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Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at @univie.ac.at, pioneering microbiome and environmental research for the benefit of the planet.
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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:...
Podcast: Der Meeresboden - Mikroorganismen am Grund des Ozeans
Ein Teelöffel voll Schlamm vom Meeresgrund enthält rund eine Milliarde Bakterien, Tausende verschiedener Arten. Kaum bekannt, aber faszinierend und wichtig für den Kohlenstoffkreislauf der Erde. Ein ...
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October 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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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...
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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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...
Kick-off event for the lecture series ‘Environment, Climate, Sustainability: From Knowledge to Action’
October 13th, 2025, 6pm - 8pm Ballroom, Vienna City Hall
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October 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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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

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October 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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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! 🥳
univie.ac.at Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · Oct 9
Meilenstein: Die Universität Wien ist erstmals unter den Top 100 im World University Ranking von @timeshighered.bsky.social - auf Platz 95! 🥳 Das stärkt Sichtbarkeit & internationale Vernetzung exzellenter Forschender und Studierender weltweit. #univie #THERanking 👉 www.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/pr...
Foto des Hauptgebäudes der Universität Wien, es fliegt feierliches Konfetti durch das Bild. Rechts unten ist ein Badge zu sehen, auf dem zu lesen ist: TOP 100 Austrian Excellence, International Impact. University of Vienna. THE TOP 100 umranden den Badge.
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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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
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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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-...
Image created at DOME featured on STAR Protocols cover
Ticks are home to a diverse mix of microbial communities – some harmless or even beneficial, others pathogenic. A striking microscopy image by Adnan Hodžić and Martin Kunert (DOME | CeMESS) captures t...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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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
Experience the FUN(gi) Lab • Pilzfestspiele 06.–12.10.2025
www.pilzfestspiele.at
October 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Join in from Oct 1: Our #CeMESS researchers contribute to this free online course on environmental emergencies!
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microbesplanet.bsky.social Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · Sep 29
Free online course “Environmental Emergencies: Navigating Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Environmental Pollution” starts Oct 1. Interdisciplinary course on triple crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental pollution. imoox.at/course/envem, www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Wp...
September 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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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...
Forscherin Bea Maas bei der Feldforschung zu sehen, satte grüne Hügel Bootsfahrt durch auf einem Seitenarm des Sungai Bengkoka, ein Fluss im malaysischen Bundesstaat Sabah auf Borneo. Vorne sitz ein Bootsfahrer, der von hinten zu sehen ist. Eindrücke der Altstadt in Riga, eine belebte Straße und bunte Häuser. Das CTD-Messgerät des Forschungsschiff „Pelegia“ wird an der Seite des Forschungsschiffes abgelassen.
September 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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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/...
Who fixes carbon in the dark ocean?
A new study led by Barbara Bayer (CeMESS, University of Vienna) discovered that ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms contribute much less to carbon fixation in the ocean than previously assumed. The study...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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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...
Climate research in Canada
Why do field research in Canada? What drives researchers like us to dig in forests and peat bogs in all kinds of weather, armed with bear spray and mosquito repellent? Why do we put up with dirty fing...
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September 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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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/...
28th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting held at CeMESS
The 28th edition of the annual European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting (ENC28) brought together more than 70 participants from institutions in 13 countries at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Sys...
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September 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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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
We are hiring: Full Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry of Metals
Human activities are driving rapid environmental change on a global scale, with pollutants playing a critical role in pushing planetary systems beyond safe limits. These changes have profound conseque...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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willemsenanouk.bsky.social
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
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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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.

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September 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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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
We are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global Change
Soil ecosystems form the foundation of planetary health and play a critical role in climate feedback mechanisms. However, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of global change.
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September 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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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
September 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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univie.ac.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! 🥳
3 ERC Starting Grants für die Universität Wien
Förderung für Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen und Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak
www.univie.ac.at
September 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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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
Megan Sørensen receives ERC Starting Grant
Microbiologist Megan Sørensen has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant, securing significant funding for her upcoming research on the evolution of endosymbiosis at CeMESS. It is one of three ERC Startin...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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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...
Circle U. Postdoc Mobility Programme - Circle U.
Seed funding for your next cooperative research project!
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August 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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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-...
Example of a habitat of MISO bacteria - Marine sediment: cup with a soil sample from an Arctic fjord in Svalbard. Credit: CeMESS Alexander Loy
August 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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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/...
New study: Unusual quinones found in Nitrospira
A new study, supported by the FWF-funded Cluster of Excellence “Microbiomes drive Planetary Health” and the Comammox Research Platform of the University of Vienna, identifies new plastoquinone forms w...
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August 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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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...
Photo of opened article in "Profil" with garden in the background. Photo: CeMESS/Stephanie Scholz
August 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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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...
August 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM