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

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

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

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-...

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-...

Rund 500 Gäste aus der Forschung kamen gestern im Wiener Rathaus bei den #AustrianScienceAwards zusammen. Dazu zählten erstmals die #ASTRA-Preise. Feierlicher Höhepunkt war die Bekanntgabe der #Wittgenstein-Preisträgerin Elly Tanaka. Die schönsten Momente des Abends. 👉 www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...

Die #univie gratuliert nochmals herzlich den Preisträger*innen der @fwf-at.bsky.social-ASTRA-Awards! 👏 Dagmar Vorliček, Angelika Manhart, Bundesministerin @eviholz.bsky.social, Vizerektorin Manuela Baccarini, Lisa Isola und Megan Lambert. Nicht im Bild: Daniele Semola, Megan Sørensen.

Joint 8th AMICI Symposium and Austrian Bioinformatics Workshop! 🦠🧫 September 22-24, 2025 ‪@bokuvienna.bsky.social Vienna, Austria Register now! tinyurl.com/AMICI8-ATBI #AMICI8 #AMICI2025 #ATBI #microbiome #bioinformatics #microbiomesky #microebsky

Exciting news #2! CoE Key Researcher Dagmar Woebken (@cemess.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at) receives an ERC Advanced Grant to explore how desert microbes thrive on non-rainwater (dew, water vapor). #Microsky #ERCAdG @erc.europa.eu @fwf-at.bsky.social

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: ⤵️

Out now in its final peer-reviewed form @asm.org's Journal of Virology! doi.org/10.1128/jvi.... @dome-vienna.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @amersocvirology.bsky.social

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

New work out! Spearheaded by Lotte, we have developed a single-molecule messenger RNA fluorescence in situ hybridisation (smFISH) protocol for #giantViruses in an #Acanthamoeba host. doi.org/10.1101/2025... 1/4 #ProtistsOnSky #MicroSky @dome-vienna.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

New preprint @julkras.bsky.social et al. We show that degradation of sulfoquinovose, ubiquitous in plants and algae, is a core function of the cow rumen microbiome and describe novel SQ-metabolizing taxa. 🐄🧫🦠 #microbiomesky #microsky

Increased ERC funding for top global researchers moving to Europe now confirmed #Enlightenment #Facts #ProtectScience 🧪 erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

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

Full House auf der Schmelz. Herzlichen Dank an Jürgen Scharhag für die Einladung zum Vortrag über die Wechselwirkungen zwischen dem Mikrobiom und Sport beim 6. Forum Sport & Medizin. Klasse Publikum mit sehr vielen und klugen Fragen. @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...

📅 Am 6. Mai 2025 findet die sechste #Entrepreneurship Night im Festsaalbereich der Universität Wien statt! 🚀 Erfolgreiche Uni-Wien-Gründer*innen stellen sich vor und geben Einblick in die #Startup -Praxis. Der Fokus liegt dieses Jahr auf dem Thema #INSPIRATION. 🤩 ⤵️ www.alumni.ac.at/portal/beruf...