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.
🔗 Read more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...
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.
🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/news-detail/...
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. ▶️
www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...
Great opportunity to showcase scientific Visualisations!
@dome-vienna.bsky.social @amanzanom.bsky.social
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/...
@dome-vienna.bsky.social @amanzanom.bsky.social
@dome-vienna.bsky.social @amanzanom.bsky.social
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.
🔗 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!
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
@cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
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/...
Excited to see the first photos #MichaelGoldgruber shot at #CeMESS for “TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER – Visual manifestations of ecological sciences.” Check out the portrait of Petra Pjevac @ppjevac.bsky.social and the @univie.ac.at UBB lecture hall: 🔗 www.instagram.com/michael_gold...
#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...
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/...
Thank you so much for the invitation @fwf-at.bsky.social @frangrand.bsky.social and @thomaszauner.bsky.social. I very much enjoyed our conversation about the importance of microbiomes and listening to the final "product"
#Microsky 🧪
@cemess.bsky.social
@microbesplanet.bsky.social
Study shows how uncultivated nitrifiers dominate our soil and farming shapes microbial diversity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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.
Want to hear more about the new CD-Lab? Listen to an interview with Michael Zumstein (German) at #Ö1 Dimensionen: oe1.orf.at/programm/202...
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.🔬💧
FACE-ing the Amazon's Future 🌳
The burning of fossil #fuels, megafires and land-use changes drive #CO2 levels up. How will that affect the #Amazon? 🤔
A spectacular international project is about to find out - and #ECH from #univie is on board. 🔍 ⤵️ @loutsi.bsky.social
#COP30 #climate
Screenshot new CeMESS website
Screenshot new EDGE website
Screenshot new TER website
It’s finally here! After months in the making, we’re thrilled to reveal the newly relaunched CeMESS website: cemess.univie.ac.at
Take a look at the new design – we’d love to hear what you think!
Photographer and two researchers in a lab. Photo: CeMESS/Katharina Granig
Photographer taking a portrait photo. Photo: CeMESS/Stephanie Scholz
Photographer and researchers in a lab. Photo: CeMESS/Stephanie Scholz
Something big is coming... 👀 We had photo sessions at #CeMESS, and we can’t wait to share what’s next. Stay tuned!
#microbiology #environmentalsystemscience #photosession #labphotos
Eleven researchers of #univie are among the world's most cited scientists in 2025! 🌍📚 Their work spans microbiology, environmental and life sciences, psychology and computer science, tackling global challenges from climate change to health. 👉 www.univie.ac.at/en/news/pres...
#HighlyCitedResearchers
Unbelievable but true! 🎉 EIGHT #CeMESS researchers are on the 2025 @clarivate.com Highly Cited Researchers list 2025! That's nearly 1/3 of CeMESS professors and 8/11 of the University of Vienna researchers!
🔗 Read more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...
#Clarivate #HighlyCitedResearchers
