Sciencefluencerin Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim kommt im Vorfeld der Langen Nacht der Forschung am 22.4. nach Wien und wird Highlights ihrer Arbeit zeigen. 💡 Die Veranstaltung in Kooperation von @oeaw.bsky.social und #FWF ist bereits ausgebucht. @maithinkx.bsky.social #LNF 👉 www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...

New paper from @loyteam.bsky.social out in The @isme-microbes.bsky.social Journal: "Sulfoquinovose degradation by cow rumen microbiota" Want to know more? 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...

📢 New paper 🚨 ☘️🌿🌱🐄💨🦠🔬🧫🧬 #sulfoquinovose #microbiome #microsky #microbiomesky academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

Apply now if you want to become a Master of Microbiomes! 🧙🧙‍♀️🪄🦠🧫🔬 #microbiomesky

Two weeks left to apply for our Master’s Programme “Microbiome Science” at @cemess.bsky.social | @univie.ac.at! Explore microbial communities shaping health, the environment, and ecosystems. Application Deadline: April 7 All Details: studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-pr...

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.🔬💧

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.

In der 3. Episode unseres #Podcasts #Waswirwissen geht es den Einfluss von Mikroorganismen und deren Lebensgemeinschaften, die #Mikrobiome. Welche Bedeutung haben sie für die Umwelt und uns Menschen? Und wäre Leben ohne sie möglich? Mit @michiwagner4.bsky.social 🎧 scilog.fwf.ac.at/magazin/mikr...

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/...

#APAScience interview with Michael Wagner on “Microflora Danica” shows how nationwide sampling reveals major differences between natural and farmed soils and helps track restoration success. Read more:🔗 science.apa.at/power-search...

Congratulations to Thomas Böttcher and his team @univie.ac.at, Faculty of Chemistry | #CeMESS) on @fwf-at.bsky.social “International – Multilateral Initiatives” funding alongside @dfg.de for “CRC 1756”! Learn more 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...

#CeMESS members celebrating science at the #SciBall26 at the Vienna Town Hall this weekend. 💃🕺Thank you for a wonderful evening, @sciball.bsky.social!

Der Chemiker @thomasboettcher.bsky.social erhält einen Proof of Concept Grant des @erc.europa.eu. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🎉 Im Projekt 'PhageTRAP' entwickelt Thomas Böttcher eine modulare Plattform, die Bakteriophagen mithilfe synthetischer Erkennungsmotive gezielt einfängt und freisetzt. ⤵️ 🧪

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science from #CeMESS! Today we celebrate the women at CeMESS and their curiosity and rigor to push science forward. ✨🔬 Explore inspiring quotes and stories of our researchers: cemess.univie.ac.at/women-at-cem... #WomenInScience

Big congrats to DOME postdoc Pegah Kalatehjari @pegah-kalatehjari.bsky.social on a @univie.ac.at Mobility Fellowship! She’ll spend May–July at Assoc. Prof. Takafumi Nakano’s “Leech Lab” at @kyotouniversity.bsky.social to explore leech–microbe symbioses. 🔗 More: cemess.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...

Zwei Jahre nach ihrem Start haben die neun Österreichischen #Exzellenzcluster ihre volle Größe erreicht und tragfähige Strukturen etabliert. Mehr als 1000 Forschende arbeiten an 18 Standorten in Stärkefeldern der #Grundlagenforschung so eng vernetzt wie nie zuvor. ▶️ www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...

Our new preprint introduces #kineochelins, a new group of #siderophores produced by the Antarctic soil actinomycete 🦠🔬🧫 #Actinokineospora sp. UV203 Kudos to the amazing Stanislava Králová & a fantastic team of collaborators 🤩 #microbiomesky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

After a long(ish) while, the reference genome for the #leech #Hirudo verbana is officially out! doi.org/10.12688/ope... w/@ergabiodiv.bsky.social, @biogeneurope.bsky.social, @leibnizlib.bsky.social, & @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social, @cemess.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at 1/3..

The Polz group @polzlab.bsky.social is planning to get more active here on Bluesky, follow for updates on new work coming from the group, job opportunities, and more from us in Vienna @cemess.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social

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:...

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-...

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/...

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...

Nice summary from Songcan & Marc 🙏 on our discovery of a new microbial energy metabolism 🦠 🧫 ⚡ 🔌 Microbial Iron oxide respiration coupled to Sulfide Oxidation (MISO) @nature.com Research Briefing 😍 doi.org/10.1038/d415... 📰 Original paper www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microsky #microbiomesky

Von Wien nach Kanada: #Permafrost und heiße Quellen ❄️♨️ Warum macht man eigentlich #Feldforschung in #Kanada? 🔍 Was treibt uns Forscher*innen dazu, mit Bären- und Mosquitospray bewaffnet, bei jedem Wetter in Wäldern oder #Mooren zu graben? 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 Erfahre mehr darüber in der #Rudolphina: ⤵️

Application deadline: 17 September 2025 Apply now to join us at CeMESS! ter.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n...

Application deadline: 17 September 2025 Apply now to join us at CeMESS! cemess.univie.ac.at/career-educa...

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-...

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

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! 🥳

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

Nature research paper: Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation go.nature.com/425wlLA

Final program of the 8th AMICI Symposium is now set! 🦠🧫 microbiome.at/sites/microb... September 22, 2025 ‪@bokuvienna.bsky.social Vienna, Austria Register now and for free! tinyurl.com/AMICI8-ATBI #AMICI8 #AMICI2025 #ATBI #microbiome #bioinformatics #microbiomesky #microsky

Bacteria that 'breathe' rocks and sulphur. 🦠🧫 An international team of scientists led by #microbiologists @loyteam.bsky.social and Marc Mussmann have uncovered #bacteria that remove toxic sulfide and use iron #minerals for growth. 🧪🧑‍🔬 Read more here: ⤵️ @cemess.bsky.social

📢 New paper in @nature.com Microbes rock 🎸🤘 with sulfide and iron minerals I am very excited to share our recent study, which describes a previously unknown microbial energy metabolism ⚡⚡⚡🦠🧫⚡⚡⚡ 🆕 Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - MISO www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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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/...

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/...

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...

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...

Our recent paper by @julkras.bsky.social provides further insights into the metabolism of sulfoquinovose in humans and lab mice, and its prebiotic potential. 🦠🧫 #microbesky #microbiomesky microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

🚨3-yr Postdoc Position on #SingleCell Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026! -> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...

🚨4yr Technical Assistant Position on #Microbial Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026! -> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...

🚨💩Very proud to share a new preprint of the lab ~~ we show that gut microbial diversity and inferred capacity for butyrate production predict cortisol stress reactivity in humans ~~ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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

Great opportunity to join our Centre 🤗 🌍🌱🌲🦠🧫

Great opportunity to join our Centre 🤗 as a Full Metal Biogeochemistry Professor 🤘🎸🦠🧫😉

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-...

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