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Study shows how uncultivated nitrifiers dominate our soil and farming shapes microbial diversity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New in @nature.com: The "Microflora Danica" project analyzed 10k+ samples to map Denmark's microbial life. Led by @aau.dk, Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social, Daan Speth @daanspeth.bsky.social, Andrew Giguere @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at analyzed nitrifiers.

Want to hear more about the new CD-Lab? Listen to an interview with Michael Zumstein (German) at #Ö1 Dimensionen: oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

Photo: CeMESS/Thomas Suchanek

Photo: CeMESS/Thomas Suchanek

Photo: CeMESS/Thomas Suchanek

Michael Zumstein leads the new CD Laboratory Photo: CeMESS/Thomas Suchanek

New CD Lab at CeMESS! Yesterday, @univie.ac.at inaugurated the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Biological Degradation of Water-Soluble Polymers, led by Michael Zumstein. Together with @bokuvienna.bsky.social & @basf.bsky.social, the lab tackles sustainable polymer management for a greener future.🔬💧

FACE-ing the Amazon's Future 🌳
The burning of fossil #fuels, megafires and land-use changes drive #CO2 levels up. How will that affect the #Amazon? 🤔
A spectacular international project is about to find out - and #ECH from #univie is on board. 🔍 ⤵️ @loutsi.bsky.social
#COP30 #climate

Screenshot new CeMESS website

Screenshot new EDGE website

Screenshot new TER website

It’s finally here! After months in the making, we’re thrilled to reveal the newly relaunched CeMESS website: cemess.univie.ac.at

Take a look at the new design – we’d love to hear what you think!

Photographer and two researchers in a lab. Photo: CeMESS/Katharina Granig

Photographer taking a portrait photo. Photo: CeMESS/Stephanie Scholz

Photographer and researchers in a lab. Photo: CeMESS/Stephanie Scholz

Something big is coming... 👀 We had photo sessions at #CeMESS, and we can’t wait to share what’s next. Stay tuned!

#microbiology #environmentalsystemscience #photosession #labphotos

Eleven researchers of #univie are among the world's most cited scientists in 2025! 🌍📚 Their work spans microbiology, environmental and life sciences, psychology and computer science, tackling global challenges from climate change to health. 👉 www.univie.ac.at/en/news/pres...
#HighlyCitedResearchers

Eight “Highly Cited Researchers” at CeMESS CeMESS is proud to announce that eight of its researchers across all its four divisions have been named on the 2025 Clarivate list of the world's most highly cited researchers. This prestigious recogn...

Unbelievable but true! 🎉 EIGHT #CeMESS researchers are on the 2025 @clarivate.com Highly Cited Researchers list 2025! That's nearly 1/3 of CeMESS professors and 8/11 of the University of Vienna researchers!

🔗 Read more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

#Clarivate #HighlyCitedResearchers

Podcast: Der Meeresboden - Mikroorganismen am Grund des Ozeans Ein Teelöffel voll Schlamm vom Meeresgrund enthält rund eine Milliarde Bakterien, Tausende verschiedener Arten. Kaum bekannt, aber faszinierend und wichtig für den Kohlenstoffkreislauf der Erde. Ein ...

A teaspoon of seafloor mud contains about a billion bacteria!

In IQ – Wissenschaft und Forschung-podcast of #Bayern2, Alexander Loy (@loyteam.bsky.social) talks about the hidden microbial world.

Listen here:🔗 www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...

PFAS in fish? @greenpeace.de found high #PFAS levels in marine animals from German North and Baltic Sea harbours – some exceeding EU limits.

In #ORF konkret, Thilo Hofmann (EDGE/CeMESS) explains what these “forever chemicals” mean for our environment and health.

🔗 on.orf.at/video/142952...

Got plans for tonight yet? Today is the Kick-off event for the lecture series ‘Environment, Climate, Sustainability: From Knowledge to Action’ at Vienna Rathaus.

All Infos and tickets here 🔗 ech.univie.ac.at/event/kick-o...

This week as part of the @pilzfestspiele.at - our group showed mycorrhizal fungal colonized roots, our culture collection, posters of results, and we had a massive turnout! People are becoming increasingly interested in fungi @cemess.bsky.social @ter-cemess.bsky.social

www.fungalecologylab.com

The University of Vienna is among the Top 100 in the World University Ranking by @timeshighered.bsky.social for the first time, at rank 95! 🥳

Halloween will be spooky again this year at Vienna Open Lab: Make your own slime, visit a creepy spider exhibition, and enjoy the “Puking Pumpkin” show & many more experiments! Sign up for the 1.5-hour slots (in German) for families here: lnkd.in/dxUFfcNc
#partofviennabiocenter

Image created at DOME featured on STAR Protocols cover Ticks are home to a diverse mix of microbial communities – some harmless or even beneficial, others pathogenic. A striking microscopy image by Adnan Hodžić and Martin Kunert (DOME | CeMESS) captures t...

A stunning microscopy image created @dome-vienna.bsky.social by Adnan Hodžić and Martin Kunert is featured on the cover of @cp-starprotocols.bsky.social!

