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A new Horizon 2020 project has been granted to a large European consortium for researching into “Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast”....

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TER discovered the UNESCO World Heritage Site Wachau, a stretch of the Danube valley north of Vienna, by canoe on the hottest days of the year so far....

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DoME congratulates Sarah Zauner on her DOC fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)! In her project "From Bacteria to Birds:...

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The DOME members enjoyed a trip to the town of Traismauer including a hike in the surrounding hills and a bath in the beautiful "Naturbadesee...

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Michael is one among the 65 researchers from across the world to be honoured with election to the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)....

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The first release of 45 PICA models is available on this site in the Download area of our new website PhenDB.

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This award is given in recognition of a lifetime contribution to microbial ecology and is celebrated with a dedicated reception and evening lecture...

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Christina Kaiser has recently received funding for a new project called "SPACE - The spatial aspect of rhizosphere priming" from the Austrian Science...

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Predicted changes in the intensity and frequency of climate extremes urge a better mechanistic understanding of the stress response of...

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Soil phosphatase levels strongly control the biotic pathways of phosphorus (P), an essential element for life, which is often limiting in terrestrial...

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Thomas Eder has successfully defended his PhD thesis "Bioinformatic analysis of host-pathogen interactions in the light of second generation...

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Giant viruses can have genome sizes larger than that of some bacteria, but their evolutionary history is a mystery. In this study that was performed...

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In collaboration with the Austrian newspaper Der Standard and the University of Vienna, Michael Wagner discusses in a series of articles, interviews...

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In the ORF III science.talk, Michael will talk with Barbara Stöckl about the fascinating diversity of microorganisms and their roles for human and...

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We created VarCap, a fully automated workflow that allows scientists to rapidly predict variants within high coverage, short read paired end...

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"Joint Ecosystem Assessment on the Effects of Natural Soil Warming on Subarctic Grasslands and Forests”, 13-15 March 2017, University of Vienna,...

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Along with the new release 80 of our Virus Orthologous Groups (VOG) we have launched a public webserver for VOGDB at vogdb.org.

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In metagenome analysis, computational methods for assembly, taxonomic profiling and binning are key components facilitating downstream biological data...

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Hanna Koch, a former PhD student in the group of Holger Daims, has received the Doc Award of the University and the City of Vienna. This dissertation...

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David Berry and Angelika Berger (Medical University of Vienna) were awarded a grant for their project "The premature gut microbiome and the influence...

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The Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economics has granted a federal project to establish software and database infrastructure for life...