News

16.08.2023
 

PhD student Sarah Zauner, from the Marine Symbioses Group at DOME, has taken the radio spotlight on Ö1 this week, featuring in their series "Vom Leben...

18.07.2023
 

The recently established FWF Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health" unites microbiome research in Austria, bringing together 8...

03.07.2023
 

Anouk Willemsen was promoted to the position of an Assistant Professor (tenure track) and will start a new ERC-funded group at DoME with a focus on...

26.06.2023
 

Congratulations to Barbara Bayer for winning the START-Award of the Austrian Science Fund FWF. Her project will focus on microbial methane production...

19.06.2023
 

Petra Pjevac participated in the ninth edition of the event series "Umwelt im Gespräch" ("Environment in Conversation"), discussing the topic of...

19.06.2023
 

Dimitra Sakoula and Paula Rojas participated in the Falling Walls Lab Austria, held at the Technical University Graz, where they in 3 minutes pitched...

16.06.2023
 

Florian Moeller successfully defended his PhD thesis "Ecophysiology of the symbiont microbiome in the sponge Ianthella basta" on June 16, 2023. The...

15.06.2023
 

A class from the secondary school "Parhamer Gymnasium" in Vienna visited DoME today. 26 enthusiastic students at the age of 12 spent the entire...

14.06.2023
 

It was time again for the annual DOME trip: On June 13th we visited the Lainzer Tiergarten for a 14 km hike and enjoyed the beautiful view over...

31.05.2023
 

Can we turn back climate change by fertilizing the growth of microscopic plants in the oceans?

Jillian's blog article on the topic of ocean iron...

22.05.2023
 

Jacob Bobonis received an EMBO fellowship as well as an HFSP Fellowship for his project “Viral cooperation as a novel mechanism to overcome bacterial...

15.05.2023
 

We are very happy that Daan recently joined our team. Daan did his PhD at Njmegen University with Mike Jetten and worked as a PostDoc with Victoria...

08.05.2023
 

Get a glimpse into one of our PhD students' work life as an early career researcher at the University of Vienna and our doctoral school: DoME PhD...

08.05.2023
 

The Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science offers 5 PhD positions in the Spring 2023 recruitment call.

28.04.2023
 

Stanislava Kralova, MSCA postdoctoral fellow in the group of Alex Loy, has won the Czech Creative Heroes Award in the global impact category....

21.04.2023
 

Dimitra Sakoula, postdoctoral researcher at DoME, was recently featured in the University of Vienna’s research magazine Rudolphina. Her research...

27.03.2023
 

From September 25th to 29th 2023, the International FISH course will be held again. During the one-week course, participants will receive an...

13.03.2023
 

A research consortium led by Michael Wagner, deputy head of CeMESS, was selected in the competitive excellence program of the Austrian Science Fund...

12.03.2023
 

A series of articles on the Rudolphina research news platform highlights the efforts and achievements of DOME members in nitrification research. A...

16.02.2023
 

The FWF features female researchers in a recent social media video. Barbara Bayer, postdoctoral researcher at DOME, is also portrayed in the video....

09.02.2023
 

Shaul Pollak has joined CMESS as a new Junior Research Group Leader at DOME. He enriches the research portfolio of the Centre with his focus on...

20.01.2023
 

A new study including DOME members Martin Polz, Xiaoqian A. Yu, and Anna J. Mueller for the first time identifies dominant as well as active microbial...

12.01.2023
 

Annelieke Overbeeke successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Bacterial degradation of polysaccharides in the gut mucosal eco-system" on December...

10.01.2023
 

Chlamydiae is known for the infamous human pathogen Chlamydia, but this group of bacteria evolved over a billion years ago. Despite being ancient and...