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New publication in Cell Systems: Degradation of host translational machinery drives tRNA acquisition in viruses

18.06.21

Publication

Bacterial viruses (phage) are ubiquitous enemies of bacteria, able to efficiently infect and kill their hosts. Because phage rely on their host as a resource for reproduction, they are thought to be under strong selective pressure to maintain compact genomes and ...
- Original article in Cell Systems
New Publication in Nature Microbiology: Genomic insights into diverse bacterial taxa that degrade extracellular DNA in marine sediments

15.06.21

Publication

While best known as the code for genetic information, DNA is also a nutrient for specialised microbes. An international team of researchers led by Ken and Alex from DOME has discovered several bacteria in sediment samples from the Atlantic Ocean that ...
Young AMICI Symposium 2021 - Wrap-up

14.06.21

Event

The first Young AMICI Symposium took place on the 25th and 26th of May 2021. The aim of the conference was to give young researchers a platform to present their exciting research and to network with other young researchers in ...
Jillian Petersen featured in "Uni Wien forscht"

14.06.21

News

Jill is featured in this month’s section of “Uni Wien forscht”, a video series portraying researchers from the University of Vienna. In the video Jill takes you on a tour through the lab and talks about her group's research ...
- Jillian Petersen: Symbiosen in der Tiefsee
Comammox Research Platform extended by the University of Vienna

04.06.21

News

The University of Vienna has extended the Comammox Research Platform, which was founded in 2018, until June 2024. Aims of the platform are to study fundamental aspects of comammox physiology and to elucidate the ecological roles and impact of complete nitrifiers. Subprojects ...
- Website of the Comammox Research Platform
- Further information on research platforms at the University of Vienna
Young AMICI Symposium 2021 - 25. & 26.05.2021

10.05.21

News

DOME's PhD students Julia and Mathias joined the organising committee of the Young AMICI symposium 2021 to bring us a great event:

The Young AMICI symposium on environmental and host-associated microbiomes is organized by and mainly intended for ...
7 fully funded PhD positions available in the VDS MES Spring 2021 call

04.05.21

News

The Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Sciences offers 7 fully funded PhD positions in diverse research areas ranging from molecular microbiology, ecology, computational and evolutionary biology to environmental geosciences.

Our call is open May 1st - ...
New publication in The ISME Journal: A green-diet sulfosugar is a select microbial nutrient and source of hydrogen sulfide in the human gut

13.04.21

Publication

Many functional properties of the human gut microbiome are still unknown. An international team of scientists around Buck, Dimitri, and Alex from DOME and David Schleheck from the University of Konstanz has now uncovered how gut bacteria utilize the sulfur-containing sugar ...
CMESS at the online European Researchers’ Night 2020

08.04.21

Outreach

In November 2020, the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science participated in the first online European Researchers’ Night. In collaboration with
Open Science - Lebenswissenschaften im Dialog (https://www.openscience.or.at/en/) we produced the short video "Die Welt der Mikroorganismen ...
- European Researchers' Night 2020 - Rückblick
- Die Welt der Mikroorganismen - was ihr schon immer wissen wolltet
Stanislava Kralova receives Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoc fellowship

30.03.21

People

Stanislava was awarded a highly competive, 2-year Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoc fellowship from the European Commission. She also receives funding for an extra year from the University of Viennna as one of the 10 top-ranked MSCA European Fellowships at the University of Vienna.

Stanislava will ...
Results of 3rd round of Austrian SARS-CoV-2 School Monitoring released

28.03.21

News

The Austrian SARS-CoV-2 School Monitoring consortium headed by Michael Wagner released the results of the third measurement round. More than 7000 gargle samples from more than 240 schools were analyzed by pooling and RT-qPCR in the period from March 1st to ...
Re-start of school monitoring study

03.03.21

News

On March 1st 2021, the nationwide SARS-CoV-2 school monitoring study was re-started. During the next three weeks selected pupils and teachers from 250 Austrian schools, representing about 6% of all schools in the country, will again provide gargle samples for ...
The microbial planet: Audimax Podcast episode with Martin Polz

