Lecture series
Microbial metabolites for metal scavenging, defense, and signaling
Prof. Dr. Thomas BöttcherDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Austria24.06.202117:00 hOnlineOpening the river bioreactor blackbox: Considering chemical diversity of natural organic matter in river networks
Prof. Dr. Gabriel SingerDepartment of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Austria27.05.202117:00 hOnlineBiogeochemical Cycling of Soil Organic Matter within Wildfire and Permafrost Thaw Affected Ecosystems
Prof. Dr. Thomas BorchDepartment of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, USA20.05.202117:00 hOnlineProtists and plants: community assembly, "microbiomes" and diversity of microbial eukaryotes in rhizosphere and phyllosphere
Michael BonkowskiUniversity of Cologne, Germany06.05.202112:00 hWebinarMaking chemistry visible in complex biological systems
Klaus KorenAarhus University, Demark22.04.202112:00 hWebinarExploring viral diversity from the global oceans to the human gut
Ann GregoryKU Leuven, Belgium15.04.202112:00 hWebinarEmerging antibiotic resistance in soil and plant systems
DR. WEI ZHANGDepartment of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, USA11.03.202117:00 hOnlineThe habits of microplastic
Prof. Dr. Bart KoelmansWageningen University, Netherlands28.01.202117:00 hOnlineImaging anatomic structure and metabolic function in animal-microbe symbioses
Benedikt GeierMax Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany28.01.202110:00 hWebinarThe role of human behaviour in plastic pollution
Prof. Dr. Sabine PahlFakultät für Psychologie, Universität Wien21.01.202117:00 hOnlineEcology of ammonia oxidizers in engineered aquatic environments
Josh NeufeldDepartment of Biology, University of Waterloo, Canada14.01.202117:00 hWebinarOrganic Biomolecule-Mineral Interactions in the Origins of Life
Prof. Dr. Nita SahaiDepartment of Polymer Science, University of Akron, USA17.12.202017:00 hOnlineDefining and controlling gut microbial gene products for therapeutic gain
Matthew RedinboUniversity of North Carolina, USA10.12.202012:00 hWebinarEnvironmental Geochemistry of Dissolved Mn(III) Species: Where are we now?
Prof. Dr. Zimeng WangDepartment of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, Fudan University, China03.12.202017:00 hOnlinePhotochemically produced halogen radicals: contaminant degradation, organic matter bleaching and coral death
Prof. Dr. William MitchCivil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, USA19.11.202017:00 hOnlineSpeleothems and Sediments as Archives for Paleogenetic Research on Human Evolution
Dr. Mareike StahlschmidtDepartment of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany12.11.202017:00 hOnlineSustaining Groundwater in the Twenty-First Century
Prof. Dr. Scott FendorfDepartment of Earth System Science, Stanford University, USA29.10.202017:00 hOnlineExploring early life microbiota dynamics
Lindsay HallTechnical University of Munich29.10.202012:00 hWebinarThe End of the Pipe: Using Aquatic Chemistry to Control Lead Concentrations in Tap Water
Prof. Dr. Daniel GiammarEnergy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University, USA08.10.202017:00 hOnline (recording available at https://bit.ly/3jDmTpT)Organic Contaminants in Reclaimed Wastewater – Environmental Fate and Accumulation in Crop Plants
Prof. Dr. Joel PedersenDepartment of Soil Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA08.06.202016:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaAncient DNA from Speleothems: A New Archive for Paleogenetic Research
Dr. Mareike StahlschmidtDepartment of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany04.05.202016:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaNew insights into the fate of silver nanoparticles in natural waters
Prof. Dr. Subhasis GoshalDepartment of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Canada27.04.202016:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaCarbon trading in the rhizosphere: Interactions between plants, mycorrhizal fungi and soil microbes
Dr. Christina KaiserTerrestrial Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna, Austria30.03.202016:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaExposomics: A New Paradigm for Investigating Fate, Toxicity and Exposure of Environmental Contaminants
Dr. Benedikt WarthDepartment of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Vienna, Austria09.03.202016:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaAmmonia oxidising archaea: From environments to enzymes
Laura Lehtovirta-MorleyUniversity of East Anglia30.01.202012:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 WienESR as a tool to investigate environmentally persistent and short-lived radicals
Prof. Dr Marc PignitterDepartment of Physiological Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria27.01.202016:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaMetals and microbial respiration: the molecular basis of bioelectricity production and greenhouse gas destruction
David RichardsonUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK23.01.202012:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 WienThe environment as training ground: evolution and biology of intracellular microbes
Prof. Dr Matthias HornDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Austria20.01.202016:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaTowards an in-depth understanding and accurate prediction of environmental biotransformation of chemicals
Kathrin FennerDepartment of Environmental Chemistry, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland16.01.202012:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 WienTraces in the absolute dark: Cave sediments and their unique record of long-term terrestrial environmental change
Prof. Dr Christoph SpötlQuaternary Research Group, University of Innsbruck, Austria16.12.201916:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaParammox: a new microbial ammonia oxidation pathway
Shuang-Jiang LiuInstitute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China12.12.201910:00 hCUBE Seminar Room A.5.43Climate Change Impacts on Rice: Soil Microbiome Controlling Grain Quantity and Quality
Dr Marie MüheDepartment of Geomicrobiology, University of Tübingen, Germany02.12.201916:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaNon-genetic inheritance, trait evolution, and primary production in changing aquatic environments
Sinead CollinsEdinburgh University21.11.201912:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 WienCarbon cycling in groundwater ecosystems – what do we know and where are the knowledge gaps?
