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...
Amplicon sequencing is routinely used in soil ecological research. However, soil-specific challenges and the nature of amplicon data present obstacles...
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...
In order to assess the ecological risks that can arise from the use of nanomaterials, an international team of researchers and experts has developed...
