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Kathi Kitzinger

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environmental microbiologist fascinated by the unseen majority | scientist at division of microbial ecology, university of vienna

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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨3-yr Postdoc Position on #omics analyses of #Marine #Microbial #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 31, start first quarter 2027! -> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who knew ammonia-oxidizing archaea could be “flexitarians”? Our new study in Science Advances shows that #AOA living inside marine sponges can assimilate branched-chain amino acids, an unexpected talent that may even shape how they interact with their hosts 🧽🤝🦠 🎉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Branched-chain amino acid assimilation enables mixotrophy of ammonia-oxidizing archaeal sponge symbionts
Marine sponges and ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) represent one of the earliest animal-microbe symbioses. AOA are considered metabolically constrained chemolithoautotrophs that remove nitrogenous was...
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Meet mixotrophic ammonia-oxidizing archaea: 🦠🧪🔬 Sponge AOA tap branched-chain amino acids and may tune host mTORC1. Out in Sci Adv: sl1nk.com/s7n4zwg Fun AUT–AU project with fantastic people, first and foremost @bettinaglasl.bsky.social @michiwagner4.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
(c) Bettina Glasl. Sponge tissue section showing ammonia oxidizing archaea cells in magenta, and all cells and sponge nuclei stained with DAPI in blue
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨 The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists Interested? Get in touch via direct message careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... #MicroSky 🧪 #PostDoc @univie.ac.at
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Check out this awesome resource for all your future microbial #genome analyses: #GlobDB is the to date most complete genome database available! Developed by @daanspeth.bsky.social and colleagues 🧪🦠🧬🖥️
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Interested in #nitrification? Check-out this new paper driven by the #MichaelPester group focussing on nitrification-driven chemolithoautotrophy in oligotrophic lake hypolimnia. Freshwater AOA contribute only a minor part to dark DIC fixation in these systems. academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
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Spatiotemporal and temperature-dependent disconnect between ammonia oxidation and dark DIC fixation in deep oligotrophic Lake Constance
Abstract. Deep oligotrophic lakes hold over 80% of global lake water. In their hypolimnion, ammonia oxidation (the first step of nitrification) and non-pho
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Archaea Biology Vienna @archaea-vienna.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Fresh from our group, a new role for oxygen production in ammonia-oxidizing archaea: Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea Congrats to Thomas Pribasnig for this great work! Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
#Urea: The Hidden Fuel for Ocean Microbes 🦠🌊 Study in @natcomms.nature.com shows how #ammonia-oxidizing #archaea thrive in nutrient-poor waters: Urea is a major energy source for #AOA in the open #ocean, while coastal AOA prefer #ammonium. www.mpi-bremen.de/en/Urea-The-...
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🧪🦠🌊 Curious on #niche differentiation of marine #AOA #Nitrosopumilus and #Nitrosopelagicus? #Urea is (part of) the answer! Very happy this fun study led by @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social is out: shorturl.at/wajjh Big shout out to Joerdis and Hannah for pushing this over the finish line!
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Urea use drives niche separation between dominant marine ammonia oxidizing archaea - Nature Communications
Two groups of ammonia-oxidizing archaea drive marine nitrification. Stuehrenberg et al. reveal that their distribution reflects substrate use, with one relying on urea and the other on ammonia to main...
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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
New @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet study introduces GlobDB globdb.org, a comprehensive database integrating 14 genomic catalogues providing consistent taxonomy for microbial species. academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
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Matt Olm @mattolm.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
My fantastic department at CU Boulder is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor! This is a broad search spanning nearly all areas of biology. Applications are due Nov 13, 2025. Feel free to reach out to me with questions, and please share widely. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
🚨Exciting 🧪👩‍🎓🦠 job alert 🚨 Postdoc position on dark microbial O2 production in marine oxygen minimum zones with Bo Thamdrup and @beatekraft.bsky.social at @sdu.dk Love fieldwork, stable isotopes, the sea and a fantastic team? Then apply -> fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Postdoc on microbial oxygen production in marine oxygen minimum zones
Application deadline: 17 November 2025 at 23:59 hours local Danish time
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Still 10 days left to apply! 🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Come work with my team in beautiful Vienna!
