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Viral cooperation as a novel mechanism to overcome bacterial defenses: Jacob Bobonis receives EMBO and HFSP Fellowship

22.05.23

News

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

News

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

Outreach

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

News

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

News

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]
Dr. Annelieke Overbeeke

12.01.23

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Annelieke Overbeeke successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Bacterial degradation of polysaccharides in the gut mucosal eco-system" on December 6, 2022. The board of examiners included Michiel Kleerebezem (Wageningen University & Research), Timon Adolf (MedUni Innsbruck) and Alex Loy (University ...
New paper in Nature Microbiology: Genome expansion in bacterial endosymbionts

10.01.23

Publication

Chlamydiae is known for the infamous human pathogen Chlamydia, but this group of bacteria evolved over a billion years ago. Despite being ancient and diverse, all chlamydiae today are intracellular and depend on living inside the cells of hosts ranging ...
Michael Wagner elected as member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

17.12.22

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Michael has been elected as member of the class Technical and Environmental Sciences of the Academia Scientiarium et Artium Europaea. The Academy’s mission is to stimulate cross-disciplinary collaboration between reputable scientists of all disciplines, leading artists and practitioners of governance. ...
Open PhD position for ERC funded project “CHIMERA”

26.11.22

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An opportunity to delve into research on giant viruses: Anouk Willemsen, virologist at CMESS, is seeking a PhD student to work within her project CHIMERA. The project will investigate the role of mobile genetic elements in the ecology and evolution ...
- Website Anouk Willemsen
- Job posting PhD CHIMERA
Dr. Maximilian Nepel

19.11.22

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Maximilian Nepel successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “N₂-fixing microbial communities in two distinctive terrestrial ecosystems - grassland soils and arboreal ant nests” on November 18, 2022. The board of examiners included Daniel H. Buckley (Cornell University, USA), Silvia Bulgheresi ...
Michael Wagner is Highly Cited Researcher 2022

15.11.22

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DOME member Michael Wagner is among the most cited researchers in the world. Alongside his CMESS colleagues Thomas Rattei (CUBE), Andreas Richter (TER), and Wolfgang Wanek he has been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list from Clarivate. ...
- List of Highly Cited Researchers 2022
- University of Vienna Press Information
Dr. Tamara Halter

07.11.22

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Tamara Halter successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Ecology and evolution of chlamydial symbionts of arthropods" on Nov 2, 2022. The board of examiners included Nicole Borel (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Wolfgang Miller (Medical University of Vienna, Austria), and Jillian Petersen (University of ...
Start of art exhibition “Holobiont. Life is Other“

12.10.22

Outreach

An art exhibition involving David Berry is on display at the Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (AIT, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna). Under the title “Holobiont. Life is Other”, the curators of the exhibition, Judith Reichart, Lucie Strecker, Thomas Feuerstein, Jens Hauser ...
- “Holobiont” exhibition on AIL website
- Related publication in “Performance Research”
Ars Docendi recognition award for teaching on microbial ecology

12.10.22

News

In the context of the “Ars Docendi State Prize for Excellent Teaching”, DOME members Holger Daims, Matthias Horn and Alexander Loy received a recognition award for their teaching concept on microbial ecology. The jury of the award praised the close ...
- Teaching concept in the "Atlas der guten Lehre" [German]
- Information on the "Ars Docendi" prize [German]
“Breaking the Wall of Antibiotic Resistance Crisis” - Stanislava Králová wins Czech Falling Walls Lab

09.09.22

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Stanislava Králová, microbiologist at DOME, has made the first place in the national round of the Falling Walls Lab competition. As a winner of the Falling Walls Lab Czech Republic 2022 that took place on September 13 in Prague, she ...
New paper in PNAS: Defensive symbiosis against giant viruses

30.08.22

Publication

Protists are important regulators of microbial communities and key components in food webs. Their activity is shaped by diverse intracellular parasites, including bacterial symbionts and viruses. In a study now published in PNAS, a team from the University of Vienna ...
New paper in PNAS identifies first microorganism that oxidizes sulfur and methane

08.08.22

Publication

An international research team led by former DOME guest professor Sung-Keun Rhee (Chungbuk National University) and including DOME members Dimitri Kits and Alex Loy has identified a novel bacterium in a wetland, Methylovirgula thiovorans strain HY1, that can either independently or simultaneously oxidize ...
The ecology and evolution of giant viruses: ERC Starting Grant for Anouk Willemsen

18.07.22

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Anouk Willemsen, virologist at DOME, receives an ERC Starting Grant for her research on giant viruses. Anouk has devoted her career to the study of virus evolution. Her goal is to improve our understanding of viral genome organisation as well ...
- Homepage of Anouk Willemsen
- News release [German]

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