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Congratulations Dr. Joana Séneca

29.09.22

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Congratulations to Joana Séneca Cardoso da Silva, who successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled " The impacts of single and multiple global change drivers on soil microbial communities and functions" on September 27, 2022. The board of examiners comprised Kristen ...
In memoriam Roland Albert (27.9.1945 - 11.8.2022)

19.08.22

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We mourn the loss of our highly esteemed colleague, mentor, and friend Roland Albert. A plant physiologist and ecologist, he conducted his research with great dedication and an outstanding enthusiasm for communicating his knowledge on ecological relationships. He inspired numerous ...
Christina Kaiser promoted to Associate Professor

08.08.22

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Christina Kaiser has been promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Vienna. Since 2014, she has been a group leader and Assistant Professor at TER. After completing her PhD in Ecology at the University of Vienna in 2010, she ...
- Christina Kaiser - Research profile
New project: Priming effects of moss leachates on soil organic matter dynamics

02.08.22

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A new project (PI: Marianne Koranda) has received funding from Austrian Science Fund (FWF). The project will investigate the effects of metabolites leached from bryophytes after drying-rewetting cycles on soil microbial processes and community composition and elucidate the implications for ...
Children's University starts with an insight into the diversity of the soil

15.07.22

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The Children's University programme started on Monday, 11 July, with a lecture on “Invisible diversity: on life in soil”: Andreas Richter, supported by Hannes Schmidt, introduced children aged 7 to 12 to the ecosystem soil. The children learned about the ...
- Website of the "Kinderuni"
Open Position: Independent Group Leader

08.07.22

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Interested to work with us at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at the University of Vienna?
We have a 4-year Group Leader Position available for a highly qualified and ambitious early career scientists, who wish to ...
- Open Positions
Microbiome assembly in thawing permafrost and its feedbacks to climate

20.06.22

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The physical and chemical changes that accompany permafrost thaw directly influence the microbial communities that mediate the decomposition of formerly frozen organic matter, leading to uncertainty in permafrost–climate feedbacks. Although changes to microbial metabolism and community structure are documented following ...
- Paper in Global Change Biology
Andreas Richter speaks about "Life in Soil" in the ‘Gutenberg Stiftungsprofessur’ lecture series at the University of Mainz

10.05.22

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Andreas Richter was invited by this year’s Gutenberg Professor, Antje Boetius, to give a public lecture on ‘Life in Soil’ at the University in Mainz.

The presentation and subsequent lively discussion can be viewed here:
- Gutenberg Stiftungsprofessur (in German only)
- YouTube (in German only)
Down-regulation of the bacterial protein biosynthesis machinery in response to weeks, years, and decades of soil warming

28.03.22

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How soil microorganisms respond to global warming is key to infer future soil-climate feedbacks, yet poorly understood. In this study an international team of authors with participation of members of TER, applied metatranscriptomics to investigate microbial physiological responses to medium-term ...
CONGRATULATIONS - MSC Christian Ranits

27.03.22

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Congratulations to Christian Ranits, who successfully defended his MSc thesis on Friday 29th April 2022.
His thesis on “What controls microbial growth in tropical soils?
The role of carbon and phosphorus“ was very well received.

Excellent, Christian!