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Still 10 days left to apply! 🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Come work with my team in beautiful Vienna!
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New preprint from our team! Experimental evidence that ammonia-oxidizing archaea in sponges use branched chain amino acids as substrates - possibly also key for host interaction #Nitrification #MicroSky 🧪 #ArchaeaSky @bglasl.bsky.social @kathikitzinger.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Who fixes carbon in the dark ocean? A new study in @nature.com, led by @barbarabayer.bsky.social @univie.ac.at shows that ammonia‐oxidizing microbes contribute much less to dark carbon fixation than previously thought – leaving room for unknown players. Read more: 🔗 dome.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
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Who fixes carbon in the dark ocean?
A new study led by Barbara Bayer (CeMESS, University of Vienna) discovered that ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms contribute much less to carbon fixation in the ocean than previously assumed. The study...
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Surprising finding: #Nitrobacter can dynamically modulate nitrite affinity in response to both nitrite concentration and pH, conferring a flexible adaptation strategy Great collaboration with the Sung-Keun Rhee lab #MicroSky 🧪 #nitrification #kinetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Kinetic Plasticity of Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria Containing Cytoplasmic Nitrite Oxidoreductase
Nitrite oxidation, the second step of nitrification, is essential to the global nitrogen cycle. Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) are classified into two groups based on the cellular localization of th...
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Christine Moissl-Eichinger @chmoei.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🚨 2 funded #PhD positions (ERC Adv Grant) in the Moissl-Eichinger Lab, Graz! Study Methanobrevibacter as a keystone in the gut microbiome. 💡 Omics, modeling, synthetic consortia 📅 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025 🌍 Int’l applicants welcome! Application link below. #microbiomesky #archaeasky #microsky
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🚨4yr Technical Assistant Position on #Microbial Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026! -> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
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RECLESS_TA_molecular_UniVie.pdf
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🚨3-yr Postdoc Position on #SingleCell Activities in #Marine #N-Cycling🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬 Join me @univie.ac.at @dome-vienna.bsky.social Part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS looking at microbes in marine oxygen minimum zones Apply by Oct 15, start March 2026! -> ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
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RECLESS_Postdoc_single_cell_UniVie.pdf
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Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Great podcast recording with Nicole Geerlings for #MattersMicrobial about weird and wonderful cable bacteria! I truly enjoyed the session. Releasing next week. @nmjgeerlings.bsky.social
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cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
CeMESS is hiring! Join us at the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research (@ter-cemess.bsky.social) as Full Professor of SOIL ECOSYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CHANGE. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research. 🔗 Learn more: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...
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We are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global Change
Soil ecosystems form the foundation of planetary health and play a critical role in climate feedback mechanisms. However, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of global change.
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cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
We're hiring! Join CeMESS @univie.ac.at as a DATA STEWARD and help shape the future of research data management. Collaborate with top researchers and drive innovation in Open Science. Apply now! 🔗 cemess.univie.ac.at/career-educa...
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Data Steward
The University of Vienna plans to expand the existing Research Data Management services by offering discipline-specific support through a new Data Stewardship program tailored to meet the discipline-s...
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cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
CeMESS is hiring! Join us at the Division of Environmental Geosciences (@edge-vienna.bsky.social) as Full Professor of ENVIRONMENTAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF METALS. Collaborate across a leading institution in microbiome science and environmental research. 🔗 Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/47bev45k
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We are hiring: Full Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry of Metals
Human activities are driving rapid environmental change on a global scale, with pollutants playing a critical role in pushing planetary systems beyond safe limits. These changes have profound conseque...
