yesterday’s commute was different 🧚 got to present some of my recent work @amicimicrobiome.bsky.social 🤸 it was fun!

Our CoE Board member Angela Sessitsch is nominated for "Austrian of the Year 2025" by @diepressecom.bsky.social in the ‘Research’ category. As a top researcher at AIT Tulln, she's an expert on plant microbiomes. Show your support and vote here: www.diepresse.com/20065228/aus... @fwf-at.bsky.social

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/...

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

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

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

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-...

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

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

New @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet Publication from the labs of @michiwagner4.bsky.social and Holger Daims with @ppjevac.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at identifies novel plastoquinone forms (m-PQs) in nitrogen-cycling microbes, revealing their essential role in electron transport.

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The University of Vienna launches #ViCAS to foster innovative, interdisciplinary #research and to create a space where ideas thrive beyond borders - #academic, disciplinary, and national. 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 Find out more about ViCAS and its #fellowships: ⤵️🔍 vicas.univie.ac.at #AcademicSky #edusky #PhDSky

Stuhltransplantation von Spender:innen zum Abnehmen? In einer Pilotstudie untersuchen Forschende der @medunigraz.at, wie man #Darmmikroben dazu nutzen könnte, das Abnehmen zu erleichtern. #scilog #Mikrobiom 🧫 scilog.fwf.ac.at/magazin/wie-...

Wie gelingt es, die besten Köpfe für Wissenschaft & Forschung zu gewinnen u. langfristig zu halten? Darüber diskutieren am 11.9. bei den #TechnologyTalksAustria Vertreter:innen der europäischen Wissenschaftslandschaft u.a. mit #ERC Präsidentin Maria Leptin. #TEC25 #AIT www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...

Neues Wissen im Herbst: Die #ScienceLectures des #FWF in Kooperation mit den Wiener Volkshochschulen gehen im September in eine neue Runde mit einem vielfältigen Programm. Im Mittelpunkt stehen aktuelle wissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse. 🎓 Programm 👉 www.fwf.ac.at/entdecken/di...

The ocean is Earth’s largest carbon reservoir & our strongest natural ally against #climatechange. Rising temperatures & acidification threaten to disrupt the balance of carbon cycling.🌡️ Understanding how #carbon moves & transforms in the deep sea will help us better forecast our planet’s climate. ⤵️

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...

What a week and almost 2 more to go sampling our Mycobiome x Climate Change exp (144/576 done)! We added isotopes to track 🍄 transfer, collected seedlings (so much 🍄‍🟫) and you can see the myco treatment effects! Grateful for such a great team in the lab! Thanks @snsf.ch and @wwtf.at for support!

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...

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/...

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/...

CoE Deputy Director of Research, @chmoei.bsky.social @medunigraz.at, was on @derstandard.at podcast! She discusses whether the microbiome is a savior or just empty hype, incl some nutritional tips. Tune in! www.derstandard.at/story/300000... @fwf-at.bsky.social

Neues aus der Mikrobiom-Forschung! Archaeen – kaum bekannte Mitbewohner in unserem Darm – senden winzige Bläschen, um mit ihrer Umwelt zu kommunizieren. Ein Team der Med Uni Graz hat das jetzt erstmals detailliert beschrieben. Veröffentlicht in Nature Communications ➡️ https://bit.ly/47gnl9R.

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....

🚨💩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...

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-...

Happy to share our Practical Guide on Environmental Genomics for Prokaryotic Nomenclature, led by @nathanernster.bsky.social and part of SAM's special issue on @seqcode.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 2 funded #PhD positions (ERC Adv Grant) in the Moissl-Eichinger Lab, Graz! Study Methanobrevibacter as a keystone in the gut microbiome. 💡 Omics, modeling, synthetic consortia 📅 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025 🌍 Int’l applicants welcome! Application link below. #microbiomesky #archaeasky #microsky

Surprising finding: #Nitrobacter can dynamically modulate nitrite affinity in response to both nitrite concentration and pH, conferring a flexible adaptation strategy Great collaboration with the Sung-Keun Rhee lab #MicroSky 🧪 #nitrification #kinetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Check out our latest publication where we performed AMR screening in ~2000 metagenomes from food and production surfaces in Europe. >60% samples carrying ARGs, >70% of all ARG found, and critical role of non-ESKAPEE from surfaces of the latest stages of production over the final products’ resistome!

🚨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/...

🚨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/...

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

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...

Today, June 27, marks World Microbiome Day! We're celebrating with the inaugural Austrian Microbiome Research Awards. Congrats to Cornelia Rottensteiner @cornelia-cr.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at, Charlotte Neumann @medunigraz.at, and Daniela Wöber @AIT. @fwf-at.bsky.social Details👇

In September, the Open Science Festival will take place @univie.ac.at . Want to explore the future of Open Science & discover ongoing work? Become part of a vibrant academic community through networking opportunities? More info here: osfestival2025.univie.ac.at/en/

Wonderful work in collaboration with the lab of @davidberry1.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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-...

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-...

Soils rock, obviously. And microbes too! Professorship opening @ter-cemess.bsky.social. Fantastic team and world-class research environment! Join us at @cemess.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at

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-...

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/...

Erleben Sie zwei Tage voller Inspiration, Innovation und Vernetzung auf dem Campus der Universität Wien! Das Open #Science Festival bringt Forscher*innen, Studierende und Mitarbeiter*innen in der Forschungsunterstützung zusammen! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 📅: 8.-9. Sep. 2025 Call for Posters & Anmeldung: ⤵️ #OSfestival2025

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-...

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

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-...

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

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