26.01.21

Outreach

Martin Polz was interviewed for the latest episode of Audimax, a Science Podcast of the University of Vienna, to debate the semester question "What substances have a future?" from the perspective of a microbial population biologist. He discusses the fundamental ...
- Audimax Podcast: Der mikrobielle Planet
Preprint describing the first results (round 1 & 2) from the Austrian School-SARS-CoV-2 study available

06.01.21

News

The Austrian School-SARS-CoV-2 consortium (scientifically coordinated by Michael Wagner) has assembled a manuscript describing the first results from the "gargling study" in almost 250 Austrian schools. In total almost 14.000 tests were performed to determine the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among pupils ...
Austrian School Monitoring Study featured in Der Spiegel, Panorama and JKU Videocast

22.12.20

News

The Austria School Monitoring study coordinated by Michael Wagner and performed by the University of Vienna in collaboration with the Medical Universities of Graz, Innsbruck and the Medical Faculty of the University of Linz as well as the Federal Ministry ...
Gesund & Fit Award for Michael Wagner

12.12.20

News

Today, Michael received the Gesund & Fit Award together with Manuela Födinger and Johannes Zuber from the Media Group Austria for their development of the gargling test for SARS-CoV-2 detection and its application for the Austrian school monitoring project. Additional awards were presented ...
- Video of the awardee interviews [Michi at min 10:54]
Live discussions with Michael Wagner on the current coronavirus situation

04.12.20

News

Michael participated in two live stream discussions today on the current coroavirus situation and was a guest in a ZIB special on Dec. 4 at 20.15 in ORF2.
Establishing interactions in a dynamic environment: Introducing the PhD program Microbial Symbioses

02.12.20

Event

On Thursday, over 50 people interested in symbioses came together online for the kick-off event of the PhD program Microbial Symbioses. Among them, the ten new PhD candidates and 15 affiliated students of the doctoral program, faculty, and guests. A ...
- Homepage of the Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Sciences
- Homepage of the PhD program Microbial Symbioses
Austrian SARS-CoV-2 school monitoring project releases first data set

22.11.20

News

Michael Wagner is coordinating the Austrian SARS-CoV-2 school monitoring project that is performed in collaboration between the Medical University of Graz, the Medical University of Innsbruck, the University of Linz, the University of Vienna and the Austrian Federal Ministry of ...
Michael Wagner recognized again as Highly Cited Researcher

19.11.20

News

Like in the last six years, Michael has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher 2020 in the field of Microbiology. This year 37 researchers with an affiliation to an Austrian research institution are on this list. Of the ten Highly Cited ...
New publication in Current Biology: Plasmids drive genome evolution in intracellular bacteria

06.11.20

News

In this study, a team around Stephan Köstlbacher and Matthias Horn have unvestigated the plasmid inventory of an entire bacterial phylum, the Chlamydiae, a diverse group of ubiquitous and strictly intracellular pathogens and symbionts. Their analysis revealed how plasmids shaped the ...
Stephanie Schnorr receives 3-year REWIRE postdoc fellowship

29.10.20

News

Stephanie won a 3-year Post-Doc fellowship from the REinforcing Women In REsearch (REWIRE) COFUND Programme, a Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions COFUND project funded by the European Commission.

Stephanie will work in David’s team and aims to identify novel microbial ...
- REWIRE Homepage
Interview Michael Wagner & Klement Tockner about science funding

12.10.20

News

Klement Tockner, president of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), and Michael Wagner discuss about the importance of funding basic science for the society in order to be prepared for future crisis.
- Kurier article [pdf, German]
New publication in Nature Communications: Rational design of a microbial consortium of mucosal sugar utilizers reduces Clostridiodes difficile colonization

10.10.20

Publication

Many intestinal pathogens such as Clostridioides difficile use mucus-derived sugars to establish in the gut. In this study, a team around Fatima Pereira and David Berry identified commensal gut bacteria that efficiently use mucus-derived sugars using single-cell stable isotope probing, Raman-activated cell sorting and mini-metagenomics. Using this information, they assembled a probiotic cocktail of five species that impeded C. difficile’s access to mucosal ...
DOME trip to the trees

22.09.20

Event

We spent a nice day in the Vienna woods with a picknick at the Circle of Life Trees 'Lebensbaumkreis'. Talking trees and a great opportunity to reload some safe social interactions during a pandemic.
- Lebensbaumkreis am Himmel

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