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Open postdoc position combining all the good things: #Ocean, #Nitrogen-cycling, #OxygenMinimumZones, #Biogeochemistry🧪🌊🔬 Check out this postdoc opening with my great colleague and friend #LauraBristow at #Uni #Gothenburg - part of our ERC Synergy #RECLESS: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbial Nitrogen Cycling in Oxygen-Depleted Waters
The Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, (https://www.gu.se/en/marina-vetenskaper The Department of Marine Sciences conducts
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cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Big congratulations to Dagmar Woebken (@dagmarwoebken.bsky.social) who has been awarded an #ERC Advanced Grant for her project "WinMicAct" to explore how desert microbes thrive on non-rainwater. 🔗 More info: cemess.univie.ac.at/news/detail-...
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ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Dagmar Woebken
CeMESS Assoc Prof. Dagmar Woebken has secured a highly competitive ERC Advanced Grant for her project 'Windows of microbial activity in deserts afforded by non-rain water (WinMicAct)'.
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Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds FWF @fwf-at.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
#ASTRA-Preise zum ersten Mal vergeben: Der FWF vergibt 22 Millionen Euro für aufstrebende Spitzenforscher:innen. 🌟 Die neuen Preise ermöglichen 18 fortgeschrittenen Postdocs den Sprung an die Spitze ihres Forschungsfelds. Wir gratulieren herzlich! 👏 www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...
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FWF-ASTRA-Preise: 22 Millionen Euro für aufstrebende Spitzenforscher:innen
Hochtalentierte Forschende im internationalen Wettbewerb halten und gewinnen: Die neuen FWF-ASTRA-Preise mit einem Fördervolumen von je rund einer Million Euro ermöglichen fortgeschrittenen Postdocs d...
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Daan Speth @daanspeth.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A short preprint describing the GlobDB is now on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2506.11896 If you find the resource useful, please also check globdb.org for info on how to cite the underlying resources and tools.
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Slowly it's sinking in 😍 Very excited about my new role as #Assistant #Professor @univie.ac.at @cemess.bsky.social! 🦠👩‍🎓🔬 It's great to be part of this fantastic team of friends and colleagues! 🧪 #Microsky
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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Exciting news #1! Our CoE Deputy Director @chmoei.bsky.social @medunigraz.at received an ERC Advanced Grant to study Methanobrevibacter – a tiny archaeon with a huge impact on gut health and methane emissions. #Archaeasky #Microsky #ERCAdG @erc.europa.eu @fwf-at.bsky.social
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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Exciting news #2! CoE Key Researcher Dagmar Woebken (@cemess.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at) receives an ERC Advanced Grant to explore how desert microbes thrive on non-rainwater (dew, water vapor). #Microsky #ERCAdG @erc.europa.eu @fwf-at.bsky.social
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
It's not too late to present your #science at #European #N-Cycle #Conference: Abstract submission extended until July 1st! 😍🦠👩‍🎓
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Anouk Willemsen @willemsenanouk.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Out now in its final peer-reviewed form @asm.org's Journal of Virology! doi.org/10.1128/jvi.... @dome-vienna.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @amersocvirology.bsky.social
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Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Job vacancy as senior scientist on #fluorescent #microscopy (incl confocal and high resolution) open at University of Vienna! Apply until June 15: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...
