News

16.07.2024
 

DOME Senior Scientist Alejandro Manzano Marín received funding for his project “SymBirth – Development of an artificial symbiont’s birth” from the...

12.07.2024
 

Stephanie A. Eichorst, a Senior Scientist at DOME, received funding for her project “Beyond O2 – factors influencing the use of microbial terminal...

08.07.2024
 

Unicellular algae are the main primary producers in the ocean, collectively being responsible for about half of the globally fixed carbon dioxide....

27.06.2024
 

DOME senior scientists Katharina Kitzinger and Daan Speth recently co-authored a landmark paper in Nature led by a team from the Max Planck Institute...

24.05.2024
 

DOME is excited to announce the appointment of Barbara Bayer as a new Assistant Professor (Tenure Track). Her research focusses on the interactions...

07.05.2024
 

DOME welcomes a new addition to its faculty as Shaul Pollak joins as Assistant Professor (Tenure Track). His research explores how environmental...

25.04.2024
 

The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers around Matthias Horn and Patrick Arthofer from...

24.04.2024
 

Academia Europaea is a European, non-governmental association whose objective is the advancement and promotion of scholarly work in Europe. It...

19.04.2024
 

Desert soil microorganisms endure long droughts in a dormant state and rely on rain events for their reactivation. An international team around Dagmar...

22.03.2024
 

Our International FISH Course will be held again from September 9th to 13th 2024. During the one-week course, participants will be introduced to the...

02.02.2024
 

The first "AI for Life Sciences" hackathon, hosted by Vienna-based software company Gradient Zero in collaboration with David Berry from DOME. This...

29.01.2024
 

Embark on a flavorful journey with the BaMiKo project, where cooking meets microbiology! Discover the secrets of a healthy gut through vlogs, crafted...

05.01.2024
 

Congratulations to Barbara Bayer for receiving a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for her METHANIAQ project to investigate the...

06.12.2023
 

A multi-university consortium coordinated by David Berry and including CeMESS member Isabella Wagner has been funded to support research into the...

23.11.2023
 

The European Research Council (ERC) awarded a Consolidator Grant to DOME group leader Jillian Petersen to delve into the biodiversity and ecological...

16.11.2023
 

CeMESS proudly announces that five of its researchers are on the 2023 Clarivate list of the world's most highly cited researchers. This prestigious...

20.10.2023
 

Anna Mueller successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Novel, cultivated marine nitrite oxidizers – characterization of their genomes, physiology...

16.10.2023
 

Patrick Arthofer successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Interactions of giant viruses with their hosts and symbiotic bacteria" on October 13,...

09.10.2023
 

Marlies Dietrich successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "The impact of environmental factors and small-scale interactions on the structure and...

04.10.2023
 

Liz Hambleton, a group leader at DOME, was recently involved in a PNAS paper about Aiptasia sea anenomes. The research findings point to early...

27.09.2023
 

Swiss independent AVINA Stiftung has awarded one of its sought-after grants to Shaul Pollak, a group leader at DOME. The funding will support Pollak’s...

19.09.2023
 

Taurine is not only a semi-essential nutrient of animals and humans, but also a substrate for specialized gut bacteria that respire it to hydrogen...

11.09.2023
 

The Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna proudly announces a significant milestone: securing...

29.08.2023
 

Alejandro did his PhD at the University of Valencia, Spain, and worked as a postdoc at INRA, Montpellier, France, before joining DoME as Marie...