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ERC Proof of Concept for Thomas Böttcher

26.01.2026 DOME

Chemist Thomas Böttcher, joint Professor at CeMESS and the Faculty of Chemistry, has been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the ERC. This brings the…

FWF funding for International – Multilateral Initiatives awarded to Thomas Böttcher

08.01.2026 DOME

Congratulations to Thomas Böttcher (Faculty of Chemistry | CeMESS) and his team at the University of Vienna on securing FWF funding under…

FWF ESPRIT Fellowship for Sophia Ferchiou

23.12.2025 DOME

Sophia Ferchiou, Postdoctoral Researcher at DOME, has been awarded an ESPRIT Fellowship by the Austrian Science Fund. Congratulations, Sophia!

Out in Nature: The Microflora Danica atlas of Danish environmental microbiomes

03.12.2025 DOME

An international research team led by Aalborg University with contributions from the University of Vienna has systematically mapped the microbiome of…

ChlamydiaWorkshop 2026: Registration open

28.11.2025 DOME

We are pleased to announce that the 22nd ChlamydiaWorkshop (DCW) will take place at CeMESS (University of Vienna) from March 2-4, 2026. The meeting is…

New Christian Doppler Laboratory at CeMESS

26.11.2025 CeMESS

Research for sustainable solutions: Focus on the biodegradation of water-soluble polymers

Congratulations Dr. Rasoulimehrabani

21.11.2025

Hamid Rasoulimehrabani successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Evaluating the effect of candidate prebiotics in the human gut microbiota by…

Eight “Highly Cited Researchers” at CeMESS

12.11.2025 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…

Congratulations Dr. Lucaciu

05.11.2025 DOME

Calin Rares Lucaciu successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Computational Challenges in the Assembly and Analysis of Non-Model Plant Genomes…