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Senior Scientist
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Join #European #N-cycle #Conference in beautiful Vienna in September 8-11 👩‍🎓🦠 Awesome speakers: Laura Bristow Jan Willem Erisman Jörg Hartig Jan Jansa Sofia Pauleta Sung-Keun Rhee Leonid Sazanov Barth Smets Kendra Turk-Kubo Tristan Wagner Register till June 15: univie.eventsair.com/enc2025
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The Nitrification/Imaging/Interactions research group @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at explores the Donau-Auen National Park together. Dinghy trips to secluded beaches and hikes to enchanted castles. Thank you all for being such a great team! #BestGroupEver
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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We are launching the Austrian Microbiome Research Awards 2025! 🇦🇹🔬 Calling all Austrian microbiome researchers to submit your best MSc/PhD thesis or research paper by June 7, more info: microplanet.at @fwf-at.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Come work with us in Vienna - we're launching a new MSc program on microbiome science 🔬👩‍🎓🦠
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Abstract submission and registration are now open for the 28th European Nitrogen Cycle Meeting! 🌍🔬Come join us for an exciting conference with fantastic keynote speakers in beautiful Vienna from September 8.–11., 2025 #NitrogenCycle #ScienceConference #MicroSky univie.eventsair.com/enc2025
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Tiny #microalgae on the #ice with big effect on #albedo and ice #melting are highly #efficient at using the little #nutrients on ice sheets: New study out by Laura Halbach, Alex Anesio and Co! It's been great to be part of this 😍🔬🧊🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Single-cell imaging reveals efficient nutrient uptake and growth of microalgae darkening the Greenland Ice Sheet - Nature Communications
Blooms of pigmented microalgae accelerate glacier and ice sheet melting by reducing the surface albedo. Here, Halbach et al. use single-cell measurements of elemental composition and nutrient assimila...
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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Save the Date for 28th #Nitrogen Cycle meeting in #Vienna (AT) from 8-11 Sept 2025! Organizers: @michiwagner4.bsky.social, Holger Daims, @kathikitzinger.bsky.social, @ppjevac.bsky.social. Join us - Website will be online and registration will be open soon! @fwf-at.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 23/12/2023
Check-out our new preprint on the characterization of novel nitrifier lineages that are widespread in marine sponges #AOA #Nitrospira #verticaltransmission #BettinaGlasl @kathikitzinger.bsky.social and many others biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 25/12/2023
Looking for a great paper to read over the holidays? Look no further: @bglasl.bsky.social story of globally distributed AOA and nitrite oxidizer lineages and their spongy homebase - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🦠🧽🪸🧪 Great team work and collaboration between @dome-vienna.bsky.social and #AIMS
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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
Congratulations! Our group leader Tristan Wagner wins an @ERC_Research #ConsolidatorGrant! His project #En­LightEn tar­gets the #C1-meta­bol­ism and will shed light on the #metabolism of #microbes in #anaerobic environments. mpi-bremen.de/en/ERC-Conso...
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
Congratulations @jillianmpetersen.bsky.social from our Centre of Microbiology & Environmental Systems Science on receiving an ERC Consolidator Grant. Exciting seagrass microbiomes research ahead. Great to see that 4 consolidator grants go to @univie.ac.at medienportal.univie.ac.at/media/aktuel...
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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 23/11/2023
Vier ERC Consolidator Grants für Forscherinnen der Universität Wien! 🤩 🎉Förderung für Forschungsprojekte zu Familien in einer flexiblen Arbeitswelt, zur Entstehung von Erde, Mars und Venus, zu Seegräsern und zu digitalen Zwillingen. 🔍 Mehr Informationen: ⤵ medienportal.univie.ac.at/media/aktuel...
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Vier ERC Consolidator Grants für die Universität Wien
Förderung für Forschungsprojekte zu Familien in einer flexiblen Arbeitswelt, zur Entstehung von Erde, Mars und Venus, zu Seegräsern und zu digitalen Zwillingen
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Fatima Pereira @fatimacpereira.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
Please check out our new preprint! The Parkinson's drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis via iron sequestration www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Great summary 👇 by @michiwagner4.bsky.social
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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
A contribution from our team to better understand interactions between pharmaceuticals and the human gut microbiome by combining omics with chemical imaging. The Parkinson's drug entacapone disrupts gut microbiome homeostasis via iron sequestration 🧵 1/6 #MicroSky 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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GOOD - UN Ocean Decade @good-ocean-oxy.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Join us for the 24th #GO2NE webinar on 20 November 2023, 17:00-18:00 CET to learn more about #ocean #deoxygenation Registration bit.ly/3tKQNDb Previous webinars bit.ly/3ZxtUPE @kisensee.bsky.social @ Andreas Oschlies @carolineslomp.bsky.social
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