Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet'

Group Picture of all CoE PhD students attending the retreat at Graz Medical University

Great first day of our PhD Retreat in Graz with @microbesplanet.bsky.social and @seyens.bsky.social 🦠 Discussing effective visual communication 👀 and learning from our own mistakes on slides, figures and posters. My take-home is definitely to ask for more regular feedback from my peers!

Huge thanks to Eva-Maria Holzleitner @eviholz.bsky.social @bmfwf.gv.at, FWF president Christof Gattringer, and FWF Vice president Ursula Jakubek for a very inspiring evening and for your leadership in shaping the future of Austrian science. Learn more about the 9 clusters here: youtu.be/HBiJrRKjH2Q

For us at CoE Microplanet, this means: Sharing data, methods, and infrastructure, integrating different perspectives, and communicating discoveries to spark tomorrow’s innovations in microbiome research. www.microplanet.at

The @fwf-at.bsky.social Think Beyond Summit celebrated Austria’s 9 Clusters of Excellence! From quantum science & AI to planetary health: only collaboration enables us to tackle the complex challenges of our time.

O-PTIR spectroscopy reproduces commercial FTIR spectral fidelity and can be used to differentiate migratory from nonmigratory cancer cells. Opens doors for imaging in water & on-chip systems. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

New @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet study in Analytical Chemistry and Measurement Science Au! CoE Key Researcher Bernhard Lendl and his team @CAVS Research Group @tuwien.at construct a custom O-PTIR transmission microscope. Lateral spatial resolution matches Raman, but axial signal is two-lobed.

Österreichs Exzellenzcluster nehmen Fahrt auf Rund zwei Jahre nach ihrem Start haben die neun Exzellenzcluster, Österreichs größte Forschungsnetzwerke, ihre volle Größe erreicht und tragfähige Strukturen etabliert.

Zwei Jahre nach ihrem Start haben die neun Österreichischen #Exzellenzcluster ihre volle Größe erreicht und tragfähige Strukturen etabliert. Mehr als 1000 Forschende arbeiten an 18 Standorten in Stärkefeldern der #Grundlagenforschung so eng vernetzt wie nie zuvor. ▶️

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Think Beyond Summit 2026

Think Beyond Summit 2026

Think Beyond Summit 2026

Think Beyond Summit 2026

Beim #ThinkBeyondSummit holen wir Österreichs #Exzellenzcluster auf die Bühne. In diesen 9 Forschungsnetzwerken arbeiten hunderte Forschende an neuen Wegen in der #Grundlagenforschung. 🤝

@michiwagner4.bsky.social @timcrane.bsky.social @microbesplanet.bsky.social

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New @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet study in @nature.com Food! CoE Key Researcher @cdiener.com @medunigraz.at with experts from DK, US, NL proposes a hybrid strategy for objective dietary assessment combining AI tools with "omics" biomarkers. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #STEM #WomenInScience
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@univie.ac.at @tuwien.at @meduniwien.ac.at @medunigraz.at @cemm.oeaw.ac.at @istaresearch.bsky.social @jkulinz @ait
@christinakaiser.bsky.social

👩‍🔬 Meet 16 of our excellent female researchers and read why they are fascinated by science!
@chmoei.bsky.social @ppjevac.bsky.social @kl-fil.bsky.social

Today, for International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re celebrating the incredible women driving research and innovation in the @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet!
@cornelia-cr.bsky.social

@univie.ac.at @tuwien.at @medunigraz.at @meduniwien.ac.at @cemm.oeaw.ac.at @jkulinz @ait @istaresearch.bsky.social
#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #STEM #WomenInScience
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3/3 🐝CoE Postdoc @davidszamosvari.bsky.social from @thomasboettcher.bsky.social lab @Faculty of Chemistry @univie.ac.at explores specialized enzymes breaking down complex wax esters in human skin, beeswax, and plant cuticles.
More info: www.microplanet.at/index.php/re...

