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New paper in Nature Communications: Interactions of a novel taurine-eating mouse gut bacterium with commensals and pathogens

19.09.23

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Taurine is not only a semi-essential nutrient of animals and humans, but also a substrate for specialized gut bacteria that respire it to hydrogen sulfide, a smelly gas that can have positive and negative impact on host health. An international team ...
CeMESS Secures €2.1M FFG Funding for Advanced Microbiome Imaging Equipment

11.09.23

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The Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna proudly announces a significant milestone: securing approximately 2.1 million Euros in funding from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) Infrastructure Call 2022. This generous support will ...
- German version
Alejandro Manzano Marín is a new Senior Scientist at DoME

29.08.23

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Alejandro did his PhD at the University of Valencia, Spain, and worked as a postdoc at INRA, Montpellier, France, before joining DoME as Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. He now started a new position as Senior Scientist at DoME. His main research interest is the genome ...
- Homepage of Alejandro Manzano Marin
DOME PhD student Sarah Zauner champions seagrass conservation on Ö1

16.08.23

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PhD student Sarah Zauner, from the Marine Symbioses Group at DOME, has taken the radio spotlight on Ö1 this week, featuring in their series "Vom Leben der Natur". Sarah’s research probes environmental impacts on the symbiotic relationship between lucinid clams and their microbes, particularly ...
- Vom Leben der Natur
- Ö1 Playback
We're hiring! FWF Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health"

18.07.23

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We are looking for >30 postdoctoral research associates, >16 PhD students and >10 technicians to join our interdisciplinary research team at 8 institutions across Austria.
- Details and application
Anouk Willemsen appointed Assistant Professor

03.07.23

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Anouk Willemsen was promoted to the position of an Assistant Professor (tenure track) and will start a new ERC-funded group at DoME with a focus on the evolution of viruses. Congratulations, Anouk, great to have you on board!
Barbara Bayer wins FWF START-Award

25.06.23

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Congratulations to Barbara Bayer for winning the START-Award of the Austrian Science Fund FWF. Her project will focus on microbial methane production in aquatic systems. So well deserved Barbara! Great to have you now as a group leader at our centre.
- Press release University of Vienna
Falling Walls Lab Austria at TU Graz

19.06.23

Outreach

Dimitra Sakoula and Paula Rojas participated in the Falling Walls Lab Austria, held at the Technical University Graz, where they in 3 minutes pitched their innovative ideas on "Breaking the Wall of Earth’s Microbiome" and "Breaking the Wall of Excessive ...
- Falling Walls Lab Austria 2023
Agriculture and Planetary Health - "Umwelt im Gespräch" at the Museum of Natural History Vienna

19.06.23

Outreach

Petra Pjevac participated in the ninth edition of the event series "Umwelt im Gespräch" ("Environment in Conversation"), discussing the topic of "Agriculture and Planetary Health - Possibilities for a healthy and sustainable diet", inspired by the current semester question of ...
- Umwelt im Gespräch
Dr. Florian Moeller

16.06.23

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Florian Moeller successfully defended his PhD thesis "Ecophysiology of the symbiont microbiome in the sponge Ianthella basta" on June 16, 2023. The board of examiners included Ute Hentschel Humeida (GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany), Jasper de Goeij (University of ...
Secondary school "Parhamer Gymnasium" at DoME

15.06.23

Outreach

A class from the secondary school "Parhamer Gymnasium" in Vienna visited DoME today. 26 enthusiastic students at the age of 12 spent the entire morning with us to dive into the "world of microbes". They learned about methods used in ...
DOME on tour

14.06.23

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It was time again for the annual DOME trip: On June 13th we visited the Lainzer Tiergarten for a 14 km hike and enjoyed the beautiful view over Vienna, great weather, and yummy food and drinks.
New article in the newspaper Der Standard by Jillian Petersen

31.05.23

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Can we turn back climate change by fertilizing the growth of microscopic plants in the oceans?

Jillian's blog article on the topic of ocean iron fertilization is part of a series of articles written by members of the Young Academy ...
Viral cooperation as a novel mechanism to overcome bacterial defenses: Jacob Bobonis receives EMBO and HFSP Fellowship

22.05.23

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Jacob Bobonis received an EMBO fellowship as well as an HFSP Fellowship for his project “Viral cooperation as a novel mechanism to overcome bacterial defenses”. Jacob's project revolves around the hypothesis that in the wild, in contrast to in ...
- List of HFSP Long Term Fellowships 2023
Daan Speth is a new senior scientist at DOME

15.05.23

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We are very happy that Daan recently joined our team. Daan did his PhD at Njmegen University with Mike Jetten and worked as a PostDoc with Victoria Orphan (Caltech) and Marcel Kuypers (MPI Bremen). His main current research interests are bioinformatic ...
5 PhD positions in the Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science

08.05.23

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The Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science offers 5 PhD positions in the Spring 2023 recruitment ...
Presenting … DoME PhD student Dania Randi

08.05.23

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Get a glimpse into one of our PhD students' work life as an early career researcher at the University of Vienna and our doctoral school: DoME PhD student Dania Randi is featured in the newest entry of the University of Vienna's ...
- Article link
- Video
Stanislava Kralova receives Czech Creative Heroes Award 2023

28.04.23

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Stanislava Kralova, MSCA postdoctoral fellow in the group of Alex Loy, has won the Czech Creative Heroes Award in the global impact category. Congratulations, Stani!
- Creative Heroes Award 2023
Dimitra Sakoula featured in Rudolphina article

21.04.23

Outreach

Dimitra Sakoula, postdoctoral researcher at DoME, was recently featured in the University of Vienna’s research magazine Rudolphina. Her research project “MarCo” on comammox bacteria in marine environments has been funded within the “1,000 Ideas Programm” of the ...
- Rudolphina article
Time to go FISHing again! International FISH course will be held in September 2023

27.03.23

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From September 25th to 29th 2023, the International FISH course will be held again. 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. ...
- International FISH course
FWF approves Cluster of Excellence with CeMESS lead

13.03.23

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A research consortium led by Michael Wagner, deputy head of CeMESS, was selected in the competitive excellence program of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) as one of five Austrian Clusters of Excellence (CoE). Under the title “Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health”, 30 ...
Spotlight on nitrification research at DOME

12.03.23

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A series of articles on the Rudolphina research news platform highlights the efforts and achievements of DOME members in nitrification research. A feature on the nitrification research groups of Petra Pjevac, Holger Daims and Michael Wagner summarises the research ...
Barbara Bayer featured in interview video by FWF

16.02.23

Outreach

The FWF features female researchers in a recent social media video. Barbara Bayer, postdoctoral researcher at DOME, is also portrayed in the video. She works on the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen and carbon in the ocean. From 2019 to 2021, ...
- FWF Video portraying female researchers [GERMAN]
Shaul Pollak is new Junior Research Group Leader @DOME

09.02.23

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Shaul Pollak has joined CMESS as a new Junior Research Group Leader at DOME. He enriches the research portfolio of the Centre with his focus on cross-scale environmental systems microbiology. Working at the interface of molecular genetics, evolution, ecology, and ...
New paper in Nature Microbiology explores rumen epithelial microbiome in cows

20.01.23

Publication

A new study including DOME members Martin Polz, Xiaoqian A. Yu, and Anna J. Mueller for the first time identifies dominant as well as active microbial populations on the rumen wall of cows. The findings could help to increase the ...
- Paper in Nature Microbiology
- Press Release vetmeduni [German]