Big congratulations to Sophia Ferchiou, postdoc at DOME | CeMESS, on the @fwf-at.bsky.social ESPRIT for "MarIn-SEA"! 🐚🔬 She will investigate how beneath the ocean’s surface, lucinid clams partner with bacteria – an ancient symbiosis >400 million years old. 🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...

Thank you so much for the invitation @fwf-at.bsky.social @frangrand.bsky.social and @thomaszauner.bsky.social. I very much enjoyed our conversation about the importance of microbiomes and listening to the final "product" #Microsky 🧪 @cemess.bsky.social @microbesplanet.bsky.social

New in @nature.com: The "Microflora Danica" project analyzed 10k+ samples to map Denmark's microbial life. Led by @aau.dk, Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social, Daan Speth @daanspeth.bsky.social, Andrew Giguere @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at analyzed nitrifiers.

New CD Lab at CeMESS! Yesterday, @univie.ac.at inaugurated the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Biological Degradation of Water-Soluble Polymers, led by Michael Zumstein. Together with @bokuvienna.bsky.social & @basf.bsky.social, the lab tackles sustainable polymer management for a greener future.🔬💧

FACE-ing the Amazon's Future 🌳 The burning of fossil #fuels, megafires and land-use changes drive #CO2 levels up. How will that affect the #Amazon? 🤔 A spectacular international project is about to find out - and #ECH from #univie is on board. 🔍 ⤵️ @loutsi.bsky.social #COP30 #climate

It’s finally here! After months in the making, we’re thrilled to reveal the newly relaunched CeMESS website: cemess.univie.ac.at Take a look at the new design – we’d love to hear what you think!

Something big is coming... 👀 We had photo sessions at #CeMESS, and we can’t wait to share what’s next. Stay tuned! #microbiology #environmentalsystemscience #photosession #labphotos

Eleven researchers of #univie are among the world's most cited scientists in 2025! 🌍📚 Their work spans microbiology, environmental and life sciences, psychology and computer science, tackling global challenges from climate change to health. 👉 www.univie.ac.at/en/news/pres... #HighlyCitedResearchers

Unbelievable but true! 🎉 EIGHT #CeMESS researchers are on the 2025 @clarivate.com Highly Cited Researchers list 2025! That's nearly 1/3 of CeMESS professors and 8/11 of the University of Vienna researchers! 🔗 Read more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-... #Clarivate #HighlyCitedResearchers

A teaspoon of seafloor mud contains about a billion bacteria! In IQ – Wissenschaft und Forschung-podcast of #Bayern2, Alexander Loy (@loyteam.bsky.social) talks about the hidden microbial world. Listen here:🔗 www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...

PFAS in fish? @greenpeace.de found high #PFAS levels in marine animals from German North and Baltic Sea harbours – some exceeding EU limits. In #ORF konkret, Thilo Hofmann (EDGE/CeMESS) explains what these “forever chemicals” mean for our environment and health. 🔗 on.orf.at/video/142952...

Got plans for tonight yet? Today is the Kick-off event for the lecture series ‘Environment, Climate, Sustainability: From Knowledge to Action’ at Vienna Rathaus. All Infos and tickets here 🔗 ech.univie.ac.at/event/kick-o...

This week as part of the @pilzfestspiele.at - our group showed mycorrhizal fungal colonized roots, our culture collection, posters of results, and we had a massive turnout! People are becoming increasingly interested in fungi @cemess.bsky.social @ter-cemess.bsky.social www.fungalecologylab.com

The University of Vienna is among the Top 100 in the World University Ranking by @timeshighered.bsky.social for the first time, at rank 95! 🥳

Halloween will be spooky again this year at Vienna Open Lab: Make your own slime, visit a creepy spider exhibition, and enjoy the “Puking Pumpkin” show & many more experiments! Sign up for the 1.5-hour slots (in German) for families here: lnkd.in/dxUFfcNc #partofviennabiocenter

A stunning microscopy image created @dome-vienna.bsky.social by Adnan Hodžić and Martin Kunert is featured on the cover of @cp-starprotocols.bsky.social! The 3D visualization reveals the tick endosymbiont Midichloria mitochondrii using DOPE-FISH. Take a look🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Dive into the hidden world of fungi at "Experience the FUN(gi) Lab" – today 16:00–18:00 at the University of Vienna Biology Building (UBB), hosted by the Fungal Ecology Lab @ter-cemess.bsky.social. Free & open to all – just drop by! www.pilzfestspiele.at/event/experi... #Pilzfestspiele

Join in from Oct 1: Our #CeMESS researchers contribute to this free online course on environmental emergencies! ⬇️

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