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Bettina Glasl receives 3-year REWIRE Post-Doc as well as FWF Hertha-Firnberg Fellowships

09.07.20

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Bettina 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 as well as a 3 year Post-Doc fellowship from the FWF in the framework of the ...
- Link to REWIRE homepage
- Link to FWF project page
Fact checking COVID-19 - Video series by Michael Wagner

03.06.20

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Michael summarizes the current knowledge on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in a series of short videos. Till today videos covering the following topics have appeared:

1. Current COVID-19 related research activities at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science

2. ...
- Video Series [German]
- Interview Kurier [German]
First "Let’s talk about symbiosis" webinar

24.04.20

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To stay connected, especially in times of physical distancing, scientists from different symbiosis research groups of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna met this week online for the first virtual version of “Let’s talk about symbiosis”. ...
- PhD program on microbial symbioses (MAINTAIN)
New FWF Young Investigator Researcher Group Project

15.04.20

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Petra, Chris and Andrew have been awarded a Young Investigator Researcher Group project from the FWF, entitled “PlayNICE - Interplay between biological nitrification inhibitors, nitrogen cycling, and agronomic nitrogen use efficiency”.

This four-year long, interdisciplinary project aims to identify and extensively characterize plant-derived compounds that ...
- FWF News [German]
DOME and JMF participate in Vienna COVID-19 Diagnostics Initiative (VCDI)

03.04.20

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The COVID-19 pandemic poses an enormous threat for healthcare systems and economies in Austria, Europe and the world. In this time of
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- Homepage of the Initiative
- Press release on gargling-based SARS-CoV-2 test [German]
Contribution from Jillian Petersen for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)

25.03.20

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Jillian Petersen contributed an opinion article for the science section of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) on how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected life for researchers.
- 'Momentan ist nichts normal' (in German)
Air eating microbe paper receives PNAS Cozzarelli Prize

11.03.20

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The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected our paper with Michael Wagner, Arno Schintlmeister and Craig Herbold from DOME and Andreas Richter from our sister division TER as co-authors published by PNAS in 2019 as ...
- PNAS press release
- Link to Full Text
Michael Wagner honored with Hans-Günter-Schlegel-Lecture

09.03.20

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The Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM), joining together about 3500 scientists interested in microbiology, honors with its Hans-Günter-Schlegel-Lecture outstanding scientific achievements for Microbiology in Germany. This honorary lecture is dedicated to Hans-Günter Schlegel, a former microbiology professor at ...
New University Vienna research platform - Secondary Metabolomes of Bacterial Communities

03.03.20

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The new research platform "MetaBac - Secondary Metabolomes of Bacterial Communities" is a cooperation between the Faculty of Life Sciences, the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, and the Faculty of Chemistry. Sergey Zotchev, Alexander Loy, Thomas Rattei, and ...
- Research Platform "MetaBac - Secondary Metabolomes of Bacterial Communities"
- Research Platforms at the University of Vienna
Science Podcast from the University of Vienna - latest issue by Dagmar Woebken

16.02.20

Outreach

Dagmar Woebken recently participated in the Audimax, a science podcast series by the University of Vienna. She discusses the fascinating microbial world in soil, including its extensive diversity and strategies that allow the survival of soil microbes.
- Dagmar Woebken - Science Podcast - Issue 28
Marie Curie Fellowship awarded to Anouk Willemsen

14.02.20

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Anouk Willemsen received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellowship to work at DoME on her project “Host range and genome adaptation of giant viruses (GIVIREVOL)”. Congratulations Anouk!
Prof. Josh Neufeld visiting professor at DOME

04.02.20

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Josh Neufeld, professor at the Department of Biology of the University of Waterloo, Canada, will spend the next 3 months at our division as a visiting professor. We are very much looking forward to exciting collaborations and scientific exchange on ...
New NanoSIMS project funded by the WWTF on multimodal molecular imaging

