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CUBE
 

Protein sequence alignment is a fundamental and widely-used technique in bioinformatics. A new bachelor or master thesis project will enable and...

TER
 

Recently photoassimilated carbon and fungus-delivered nitrogen are spatially correlated in the ectomycorrhizal tissue of Fagus sylvatica:...

CeMESS
 

CMESS is home to four of the world's most cited researchers. Holger Daims (DOME), Thomas Rattei (CUBE), Andreas Richter (TER) and Michael Wagner...

CeMESS
 

The University of Vienna Biology Building (UBB) officially starts into full operation: The University of Vienna and the Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft...

DOME
 

Five DoME relay teams of three runners each participated in the 2021 International Vienna Fall Half Marathon, in a 21 km course through the Vienna...

CeMESS
 

One year of hands-on interdisciplinary training: The Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science has celebrated its first birthday. More...

EDGE
 

Water-soluble polymers are used in numerous home and personal care products and they thereby enter wastewater streams. Despite their widespread use,...

CeMESS
 

CMESS employees celebrated the move to the University of Vienna Biology Building (UBB) with a soft opening event on September 23rd: The Rectorate and...

DOME
 

On September 19, Michael was invited to the talkshow "Im Zentrum" to discuss together with four other guests and the host Claudia Reiterer how to best...

EDGE
 

A new study by EDGE researchers rejects a widespread assumption: Nano- and microplastics that end up on farmland through compost, sewage sludge or the...

TER
 

Climate change is altering the frequency and severity of drought events. Recent evidence indicates that drought may produce legacy effects on soil...

DOME
 

The FWF presents in its scilog magazine a video portrait of Michael Wagner that was produced by West4Media.

DOME
 

Extremely premature infants are at a high risk for brain damage. A collaboration between CMESS researchers, including DOME members David Seki and...

DOME
 

A large consortium with Michael Wagner as a senior author evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of the mandatory antigen-based SARS-CoV-2...

CeMESS
 

Bacteriophages are still a relatively unknown component of the human microbiome. However, they can play a powerful role in the life cycles of...

CeMESS
 

Every day, the Danube carries four tons of plastic into the Black Sea. Thilo Hofmann and Thorsten Hüffer from EDGE are collaborating on a project that...

DOME
 

Three Divisions of CMESS now have a new home: Together with CUBE and TER – two of its sister divisions – DOME has moved to the new University of...

TER
 

Amplicon sequencing is routinely used in soil ecological research. However, soil-specific challenges and the nature of amplicon data present obstacles...

DOME
 

This pandemic year has seen us confined to our homes and restricted from travelling the world. Not so for some microscopic bacteria in the ocean:...

DOME
 

Soils are one of the most diverse habitats on the planet. More than thousand microbial species that significantly influence numerous environmental...

DOME
 

Dimitra Sakoula, working as a Postdoc in the nitrification group obtained funding from the “1000 Ideas Program” of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)....