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...

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Last week #ESEB2025 wrapped up. It was a great opportunity to chat with colleagues, hear about great evolutionary research, present the group's work, and be a proud PI of Laura, who did a great job presenting her PhD work! Two years to go until next ESEB!

@eseb2025.bsky.social

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...

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#ProtistsOnSky #MicroSky @dome-vienna.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

We sequenced some new #genomes!

Novel high-quality #amoeba genomes reveal widespread #codonUsage mismatch between #giantViruses and their hosts.

doi.org/10.1101/2024...

#ProtistsOnSky #MicroSky 🖥️🧬

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Back to the lab after a week of really great research on #virus #evolution in Roscoff! The VEE team was represented by Laura, @danischwarz.bsky.social, @dominikluecking.bsky.social, and myself. (Im)patiently waiting for the next edition of this great meeting!

#VirEvol #CJM2024_virEvol

Great event last week strengthening research partnerships with colleagues from Kyoto University, particularly with the Ogata lab focusing on giant viruses
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Further isolation of Nucleocytoviricota using "atypical" and diverse host is and will certainly help expanding our knowledge on the diversity and evolution of these peculiar viral entities.

Cover of the story 👇
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240424111607.htm

(© Stefan Pommer (photopic.at))

Today we farewelled Ruixuan (Ogata lab, Kyoto Univ.) after a month and a half of intense microcopy work! here in the picture featured with the talented Lotte Mayer who supervised and taught him some of our lab techniques!

On our way to the #giantVirus symposium at the Ringberg Castle!

#giVirSymp23

Two open positions! Looking for a #bioinformatics #postdoc and a #laboratory #technician. Interested in joining the team? Check out www.microbial-ecology.net/open-positions

Hey #SciSky 🧪

I am an Assistant Professor @DOME_Vienna (University of Vienna) running the Virus Ecology and Evolution team! We are looking into the many different ways #giantViruses can interact with their environment

#ERCStG_CHIMERA @ERC_Research @ya_OeAW