News

In the thicket of sulfur microorganisms

15.05.18

Outreach

The recent newsletter of the Research Network Environmental Sciences of the University of Vienna features research on the ecology of sulfur microorganisms in the marine sediments and wetlands by Marc Mussmann and Alexander Loy. ...
- Im Dickicht der Schwefelbakterien [German]
Dagmar Woebken participates in the Young Academy of the ÖAW Blog

09.05.18

News

Dagmar Woebken contributes an article to the blog of the Young Academy of the ÖAW (Austrian Academy of Sciences) in collaboration with the Austrian newspaper, Der Standard. In her article, she discusses dormant microorganisms in soils and their implications in ecosystem processes. ...
- Article in Der Standard [German]
New Paper in PNAS

08.05.18

Publication

This paper demonstrates electron flow in individual cable bacteria by using confocal resonance Raman microspectroscopy. Thanks for a fantastic collaboration with Andreas Schramm & Lars Peter Nielsen from Aarhus University.
Many thanks to all participants of ISMSM-5 in Vienna

19.04.18

Event

Jillian Petersen, Marc Mussmann, and Alexander Loy have organized together with Monika Bright the 5th International Symposium on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism (ISMSM-5). 114 participants from 19 countries enjoyed three days in Vienna (16-18 April 2018) with presentations centered around sulfur metabolism but spanning diverse research ...
- ISMSM-5 website
Dagmar Woebken participates in the Uni Wien Semesterfrage 2018 - How to save our climate?

18.04.18

People

Dagmar Woebken contributes an article for the "Semesterfrage 2018” ...
New papers in The ISME Journal: Novel Acidobacteria species with a dissimilatory sulfur metabolism

28.02.18

News

Sulfite- and sulfate-reducing microbes play an important role in the global sulfur and carbon cycles. In wetlands they control the production of the greenhouse gas methane by competing effectively with methanogenic archaea. An international team led by Alexander Loy has for the ...
New comammox research platform at the University of Vienna

23.02.18

News

Holger Daims, Michael Wagner, Kristina Djinovic-Carugo, and Andreas Richter received funding from the University of Vienna for a new research platform on comammox organisms. Aims of the platform are to study fundamental aspects of comammox physiology and to elucidate the ...
- Further information on research platforms at the University of Vienna
Marie Curie Fellowship for Dimitri Kits

31.01.18

News

Dimitri Kits received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellowship to work with Alexander Loy on the project "Interspecies hydrogen transfer in the mammalian gut: How interactions between fermenters and hydrogenotrophs influence colonic homeostasis (H2Gut)". Congratulations Dimitrije!
David Berry appointed Full Professor

09.01.18

People

David Berry was appointed Full Professor for Intestinal Microbiology at the University of Vienna as of January 1, 2018. Great start into the new year, congratulations!
Saint Nicholas was here!

06.12.17

News

Saint Nicholas visited DOME to hand out presents to the good Domies and to encourage them to continue doing their best, making DOME a fun and welcoming place for everyone!
- Saint Nicholas' speech on YouTube
New FWF project for Marc Mußmann

04.12.17

News

Marc received funding for a 2 PhD student project from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for investigating the function of the cryptic Woeseiaceae that represent key bacteria in global marine sediments. Congratulations Marc!
Michael Wagner named a 2017 Highly Cited Researcher

15.11.17

News

Michael was ranked among Clarivate’s top 1% of reseachers for most cited publications in microbiology. He received this honor the fourth year in a row. The 2017 list contains 21 researchers from Austria and Michael is the only microbiologist working in Austria ...
New paper in Science Advances: Surprising versatility of the marine nitrite oxidizer Nitrococcus

02.11.17

Publication

Nitrate, which is mainly produced by nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB), is by far the largest pool of fixed nitrogen in the world's oceans. Despite the huge ecological impact of marine NOB, very little is known about their physiology and adaptability. An international ...
- Science Advances Article
- Der Standard [German]
5th International Symposium on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism in Vienna

20.10.17

Event

Jillian Petersen, Marc Mussmann, and Alexander Loy are organizing together with Monika Bright the 5th International Symposium on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism (ISMSM-5) that takes place in Vienna, 16-18 April 2018.
- ISMSM-5 Webpage
International FISH course - Impressions 2017

05.10.17

Event

13 participants from all over the world learned the essentials of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in several seminars and by applying diverse FISH techniques to pure cultures and their own environmental and clinical samples in the lab.
Alexander Loy and Holger Daims appointed Full Professors

27.09.17

News

After a competitive international review process in the context of the tenure track system at the University of Vienna, Alex and Holger have been appointed Full Professors today. Their new positions are Professor of Microbial Communities (Alex) and Professor of ...
40 year anniversary of the discovery of hydrothermal vents

25.09.17

News

Science magazine's Elizabeth Pennisi spoke to DOME researcher Jillian Petersen to find out what's new in hydrothermal vent research, on the 40th anniversary of their discovery in 1977.

This landmark discovery was recently celebrated at the 6th International Symposium on ...
- Researchers parse ecosystems fueled by chemistry, not light
"Bewusst gesund" with DOME

13.09.17

News

Alexander Loy and Matthias Horn contributed to the ORF's (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) themed week on the topic "Bewusst gesund: Aus dem Bauch"/ "Consciously healthy: Out of the belly". In a one-hour radio interview with the ORF's principal cultural and ...
New paper in Nature: Comparative kinetic characterization of comammox

23.08.17

Publication

After more than four years of cultivation work, we obtained the first pure culture of a complete nitrifier (comammox) and show that it has a higher substrate affinity than many ammonia oxidizing archaea. On the other hand, this comammox microbe has an unexpectedly low affinity ...
New paper in Science: A new contractile injection system in an amoeba symbiont

17.08.17

Publication

Protein secretion systems are key mechanisms of intracellular bacteria to infect eukaryotic host cells. Matthias Horn and his team at DoME together with Martin Pilhofer’s lab at the ETH Zürich now discovered and characterized a novel secretion system in the amoeba symbiont Amoebophilus asiaticus. ...
DoME at Kinderuni 2017

25.07.17

News

In addition to the opening family lecture, members of the DoME held multple sessions at this year's Kinderuni. These sessions included the following: "A journey into microbial life on earth", "Warum sind Bakterien für uns so wichtig?", and "Wie ...
- Homepage KinderuniWien [German]
ICoN5 Conference in Vienna

23.07.17

Event

Holger Daims, Michael Wagner and their teams are organizing together with Christa Schleper's group the Fifth International Conference on Nitrification and Related Processes (ICoN5), which is taking place at the campus of the University of Vienna from 23-27 July 2017. We are excited ...
- ICoN5 homepage
Family lecture at Kinderuni 2017

09.07.17

News

Holger Daims gave one of the opening family lectures of this year's KinderuniWien. About 300 children (age 7 to 12 years) and parents learned about the human gut microbiome, its functions and importance for our health. The KinderuniWien is an ...
- Homepage KinderuniWien [German]
New FWF project for Holger Daims

07.07.17

People

Holger received funding for a new project from the Austrian Science Fund. Holger will investigate the "Physiology and Environmental Importance of Comammox".
New paper in The ISME Journal: Evidence for motility of marine chlamydiae

06.07.17

Publication

Chlamydia are generally characterized by a highly conserved intracellular life style. Astrid Collingro and Matthias Horn together with an international team have now discovered a surprising divergence from this lifestyle in marine chlamydiae. Using single-cell genomics, they detected nearly complete ...