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Photo: CeMESS/Thomas Suchanek

Photo: CeMESS/Thomas Suchanek

Photo: CeMESS/Thomas Suchanek

Michael Zumstein leads the new CD Laboratory Photo: CeMESS/Thomas Suchanek

New CD Lab at CeMESS! Yesterday, @univie.ac.at inaugurated the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Biological Degradation of Water-Soluble Polymers, led by Michael Zumstein. Together with @bokuvienna.bsky.social & @basf.bsky.social, the lab tackles sustainable polymer management for a greener future.🔬💧

New in @nature.com: The "Microflora Danica" project analyzed 10k+ samples to map Denmark's microbial life. Led by @aau.dk, Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social, Daan Speth @daanspeth.bsky.social, Andrew Giguere @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at analyzed nitrifiers.

Wissenspodcast: Der Ursprung der Menschheit Wissenspodcast: Der Ursprung der Menschheit

In der 3. Episode unseres #Podcasts #Waswirwissen geht es den Einfluss von Mikroorganismen und deren Lebensgemeinschaften, die #Mikrobiome. Welche Bedeutung haben sie für die Umwelt und uns Menschen? Und wäre Leben ohne sie möglich? Mit @michiwagner4.bsky.social 🎧

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Big congratulations to Sophia Ferchiou, postdoc at DOME | CeMESS, on the @fwf-at.bsky.social ESPRIT for "MarIn-SEA"! 🐚🔬 She will investigate how beneath the ocean’s surface, lucinid clams partner with bacteria – an ancient symbiosis >400 million years old.

🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...

#APAScience interview with Michael Wagner on “Microflora Danica” shows how nationwide sampling reveals major differences between natural and farmed soils and helps track restoration success.

Read more:🔗 science.apa.at/power-search...

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”!
Learn more 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...

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!

Der Chemiker @thomasboettcher.bsky.social erhält einen Proof of Concept Grant des @erc.europa.eu. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🎉
Im Projekt 'PhageTRAP' entwickelt Thomas Böttcher eine modulare Plattform, die Bakteriophagen mithilfe synthetischer Erkennungsmotive gezielt einfängt und freisetzt. ⤵️ 🧪

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 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/...

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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Our new preprint introduces #kineochelins, a new group of #siderophores produced by the Antarctic soil actinomycete 🦠🔬🧫 #Actinokineospora sp. UV203

Kudos to the amazing Stanislava Králová & a fantastic team of collaborators 🤩
#microbiomesky

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After a long(ish) while, the reference genome for the #leech #Hirudo verbana is officially out!

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w/@ergabiodiv.bsky.social, @biogeneurope.bsky.social, @leibnizlib.bsky.social, & @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

@dome-vienna.bsky.social, @cemess.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at

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The Polz group @polzlab.bsky.social is planning to get more active here on Bluesky, follow for updates on new work coming from the group, job opportunities, and more from us in Vienna @cemess.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social

Podcast: Der Meeresboden - Mikroorganismen am Grund des Ozeans Ein Teelöffel voll Schlamm vom Meeresgrund enthält rund eine Milliarde Bakterien, Tausende verschiedener Arten. Kaum bekannt, aber faszinierend und wichtig für den Kohlenstoffkreislauf der Erde. Ein ...

A teaspoon of seafloor mud contains about a billion bacteria!

In IQ – Wissenschaft und Forschung-podcast of #Bayern2, Alexander Loy (@loyteam.bsky.social) talks about the hidden microbial world.

Listen here:🔗 www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...

Image created at DOME featured on STAR Protocols cover Ticks are home to a diverse mix of microbial communities – some harmless or even beneficial, others pathogenic. A striking microscopy image by Adnan Hodžić and Martin Kunert (DOME | CeMESS) captures t...

A stunning microscopy image created @dome-vienna.bsky.social by Adnan Hodžić and Martin Kunert is featured on the cover of @cp-starprotocols.bsky.social!

The 3D visualization reveals the tick endosymbiont Midichloria mitochondrii using DOPE-FISH.

Take a look🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

28th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting held at CeMESS The 28th edition of the annual European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting (ENC28) brought together more than 70 participants from institutions in 13 countries at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Sys...

Great week hosting the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting (ENC28) at #CeMESS, @univie.ac.at! Over 70 researchers from 13 countries came together to dive into microbial nitrogen cycling. & Congrats to Carolin Otersen & Nils Ganzwohl for best posters!

More info:🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

Climate research in Canada Why do field research in Canada? What drives researchers like us to dig in forests and peat bogs in all kinds of weather, armed with bear spray and mosquito repellent? Why do we put up with dirty fing...

Ever wondered what soil research looks like in Canada’s North? 🌱 Researchers from @ter-cemess.bsky.social share their fieldwork experiences in an article for @univie.ac.at's magazine #Rudolphina.

Curious? Find out more: 🔗 rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/climate-r...

Iron-respiring microbes could have a role in sulfur cycling A species of bacteria grows when both ferrihydrite and sulfide are present, but not when either is absent.

Nice summary from Songcan & Marc 🙏 on our discovery of a new microbial energy metabolism 🦠 🧫 ⚡ 🔌

Microbial Iron oxide respiration coupled to Sulfide Oxidation (MISO)

@nature.com Research Briefing 😍 doi.org/10.1038/d415...

📰 Original paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#microsky #microbiomesky

Klimaforschung in Kanada Warum macht man eigentlich Feldforschung in Kanada? Was treibt uns Forscher*innen dazu, mit Bären- und Mosquitospray bewaffnet, bei jedem Wetter in Wäldern oder Mooren zu graben? Warum nehmen wir schm...

Von Wien nach Kanada: #Permafrost und heiße Quellen ❄️♨️
Warum macht man eigentlich #Feldforschung in #Kanada? 🔍 Was treibt uns Forscher*innen dazu, mit Bären- und Mosquitospray bewaffnet, bei jedem Wetter in Wäldern oder #Mooren zu graben? 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬
Erfahre mehr darüber in der #Rudolphina: ⤵️

Application deadline: 17 September 2025

Apply now to join us at CeMESS!

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Application deadline: 17 September 2025

Apply now to join us at CeMESS!

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Example of a habitat of MISO bacteria - Marine sediment: cup with a soil sample from an Arctic fjord in Svalbard. Credit: CeMESS Alexander Loy

An exciting new study from Alexander Loy and team (@loyteam.bsky.social), now in @nature.com!

It describes a previously unknown microbial energy metabolism: Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation (MISO).

Read more: 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

Megan Sørensen receives ERC Starting Grant Microbiologist Megan Sørensen has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant, securing significant funding for her upcoming research on the evolution of endosymbiosis at CeMESS. It is one of three ERC Startin...

Fantastic news: Megan Sørensen has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her project TRANSITIONS! In her upcoming research at #CeMESS she will explore how endosymbiosis evolves, from protist partnership to organelle.

Read more: 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...

#ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

3 @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants, die mit je rund 1,4 bis 1,7 Millionen Euro dotiert sind, gehen an die #univie: Historikerin Eva-Maria Muschik, Mikrobiologin Megan Sørensen & Geschichtssoziologin Agata Zysiak erhalten die prestigeträchtige Förderung für ihre Forschung. Wir gratulieren herzlichst! 🥳

Proud moment to see the first Master student of the team (Lotte Mayer) successfully defend her Master's thesis work digging into viral factories of #giantViruses.

A link to part of her work:
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@erc.europa.eu @univie.ac.at @cemess.bsky.social @dome-vienna.bsky.social

Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - Nature Genomic and biochemical analyses of prokaryotic sulfur metabolism identify diverse microorganisms with the capacity to oxidize sulfide using iron(iii).

Nature research paper: Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation

go.nature.com/425wlLA

Final program of the 8th AMICI Symposium is now set! 🦠🧫
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September 22, 2025 ‪@bokuvienna.bsky.social
Vienna, Austria

Register now and for free! tinyurl.com/AMICI8-ATBI

#AMICI8 #AMICI2025 #ATBI #microbiome #bioinformatics #microbiomesky #microsky

Bacteria that 'breathe' rocks and sulphur. 🦠🧫
An international team of scientists led by #microbiologists @loyteam.bsky.social and Marc Mussmann have uncovered #bacteria that remove toxic sulfide and use iron #minerals for growth. 🧪🧑‍🔬
Read more here: ⤵️ @cemess.bsky.social

Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - Nature Genomic and biochemical analyses of prokaryotic sulfur metabolism identify diverse microorganisms with the capacity to oxidize sulfide using iron(iii).

📢 New paper in @nature.com

Microbes rock 🎸🤘 with sulfide and iron minerals

I am very excited to share our recent study, which describes a previously unknown microbial energy metabolism ⚡⚡⚡🦠🧫⚡⚡⚡

🆕 Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - MISO

www.nature.com/articles/s41...