30.01.20

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Arno Schintlmeister received a 90 kEUR funding from the WWTF Life Sciences multimodal imaging initiative. Together with Martin Krssak and Cecile Philippe from the MedUni Vienna, he will work as a Co-PI on a project on visualization of the glucose and ...
- WWTF Life Sciences 2019 - Multimodal Imaging
Portrait of Michael Wagner by the FWF

31.12.19

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The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) published a special feature about Michael Wagner entitled "Exploring the miracle of life". Michael was awarded in 2019 the Wittgenstein Prize by the FWF and by the Austrian Federal Minister for Science and the FWF is a ...
- FWF scilog
New publication in Science Translational Medicine: Hair eruption initiates and skin microbiota aggravate side effects of targeted cancer therapy

12.12.19

Publication

Modern, targeted and efficient cancer therapies based on inhibition of the EGF receptor come at the expense of massive acne-like skin inflammations, severe side effects that often result in drug dose reduction or even end of cancer therapy. Buck Hanson, ...
New Academy of Sciences Blog Post by Dagmar Woebken

20.11.19

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Dagmar Woebken wrote a blog post for the Young Academy of the ÖAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences) in collaboration with the Austrian newspaper, Der Standard. In the article, Dagmar explains how scientists can elucidate the survival mechanisms of uncultivated soil ...
- Article in Der Standard (in German)
Michael Wagner recognized as highly cited researcher 2019

19.11.19

News

Like in the last 5 years, Michael was listed among the top-cited scientists internationally. In total 44 scientists from Austria are on this list including Andreas Richter from our centre.
New publication in Nature Microbiology

15.10.19

Publication

Scientists from the Division of Microbial Ecology, together with the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Germany discovered that deep-sea mussels can associate with 16 distinct symbiont strains that all differ in the functions they fulfil for their hosts. ...
Michael Wagner receives Visiting Professorship at the University of Oxford

05.10.19

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Michael Wagner has been conferred the prestigious title of Visiting Professor in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, commencing October 2019. Michael will develop and apply new Raman microspectroscopy approaches together with Prof. Ian Thompson and his his long-term ...
PhD program in Microbial Symbioses: Call 2020 now open!

20.09.19

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The PhD program Microbial Symbioses offers new positions for dedicated and enthusiastic students interested in microbe-host interactions!

Our students have a background in microbiology, microbial ecology, evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, cell biology, plant sciences, or marine sciences. They are interested ...
- Website of the PhD program
New Academy of Sciences blog post by Jillian Petersen

18.09.19

Outreach

Jillian Petersen wrote a blog post for the Young Academy of the ÖAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences) in collaboration with the Austrian newspaper, Der Standard. The article outlines what research on beneficial microbes in marine animals can tell us about our own human microbiome. ...
Dr. Katharina Kitzinger

30.08.19

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Kathi successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Metabolic versatility of nitrifiers playing a key role in global nitrogen cycling". Kathi performed her PhD work at the University of Vienna and the University of Bremen and was jointly supervised by ...
New publication in PNAS

19.08.19

Publication

Since their surprise discovery 7 years ago, the centimeter-long, electricity-conducting cable bacteria have been equally fascinating and enigmatic to scientists worldwide: unique internal fibers under their skin likely act as wires to transport electrons along the chain of 10.000s of cells ...
City of Vienna Promotion Award for Jillian Petersen

26.07.19

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The City of Vienna Awards are awarded anually to individuals who have made major achievements in areas ranging from architecture, literature and art to humanities and natural sciences. Jillian Petersen received the City of Vienna Promotion Award 2019 (Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien) in ...
DoME Participates in KinderUni 2019

12.07.19

Outreach

DoME members held a workshop entitled "A journey into microbial life on earth" at the KinderUni 2019. This workshop hosted children from 7 to 9 years of age and was aimed to illustrate the importance of microbes in nature, ...
- A journey into microbial life on earth
- KinderUni