The 3D visualization reveals the tick endosymbiont Midichloria mitochondrii using DOPE-FISH.

Take a look🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Experience the FUN(gi) Lab • Pilzfestspiele 06.–12.10.2025

Dive into the hidden world of fungi at "Experience the FUN(gi) Lab" – today 16:00–18:00 at the University of Vienna Biology Building (UBB), hosted by the Fungal Ecology Lab @ter-cemess.bsky.social.

Free & open to all – just drop by!
www.pilzfestspiele.at/event/experi...

#Pilzfestspiele

Join in from Oct 1: Our #CeMESS researchers contribute to this free online course on environmental emergencies!
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Forscherin Bea Maas bei der Feldforschung zu sehen, satte grüne Hügel

Bootsfahrt durch auf einem Seitenarm des Sungai Bengkoka, ein Fluss im malaysischen Bundesstaat Sabah auf Borneo. Vorne sitz ein Bootsfahrer, der von hinten zu sehen ist.

Eindrücke der Altstadt in Riga, eine belebte Straße und bunte Häuser.

Das CTD-Messgerät des Forschungsschiff „Pelegia“ wird an der Seite des Forschungsschiffes abgelassen.

Das war er, der #Rudolphina Roadtrip 2025: in sechs Reiseberichten und einem Podcast berichten insgesamt zehn Wissenschafter*innen der #univie von ihren (Forschungs-)Erfahrungen rund um den Globus. Fernweh? Neugier? Hier entlang zu allen Beiträgen 👉 rudolphina.univie.ac.at/rudolphina-r...

Who fixes carbon in the dark ocean? A new study led by Barbara Bayer (CeMESS, University of Vienna) discovered that ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms contribute much less to carbon fixation in the ocean than previously assumed. The study...

Who fixes carbon in the dark ocean? A new study in @nature.com, led by @barbarabayer.bsky.social @univie.ac.at shows that ammonia‐oxidizing microbes contribute much less to dark carbon fixation than previously thought – leaving room for unknown players.
Read more: 🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

@thuenen.de @andreasrichter.bsky.social @cornelia-cr.bsky.social

Climate research in Canada Why do field research in Canada? What drives researchers like us to dig in forests and peat bogs in all kinds of weather, armed with bear spray and mosquito repellent? Why do we put up with dirty fing...

Ever wondered what soil research looks like in Canada’s North? 🌱 Researchers from @ter-cemess.bsky.social share their fieldwork experiences in an article for @univie.ac.at's magazine #Rudolphina.

Curious? Find out more: 🔗 rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/climate-r...

28th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting held at CeMESS The 28th edition of the annual European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting (ENC28) brought together more than 70 participants from institutions in 13 countries at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Sys...

Great week hosting the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting (ENC28) at #CeMESS, @univie.ac.at! Over 70 researchers from 13 countries came together to dive into microbial nitrogen cycling. & Congrats to Carolin Otersen & Nils Ganzwohl for best posters!

More info:🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

We are hiring: Full Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry of Metals Human activities are driving rapid environmental change on a global scale, with pollutants playing a critical role in pushing planetary systems beyond safe limits. These changes have profound conseque...

Deadline approaching on Sept 17! We are hiring a Full Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry of Metals at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna.

Learn more: 🔗 edge.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n...

@edge-vienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at #EnvironmentalBiochemistry

Proud moment to see the first Master student of the team (Lotte Mayer) successfully defend her Master's thesis work digging into viral factories of #giantViruses.

A link to part of her work:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

@erc.europa.eu @univie.ac.at @cemess.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social

It is a great privilege for our nitrification team to host this fantastic group of nitrogen-cycle researchers at @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at for the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle Conference.

Some impressions from tonight's conference dinner.

univie.eventsair.com/enc2025

We are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global Change Soil ecosystems form the foundation of planetary health and play a critical role in climate feedback mechanisms. However, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of global change.

One week to go! Apply by Sept 17 for the Full Professor position in Soil Ecosystems and Global Change at #CeMESS at the University of Vienna.

More info: 🔗 ter.univie.ac.at/news-talks/n...

@univie.ac.at #SoilEcosystems #WeAreHiring

The Vienna BioCenter PhD program in Molecular BioSciences will offer 20+ fully-funded positions in the Autumn Call which is now open. Please share. Further details: www.vbcphd.at

3 @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants, die mit je rund 1,4 bis 1,7 Millionen Euro dotiert sind, gehen an die #univie: Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen & Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak erhalten die prestigeträchtige Förderung für ihre Forschung. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🥳

Megan Sørensen receives ERC Starting Grant Microbiologist Megan Sørensen has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant, securing significant funding for her upcoming research on the evolution of endosymbiosis at CeMESS. It is one of three ERC Startin...

Fantastic news: Megan Sørensen has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her project TRANSITIONS! In her upcoming research at #CeMESS she will explore how endosymbiosis evolves, from protist partnership to organelle.

Read more: 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu