Thanks to all participants and speakers at the Second PI Science Day of our Austrian Science Fund FWF Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes drive Planetary Health". So many new collaborations and exciting joint projects. And such a nice team.

Excited to share our new study showing that soil warming does not increase bacterial growth rates, as previously thought, but instead causes twice as many taxa to become active. Great work by Dennis Metze! TER-labs (1/2) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Ready to join our 7th AMICI (Austrian Microbiome) in-person symposium on June 17th, 2024 Vetmeduni in Vienna? 🦠 Register here and check out the list of confirmed speakers: 👇👇 vetmeduni.ac.at/en/food-microb… The symposium is free, but registration is compulsory. See you there👩‍🔬👨‍🚀

Three new group members have joined EDGE in February: Dr. Sarah Pati is our newest assistant #professor and will be working on #organic #contaminants in aquatic systems.

Check out our new Nature Communications paper describing how viral potential to modulate microbial methane cycling is very different across distinct habitats! nature.com/articles/s4146… Sandi DOME - Microbial Ecology 🧫🔬🦠🧬 Ohio State

Congratulations to our member Lucia Fuchslueger Lucia Fuchslueger for receiving the Research Award for Environment and Climate 2024 of the University of Vienna’s Environment and Climate Hub! CeMESS, University of Vienna STEM

University of Vienna STEM University of Vienna Social Sciences You want to apply for the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship? 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Great Idea! 💡 Find all information about the benefits, a How-To & the deadlines here: ⤵ 👀 forschungsservice.univie.ac.at/foerdermoeglic… #MSCA

Check out my first paper Microbiome as PhD DOME - Microbial Ecology 🧫🔬🦠🧬, grateful for the collaboration and team work with Jannie Munk Kristensen Petra P Michael Wagner Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm Per Halkjær Nielsen Bela #CraigHerbold #KathiKitzinger microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Forest soil microbes are among the most diverse communities on Earth. In our work in Nature Communications we show that microbial diversity predicts forest carbon storage across Europe, especially #fungi! See the article here: rdcu.be/dBpxm

We're hiring Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet'! My group is specifically looking for a PhD interested in exploring bacterial-ectomycorrhizal fungal interactions in a changing world. Apply here: microplanet.at/wp2.1-phd CeMESS TER-labs Universität Wien FWF #ResearchJobs #ScienceJobs

We're hiring Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet'! There is an open PhD position in my group to explore the effects of oxygen fluctuations on aquatic microbiomes. Apply here: microplanet.at/wp7.3-phd2 CeMESS DOME - Microbial Ecology 🧫🔬🦠🧬 Universität Wien #PhDposition

Excited about the start of the ACTIONr Webinar Series! Dr Christopher Sedlacek gave a captivating talk on Ammonia-Oxidizers. Catch the replay on our website: actionr.eu/educational-sc… Stay tuned for the next one on May 23!

Desertification spreads worldwide – but how do desert soil bacteria manage to survive prolonged droughts followed by sudden burst of rainfall? Excited to share our new study Nature Communications Special thanks goes to Dimitri V. Meier and Dagmar Woebken nature.com/articles/s4146…

Fantastic talks, great interactions, and a lot of fun: The 13th INTIME Meeting of Team Aalborg Universitet & Team Aarhus Universitet together with members of the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science of the Universität Wien and the Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' Cluster of Excellence.

In einer Klosterneuburger Kläranlage haben Forschende Universität Wien einen Gegenspieler des tödlichen #Parasiten Naegleria fowleri entdeckt. Das gefundene Riesenvirus mit dem Trivialnamen Naegleriavirus kann den Parasiten zerstören. #FWF-funded🧫 via orf_at noe.orf.at/stories/325438…

We report on a new Klosneuvirus isolate in our Nature Communications paper: A giant virus infecting the amoeboflagellate Naegleria #GiantVirus rdcu.be/dFC5q

Giant Viruses Infect Deadly Parasite medienportal.univie.ac.at/en/media/recen…

Nitrous oxide respiration in acidophilic methanotrophs nature.com/articles/s4146…

Our paper "A giant virus infecting the amoeboflagellate Naegleria" rdcu.be/dFC5q is featured as Editors’ Highlight in “Microbiology and infectious diseases" Nature Communications #GiantVirus nature.com/collections/je…

Check out this new Frontiers paper by Anya Sherman et al. (in cooperation with Benny Chefetz lab) on the detection of #tire #additives in leafy vegetables. 🥬 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…