Das war er, der #Rudolphina Roadtrip 2025: in sechs Reiseberichten und einem Podcast berichten insgesamt zehn Wissenschafter*innen der #univie von ihren (Forschungs-)Erfahrungen rund um den Globus. Fernweh? Neugier? Hier entlang zu allen Beiträgen 👉 rudolphina.univie.ac.at/rudolphina-r...

Who fixes carbon in the dark ocean? A new study in @nature.com, led by @barbarabayer.bsky.social @univie.ac.at shows that ammonia‐oxidizing microbes contribute much less to dark carbon fixation than previously thought – leaving room for unknown players. Read more: 🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

Ever wondered what soil research looks like in Canada’s North? 🌱 Researchers from @ter-cemess.bsky.social share their fieldwork experiences in an article for @univie.ac.at's magazine #Rudolphina. Curious? Find out more: 🔗 rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/climate-r...

Great week hosting the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting (ENC28) at #CeMESS, @univie.ac.at! Over 70 researchers from 13 countries came together to dive into microbial nitrogen cycling. & Congrats to Carolin Otersen & Nils Ganzwohl for best posters! More info:🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

Deadline approaching on Sept 17! We are hiring a Full Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry of Metals at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna. Learn more: 🔗 edge.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n... @edge-vienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at #EnvironmentalBiochemistry

Proud moment to see the first Master student of the team (Lotte Mayer) successfully defend her Master's thesis work digging into viral factories of #giantViruses. A link to part of her work: doi.org/10.1101/2025... @erc.europa.eu @univie.ac.at @cemess.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social

It is a great privilege for our nitrification team to host this fantastic group of nitrogen-cycle researchers at @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at for the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle Conference. Some impressions from tonight's conference dinner. univie.eventsair.com/enc2025

One week to go! Apply by Sept 17 for the Full Professor position in Soil Ecosystems and Global Change at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna. More info: 🔗 ter.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n... @univie.ac.at #SoilEcosystems #WeAreHiring

The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Please share. Further details: www.vbcphd.at

3 @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants, die mit je rund 1,4 bis 1,7 Millionen Euro dotiert sind, gehen an die #univie: Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen & Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak erhalten die prestigeträchtige Förderung für ihre Forschung. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🥳

Fantastic news: Megan Sørensen has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her project TRANSITIONS! In her upcoming research at #CeMESS she will explore how endosymbiosis evolves, from protist partnership to organelle. Read more: 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-... #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

Are you an early career researcher? ✨ @circleu.bsky.social offers mobility fellowships (5 - 30 days) to explore postdoc opportunities at partner universities. 🗓️ Extended deadline: Sept 15. More here: 👉 www.circle-u.eu/calls/circle...

An exciting new study from Alexander Loy and team (@loyteam.bsky.social), now in @nature.com! It describes a previously unknown microbial energy metabolism: Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation (MISO). Read more: 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Novel plastoquinone forms with essential roles in key nitrogen-cycling microbes identified! Study conducted by the Comammox Research Platform at @univie.ac.at and supported by the #FWF funded @microbesplanet.bsky.social. Read more: 🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

Looking for a read for the long-weekend? Check out this @profil.at article with Alexander Loy (@loyteam.bsky.social) on the possible link between gut microbes and chronic pain (paywall)🔗 www.profil.at/wissenschaft...

New @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet Publication in Cell! An international study, including CoE Researcher Martin Polz @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at, uncovers the significant and underestimated contribution of fungi to ocean biomass and the global carbon cycle. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Leafy greens may do more than nourish you! A new study by #CeMESS researchers @julkras.bsky.social and @loyteam.bsky.social shows that sulfoquinovose is metabolized by key gut microbes into hydrogen sulfide, revealing intriguing prebiotic potential. Read more:🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

Only 5 days to go! The Vienna BioCenter PostDoc Program (VIP³) is closing soon. Don’t miss your chance to apply for one of 16 fully-funded postdoctoral positions in a leading interdisciplinary research hub. Apply here: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc

Celebrating seven researchers from four different entities at Vienna BioCenter, who recently received prestigious FWF Grants! Read more about their work: www.viennabiocenter.org/about/news/s... @impvienna.bsky.social @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

Interested in the physiology of #nitrifiers? Have a look at our new paper reporting novel methyl-plastoquinones (m-PQs) in comammox and nitrite-oxidizing #Nitrospira bacteria #MicroSky 🧪 #nitrification #physiology #collaboration enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

UN negotiations on a global plastic treaty are underway in Geneva after the previous round in Busan ended without a deal. In #APA’s special on plastics, our researcher Thilo Hofmann shares insights on microplastics. Read more🔗 science.apa.at/thema/mikrop...

New @wienerzeitung.at interview with Thilo Hofmann (CeMESS|@edge-vienna.bsky.social) on heatwaves in the city now up on Instagram: 🔗 www.instagram.com/p/DMpYRHvpIwH/

Exciting news! Hannes Schmidt has been awarded funding from the #FWF 'Tausend Ideen' program for his project "SurfinSoil". Congratulations, Hannes! 🔗 Dive into the details here: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

We're thrilled to celebrate Joana Góis Valério @joanalgv.bsky.social, who has been awarded a DOC Fellowship by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (#ÖAW)! At CeMESS, she’s investigating how beneficial bacteria like Variovorax join root microbiomes: 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-... @univie.ac.at

#Outreach at CeMESS: We recently welcomed a group of women and kids from #NACHBARINNENinWien for a hands-on introduction to microbiology – and a great exchange about science, education & access. Read more🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Big congratulations to Alejandro Llanos-Lizcano on receiving a #DOCfellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)! His research at #CeMESS explores host–microbe interactions in lucinid clams. Read more:🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-... #ÖAW #PhD @univie.ac.at

