petersen appointed Editor-in-Chief of ISME Journal

15.02.22

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Jillian Petersen, Head of Marine Symbiosis Group at DOME, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief at The ISME Journal. She is now co-responsible for the pre-selection of scientific publications and the supervision of the peer review process, ensuring a high quality of ...
- Link to ISME Journal
David Berry appointed Full Professor

04.02.22

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David Berry has been appointed Full Professor for Human Microbiome Research this week. He has been with DOME since 2009 and most recently held a 5-year professorship. During this time he has advanced research on intestinal microbiology, microbial ecology and evolution ...
- Announcement (University of Vienna) [German]
Open tenure track position in Environmental Systems Research

22.12.21

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We are inviting applications for a tenure track position in Environmental Systems Research competitively awarded in conjunction with a call for junior group leader issued by the WWTF - the Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators. We are particularly interested in young and dynamic ...
Holger Daims and Michael Wagner are Highly Cited Researchers 2021

16.11.21

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DOME members Holger Daims and Michael Wagner are among the most cited researchers in the world. Alongside their CMESS colleagues Thomas Rattei (CUBE) and Andreas Richter (TER) they have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list from ...
New Publication in Science: Rapid evolutionary turnover of mobile genetic elements drives bacterial resistance to phages

22.10.21

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Bacteria are constantly exposed to viral attacks. A research team led by Martin Polz, microbiologist at DOME, has studied how bacteria defend themselves against viral predators. The study – now published in Science – shows that bacteria have exchangeable genetic ...
- Original article in Science
- Article by APA Science (German)
5 DoME relay teams among the top 20 in the Vienna Fall Half Marathon

12.10.21

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Five DoME relay teams of three runners each participated in the 2021 International Vienna Fall Half Marathon, in a 21 km course through the Vienna Prater - and we all finished among the top 20 teams (out of 20 teams in total ...
Michael Wagner as guest in the talkshow "Im Zentrum"

21.09.21

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On September 19, Michael was invited to the talkshow "Im Zentrum" to discuss together with four other guests and the host Claudia Reiterer how to best protect children and schools from COVID-19.
- ORF Im Zentrum (September 19, 2021)
Video portrait of Michael Wagner by the FWF SciLog magazine

08.09.21

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The FWF presents in its scilog magazine a video portrait of Michael Wagner that was produced by West4Media.
- Link Video portrait
New Publication in Cell Host & Microbe: Aberrant gut microbiota-immune-brain axis development in premature neonates with brain damage

07.09.21

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Extremely premature infants are at a high risk for brain damage. A collaboration between CMESS researchers, including DOME members David Seki and David Berry, and the Medical University of Vienna have now found possible targets for the early treatment of ...
New paper on evaluation of the Austrian SARS-CoV-2 antigen-based screening programme published in Eurosurveillance

28.08.21

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A large consortium with Michael Wagner as a senior author evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of the mandatory antigen-based SARS-CoV-2 screening programme in Austrian schools (data from March 2021). By using gargling-RT-qPCR data from a representative sample of 244 schools for ...
DOME has moved to new building in 3rd district

30.07.21

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Three Divisions of CMESS now have a new home: Together with CUBE and TER – two of its sister divisions – DOME has moved to the new University of Vienna Biology Building (UBB) in Vienna's third district. Jointly, the three ...
- Project Website
New paper in PNAS: Global biogeography of lucinid symbionts

13.07.21

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This pandemic year has seen us confined to our homes and restricted from travelling the world. Not so for some microscopic bacteria in the ocean: Throughout the globe, they partner up with clams from the family Lucinidae, which live unseen ...
FWF grant from the 1000 ideas program for Dimitra Sakoula

07.07.21

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Dimitra Sakoula, working as a Postdoc in the nitrification group obtained funding from the “1000 Ideas Program” of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). The aim of this program is to support daring and original research ideas that lie outside the ...
- FWF News [German]
- List of Awardees
New publications in mSystems and The ISME Journal: Acidobacteria persist in soils through beneficial physiological features

07.07.21

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Soils are one of the most diverse habitats on the planet. More than thousand microbial species that significantly influence numerous environmental processes live here per gram soil. Yet, the living conditions that soil microorganisms encounter are unpredictable and challenging. As ...
New Paper in Nature Communications: Pangenomics reveals alternative environmental lifestyles among chlamydiae

29.06.21

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Chlamydiae are strictly intracellular bacteria and have long been considered primarily as major pathogens of humans. Yet, the phylum Chlamydiae is highly diverse, the host range unmatched among known microbes, and its members are increasingly also found in ...
Austrian SARS-CoV-2 school monitoring - Results of Rounds 4 & 5 available

24.06.21

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The SARS-CoV-2 monitoring consortium headed by Michael Wagner has now assembled the results of the measurement rounds 4 and 5, which were conducted in April and May 2021, respectively. In total, more than 16.500 pupils and teachers were tested via ...
Otto-Hahn-Medal for Katharina Kitzinger

22.06.21

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On June 22nd 2021, Dr. Katharina Kitzinger receives an Otto-Hahn Medal, with which the Max Planck Society honours its best doctoral students. Kathi was supervised during her dissertation by Michael Wagner together with Hannah Marchant and Marcel Kuypers from the Max Planck Institute ...

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