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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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:...

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

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

Chlamydiae are strictly intracellular bacteria and have long been considered primarily as major pathogens of humans. Yet, the phylum Chlamydiae is...

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Our research, facilities, and faculty – our new CMESS report with insights into our work and organisation has just been published. The report outlines...

The SARS-CoV-2 monitoring consortium headed by Michael Wagner has now assembled the results of the measurement rounds 4 and 5, which were conducted in...

On June 22nd 2021, Dr. Kath­ar­ina Kitzinger receives an Otto-Hahn Medal, with which the Max Planck So­ci­ety hon­ours its best doc­toral stu­dents....

Bacterial viruses (phage) are ubiquitous enemies of bacteria, able to efficiently infect and kill their hosts. Because phage rely on their host as a...

While best known as the code for genetic information, DNA is also a nutrient for specialised microbes. An international team of researchers led by Ken...

Jill is featured in this month’s section of “Uni Wien forscht”, a video series portraying researchers from the University of Vienna. In the video Jill...

The first Young AMICI Symposium took place on the 25th and 26th of May 2021. The aim of the conference was to give young researchers a platform to...