Big congratulations to @barbarabayer.bsky.social (DOME | CeMESS), recipient of @aslo.org’s 2026 Raymond L. Lindeman Award! 🎉 Her paper on marine nitrifiers and DOC advances our understanding of deep ocean carbon cycling.
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Program Vienna Biocenter (3rd District) (3/3):
🌱 Hidden underground – explore soil life and nitrogen-fixing bacteria @cornelia-cr.bsky.social #ChristinaStraub
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Program Vienna Biocenter (3rd District) (2/3):
🌈 Shine a light on color – from everyday pigments to glowing microbes #SarahPati, @r-pei.bsky.social
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Program Vienna Biocenter (3rd District) (1/3):
🎲 Board games meet science – guide a fertilizer to your plate or a creature through evolution #NathalieHeldwein, #LauraSanchezLara
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Program University of Vienna Main Building (1st District):
🌵 Desert survival secrets – are desert microbes climate superheroes? @dagmarwoebken.bsky.social
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♻️ Biodegradable chemicals – what are they #MichaelZumstein
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If you ever wanted to BE a fertilizer, understand what makes a color, or survive in a desert: visit us at the Long Night of Research #LNF2026 on April 24 (17:00-22:30)!
We prepared 8 hands-on stations – topics range from biodegradable chemicals to evolution ✨ 🔬
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Image announcing the first episode of the CoE Microplanet podcast 'the world of microbes'. Interview episode with Director of Research Michael Wagner.
The journey continues! 🎙️ Ep 01 of "The World of Microbes" is live. CoE Director of Research @michiwagner4.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social discusses the role of microbes in planetary health. He also shares why, despite the hurdles, scientific discovery remains a true privilege. Link in 1st comment 👇
New paper from @loyteam.bsky.social out in The @isme-microbes.bsky.social Journal: "Sulfoquinovose degradation by cow rumen microbiota"
Want to know more? 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...
Happy to share that my first PhD paper @univie.ac.at is now out in Neurobiology of Stress! 🎉
With @isabellacwagner.bsky.social, @davidberry1.bsky.social
& Paul Forbes, we investigated how the gut microbiome is linked to acute stress reactivity in humans🦠🧠
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Excited to share that our podcast 'Die Welt der Mikroben - The World of Microbes' launches tomorrow, March 27. Florian Freistetter (DE) & Rebecca Gallo + CoE Key Researchers (EN) explore the hidden world of microbes with MicroPlanet. New episodes every 2 weeks! #Microsky #Archaeasky #scicomm
Two weeks left to apply for our Master’s Programme “Microbiome Science” at @cemess.bsky.social | @univie.ac.at! Explore microbial communities shaping health, the environment, and ecosystems.
Application Deadline: April 7
All Details: studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-pr...
University of Vienna is #14 in THE’s "World's Most International Universities" ranking. ✨🌍🎓 @cemess.bsky.social is proud to bring together staff from 40+ countries!
3 reasons to apply for a Marie-Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Vienna.
It's easy to find the perfect supervisor. Our Expression of Interest Programme (EOI) allows you to search potential supervisors at the University of Vienna who are interested in supervising an MSCA Fellowship.
Access to unparalleled support. We offer extensive support for MSCA applicant, including: In-depth masterclassen, Q&As, personalised feedback and support, thourogh proposal checks
Work at a world-leading university. The University of Vienna is a Times Higher Education (THE) Top 100 University and, in 2024, Vienna was ranked the World's Most Liveable City according to the Global Liveability Index.
#MSCA Postdoctoral #Fellowships 2026 – Support Programme Now Open! 🚨
Are you an outstanding #postdoc researcher ready to take the next step in your #academic career? Our EoI programme for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 at #univie is now open. ⤵️ 👨🔬👩🔬 #phdsky
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Uralte Symbiose zwischen Pflanzen und Pilzen: Christina Kaiser vom @cemess.bsky.social hat herausgefunden, dass diese Mykorrhizasymbiose sehr empfindlich auf Ungleichgewichte von bestimmten Nährstoffen im Boden reagiert. #univie
Was dies für eine nachhaltige Landwirtschaft bedeutet: ⤵️
New paper by @christinakaiser.bsky.social and #KianJenab from @ter-cemess.bsky.social at #CeMESS 🙌🌱🍄🟫
Group photo of the new CeMESS SAB with the Centre's heads at CeMESS. Photo: CeMESS/Julia Gebetsberger
CeMESS welcomed its new Scientific Advisory Board for an inaugural visit. An All Hands Meeting and two days of group presentations sparked lively discussions and valuable feedback – looking forward to continued engagement with the SAB.
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The University of Vienna congratulates all the outstanding researchers who have been awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in the most competitive call in the programme’s history! 👨🔬👩🔬
Congratulations to the 17 fellows! 🎉
#MSCA-PF #MSCA #postdoc
Find out more here: ⤵️
Only a few days left to apply! Join the @univie.ac.at E-STEEM Postdoc Program at @cemess.bsky.social. Want to know which of our PIs are hosting? 🔗 careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
Applications due by Mar 2, 2026, 14:00 CET
Congrats to Yujia Luo on a Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship! Her Grow C project with @ter-cemess.bsky.social at #CeMESS will trace microbial carbon allocation in soils and improve understanding of soil carbon and climate feedbacks.
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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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Great opportunity to showcase scientific Visualisations!
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Big congrats to DOME postdoc Pegah Kalatehjari @pegah-kalatehjari.bsky.social on a @univie.ac.at Mobility Fellowship! She’ll spend May–July at Assoc. Prof. Takafumi Nakano’s “Leech Lab” at @kyotouniversity.bsky.social to explore leech–microbe symbioses. 🔗 More: cemess.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science from #CeMESS! Today we celebrate the women at CeMESS and their curiosity and rigor to push science forward. ✨🔬
Explore inspiring quotes and stories of our researchers: cemess.univie.ac.at/women-at-cem...
#WomenInScience
Big congratulations to @thomasboettcher.bsky.social (Faculty of Chemistry | #CeMESS) on his @erc.europa.eu PoC Grant for PhageTRAP – a modular platform to rapidly capture and release bacteriophages, enabling scalable purification and high‑throughput screening.
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Waltz at the Vienna Science Ball 2026. Photo: CeMESS/Stephanie Scholz
CeMESS members at the Vienna Science Ball 2026. Photo: CeMESS
#CeMESS members celebrating science at the #SciBall26 at the Vienna Town Hall this weekend. 💃🕺Thank you for a wonderful evening, @sciball.bsky.social!
Thomas Böttcher (Faculty of Chemistry | CeMESS) & his team secured FWF funding ( “International – Multilateral Initiatives) & Sophia Fericou, PostDoc at the Division of Microbial Ecology (CeMESS) was awarded a ESPRIT Fellowship. Learn more: lnkd.in/dBabfbrf
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Congratulations to Thomas Böttcher and his team @univie.ac.at, Faculty of Chemistry | #CeMESS) on @fwf-at.bsky.social “International – Multilateral Initiatives” funding alongside @dfg.de for “CRC 1756”!
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