2/3 💩🌱CoE Postdocs @patrickschimmel.bsky.social from @gorkiewiczlab.bsky.social @medunigraz.at and @bcoltman.bsky.social from @kathikitzinger.bsky.social group @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at are investigating if recovery principles are conserved across human guts and plant-soil microbiomes.

1/3 〰️ CoE PhD students Thayer Taft from the lab of @christinakaiser.bsky.social and André Carvalho Araújo from the lab of @dagmarwoebken.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at for their study on circadian clocks in the human gut, rhizosphere & desert biocrusts.

To bridge the gap between environmental and medical microbiome research, our @FWF Cluster of Excellence has funded three innovative, interdisciplinary projects led by Early Career Researchers.🧵👇

Symptome (oft 30–90 Min. nach dem Essen):
✅ Aufgetriebenheit & Blähungen
✅ Laute Darmgeräusche & Unbehagen
✅ Stuhlunregelmäßigkeiten
Beschwerden in der Gastro-Ambulanz des Kepler Uniklinikums abklären lassen und die Forschung unterstützen! Mehr Infos: www.jku.at/news-events/...

Wir suchen Studienteilnehmer:innen (18–40 J.) für die SIBOme-Studie! CoE Key Researcher Alexander Moschen JKU Linz, Kepler Uniklinikum Linz und Christine Moissl-Eichinger @chmoei.bsky.social @medunigraz.at erforschen, wie Dünndarmbakterien Verdauungsbeschwerden verursachen. @fwf-at.bsky.social

Congrats to CoE Key Researcher @thomasboettcher.bsky.social @univie.ac.at on his ERC Proof of Concept Grant! 👏 His project, PhageTRAP, uses a modular platform to capture and release phages to tackle antibiotic resistance and advance biotech. @fwf-at.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #MicroSky #AMR #ERCPoC

🏅CoE Postdoc Charlotte Neumann from the lab of @chmoei.bsky.social @medunigraz.at received the Austrian Award of Excellence 2025 for her dissertation on the woman-microbiome-child interplay bridging clinical and fundamental microbiome science. Congrats! @fwf-at.bsky.social

Congrats to CoE Key Researcher @thomasboettcher.bsky.social @univie.ac.at on securing @fwf-at.bsky.social funding for Collaborative Research Centre with @dfg.de. Focus on bacterial effector proteins, infection mechanisms, and therapeutic strategies. cemess.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...

Does Project 2025 threaten the foundations of research in Europe?
Strong recommendation to watch the full video recording of the UVP Wien discussion on how we can protect academic freedom and independent thought in an increasingly polarized world 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbP3...

Tune in to learn why microbiomes are crucial for our future on a healthy planet. scilog.fwf.ac.at/magazin/mikr...

CoE Director of Research, Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at and CoE Key Researcher Clarissa Campbell @cemm.oeaw.ac.at discuss the ‘invisible majority’ on @fwf-at.bsky.social Podcast 'Was wir wissen’ (What We Know)!

Metagenomic estimation of dietary intake from human stool - Nature Metabolism Diener et al. present a method that allows the estimation of dietary intake from human stool by detecting food-derived DNA in faecal metagenomes.

Top #Citations 2025: 9️⃣🧪

@cdiener.com @gibbological.bsky.social et al ( @isbscience.org @medunigraz.at ) present a new method to estimate dietary intake from human stool by detecting food-derived DNA in faecal metagenomes.

Fantastic collaborative effort led by @daanspeth.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at, colleagues from CeMESS, Australian partners, and CoE scientists Benjamin Coltman, Thomas Rattei, @michiwagner4.bsky.social

New @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet study introduces GlobDB globdb.org, a comprehensive database integrating 14 genomic catalogues providing consistent taxonomy for microbial species.
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They find that uncultivated nitrifiers dominate soils, and farming shapes microbial diversity. Study is a model case for data-driven policy to combine agriculture & conservation in Austria and globally. www.nature.com/articles/s41...