TER News

TER Summer Research Experience 2019: 4 Internships available

13.05.19

People

Four internships are available @TER during the summer 2019, that will provide a unique opportunity to participate in one of the research projects as a first step into your research career. Interested Master’s students should apply for the program before ...
New Paper in PNAS: A widespread soil bacterium that oxidizes atmospheric methane

09.04.19

Publication

Alexander Tveit (former PostDoc at TER) and Andreas Richter were part of an international team led by Mette Svenning from the Arctic University of Norway, that report the first cultivation and characterization of a widespread methane oxidizing bacterium that lives ...
Congratulations – Dr. Qing Zheng & Dr. Lisa Noll!

08.04.19

People

Congratulations to Lisa and Qing, who successfully defended their PhD thesis on "Controls of Soil Microbial Carbon Cycling" (Qing, Friday April 5^th) and “Environmental Controls on Organic Nitrogen Cycling in Soils” (Lisa, Monday April 8^th).
Well done!
Wolfgang Wanek appointed Full Professor

01.04.19

People

After a competitive review process Wolfgang has been appointed Full Professors for Physiological Ecology and Ecosystem Research as of April 1^st, 2019.
Congratulations!
Panel Discussion on “Living at the Expense of Nature”

26.03.19

Event

Andreas Richter participated in a panel discussion at the Natural History Museum of Vienna organized by the Environmental Research Network of the University of Vienna. The interdisciplinary panel (including researchers of the IIASA and the University of Economics and Business) ...
- University of Vienna [in German]
- YouTube: Umwelt im Gespräch
ERC Consolidator Grant for Christina Kaiser

29.11.18

News

Christina Kaiser has received an ERC Consolidator Grant for her project 'SomSOM: Self Organisation of microbial soil organic matter turnover'. Fantastic News! Congratulations, Tina!
Andreas Richter recognized as Highly Cited Researcher 2018

28.11.18

News

Andreas was listed among the top-cited scientists internationally in the category "cross field". In total 40 scientists from Austria are on this list including Thomas Rattei and Michael Wagner from our department.
New Paper in Nature Climate Change: Microbial temperature sensitivity and biomass change explain soil carbon loss with warming

18.09.18

Publication

Soil microorganisms control carbon losses from soils to the atmosphere, yet their responses to climate warming are often short-lived and unpredictable. Two mechanisms, microbial acclimation and substrate depletion, have been proposed to explain temporary warming effects on soil microbial activity. ...
New Paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution: A plant-microbe interaction framework explaining nutrient effects on primary production

11.09.18

Publication

In most terrestrial ecosystems, plant growth is limited by nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Adding either nutrient to soil usually affects primary production, but their effects can be positive or negative. Here we provide a general stoichiometric framework for interpreting these contrasting effects. First, we identify ...
New Opinion paper published at Times Higher Education

07.09.18

News

Scientific excellence and social relevance are two sides of the same coin

These days, it is commonplace to assert that science should be done in ways that respond to societal needs and concerns. However, opinions are divided on how ...
- Times Higher Education (registration required)
- Longer version of the opinion (Blog of the STS Department)