Great turnout, lively discussion & lots of storytelling! Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting “From Paper to Story” – a hands-on science communication workshop with climate journalist Verena Mischitz @vmischitz.bsky.social at CeMESS. Thank you to everyone who joined! #scicomm #climateresearch

Great podcast recording with Nicole Geerlings for #MattersMicrobial about weird and wonderful cable bacteria! I truly enjoyed the session. Releasing next week. @nmjgeerlings.bsky.social

PFAS – known as “forever chemicals” – are everywhere, from food packaging to drinking water. #CeMESS | @edge-vienna.bsky.social researcher Thilo Hofmann explains what makes them so dangerous and why we urgently need to act. Read the @profil.at article here (paywall) 🔗 www.profil.at/wissenschaft...

We're hiring! Join CeMESS @univie.ac.at as a DATA STEWARD and help shape the future of research data management. Collaborate with top researchers and drive innovation in Open Science. Apply now! 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/career-educa...

CeMESS is hiring! Join us at the Division of Environmental Geosciences (@edge-vienna.bsky.social) as Full Professor of ENVIRONMENTAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF METALS. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research. 🔗 Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/47bev45k

Chlamydien sind bekannte #Krankheitserreger des Menschen. Ein Team von Mikrobiolog*innen der Uni Wien konnte nun zeigen: Einige #Chlamydien verzichten vollständig auf eine infektiöse extrazelluläre Form und verbreiten sich stattdessen direkt von Wirtszelle zu Wirtszelle. 🦠 🔬 ⤵️ @cemess.bsky.social

Exciting new research! Matthias Horn & Lukas Helmlinger from #CeMESS uncover how chlamydiae thrive in social amoebae by skipping their extracellular stage. Read their groundbreaking study in Current Biology (@currentbiology.bsky.social): 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

CeMESS is hiring! Join us at the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (@ter-cemess.bsky.social) as Full Professor of SOIL ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research. 🔗 Learn more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Exciting new research by Petra Pjevac (@ppjevac.bsky.social) explores the salinization of Lake Vrana and its ecological impacts. Dive into the findings here: 🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

Join us at #ViCAS - a new interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Vienna! 🏛️ Application for Senior #Fellowships and Early-Career Fellowships are now possible. 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 📅 Deadline for Application: 1st September 2025. Apply now: ⤵️ vicas.univie.ac.at #PhDSky #AcademicSky

Why choose the Vienna BioCenter - Hear it directly from our fellows! The VIP³ call is open – 16 fully-funded, three-year postdoctoral fellowships in an interdisciplinary environment: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc

We’re thrilled to announce that Megan Sørensen has been awarded an FWF-ASTRA for her upcoming research at #CeMESS on microbial partnerships and evolution! Read more about the grant and project 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Join us in congratulating Katharina Kitzinger (@kathikitzinger.bsky.social) on her appointment as Assistant Professor at #CeMESS! 🔗 Read more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Postdoc Insights from the Vienna BioCenter - Hear it directly from our fellows! The VIP³ call is open – apply now for a fully-funded, three-year postdoctoral fellowship in an interdisciplinary environment. Apply here: training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vi... #VBCPostDoc

Congratulations to Cornelia Rottensteiner (@cornelia-cr.bsky.social) for Best MSc Thesis in the Austrian Microbiome Research Awards 2025!

Big congratulations to Dagmar Woebken (@dagmarwoebken.bsky.social) who has been awarded an #ERC Advanced Grant for her project "WinMicAct" to explore how desert microbes thrive on non-rainwater. 🔗 More info: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Zwei @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grants, die mit bis zu 2,5 Millionen Euro dotiert sind, gehen an die Universität Wien: Soziologin @evrop-anka.bsky.social und Mikrobiologin Dagmar Woebken erhalten die prestigeträchtige Förderung für ihre Forschung. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🥳🎉 Mehr dazu: ⤵️

We have a job opening for a Senior Scientist 🔬🧫🦠 Apply now or share the post! #microsky #microbiomesky

#CeMESS professor Michael Wagner was among the @univie.ac.at speakers at #Expo2025 in Osaka, presenting his talk “Microbiomes: The Invisible Engines of Planetary Health.” Check out more below ⤵️

Great news – Michael Zumstein is now Associate Professor at #CeMESS. Congratulations, Michael! 🔗 More info: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Exciting news! CoE Director of Research @michiwagner4.bsky.social joins the @univie.ac.at delegation to #EXPO2025 Osaka. ‘Building Futures’ event at the Austrian pavilion on May 28: how research unlocks the potential of microbial communities to address global challenges. @fwf-at.bsky.social

We are launching the Austrian Microbiome Research Awards 2025! 🇦🇹🔬 Calling all Austrian microbiome researchers to submit your best MSc/PhD thesis or research paper by June 7, more info: microplanet.at @fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

Curious whether the microbiome is real science or just wellness hype? Petra Pjevac (@ppjevac.bsky.social) unpacks the facts in her talk "Mikrobiom und Ernährung: Wissenschaft oder Wellness-Hype?" at #PintofScience Vienna on May 19. 🔗 More info: pintofscience.at/event/mikrob...

#CeMESS researcher Marie-Therese Fischer is studying the microbiome of fire salamanders – in collaboration with #zoovienna. Mayrs Magazin accompanied her during a field sampling session. 🔗 Watch the feature tonight on #ORF2 at 18:30: tv.orf.at/program/orf2...