Prof. Dr Christian GrieblerDepartment of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, University of Vienna, Austria18.11.201916:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaGlobal wildfires - trends, impacts and their role in the carbon cycle
Dr Cristina Santin, Prof. Dr Stefan DoerrDepartment of Geography, Swansea University, UK11.11.201916:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaComputational modeling and learning methods for metagenomics of microbial and viral communities
Prof. Dr Thomas RatteiDepartment of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Austria21.10.201916:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaExploring and Exploiting the Chemistry of Microbial Interactions
Thomas BöttcherDepartment of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Germany17.10.201912:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 WienAdvanced Chemical Microscopy for Life Science and Precision Medicine
Ji-Xin ChengBoston University, USA03.10.201912:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA 1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 WienUncovering the poorly explored microbial diversity in the human microbiome
Adrian TettCIBIO - University of Trento, Italy16.09.201912:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 ViennaOrganizing principles of marine microbial communities
Otto CorderoMassachusetts Institute of Technology, USA06.09.201914:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 WienAbiotic and biotic factors affecting diversity and distribution of nitrifying thaumarchaea
Sung-Keun RheeChungbuk National University, South Korea27.06.201912:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA 1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 ViennaMicrobial ecology of nitrogen cycling in paddy soils
Yong-Guan ZhuResearch Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences & Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences27.06.201909:00 hLecture Hall HS 5, UZA2 (Geocentre), Althanstrasse 14, 1090 ViennaNew insights into the global biogeochemical cycle of selenium
Prof. Dr. Lenny WinkelProfessor of Inorganic Environmental Geochemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland17.06.201916:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaViral Intrahost Evolution – a Race in Space and Time
Andreas BergthalerCeMM, Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences06.06.201912:00 hLecture Hall 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienNanomaterials : Not the next asbestos or What 20 years of nanomaterial implication research has taught us
Prof. Dr. Mark WiesnerProfessor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, USA03.06.201916:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaDeciphering population-specific activities of marine microbes with quantitative stable isotope probing
William OrsiLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany27.05.201912:00 hLecture Hall HS4, UZA2, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 WienIs predicting function from meta-omics data possible?
Michael WagnerDivision of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Austria22.05.201918:00 hAula, Campus of the University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaBiobanking BBMRI-ERIC
Kurt ZatloukalMedical University of Graz, Austria21.05.201918:00 hAula, Campus of the University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaMining sequence data — GTDB taxonomy
Phil HugenholtzAustralian Center for Ecogenomics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia20.05.201918:00 hAula, Campus of the University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaEnvironmental redox-processes on the microscale - redox-active biofilms analyzed by modern X-ray microscopy
Prof. Dr. Martin ObstBayCEER, University of Bayreuth, Germany20.05.201916:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstrasse 14 UZA II, 1090 ViennaThree amazing ideas about microbial biogeography that will blow your mind
Daniel H. BuckleyCornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA16.05.201912:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA 1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 ViennaIs metabolic cooperation within microbial communities inevitable?
Christian KostUniversity Osnabrück11.04.201912:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstrasse14, 1090 ViennaSoil ammonia oxidisers: microscopic instigators of a global Catch-22
Jim ProsserUniversity of Aberdeen14.03.201916:45 hSky Lounge, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 ViennaNew insights into N-cycle microbiology: Combining omics, chemical imaging, and physiology
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael WagnerDean of the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Division of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria04.03.201917:30 hEberhard Clar-Saal (2B 204), Althanstraße 14 UZAII, 1090 ViennaO- and N-glycan breakdown by the human gut microbiota
David BolamNewcastle University, London, UK06.12.201812:00 hLecture Hall 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienToward a predictive understanding of microbiome response to environmental change in peatlands
Joel KostkaGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA03.12.201813:30 hLecture Hall 5, UZA IIUncovering the metabolic flexibility of aerobic soil bacteria: from enzymes to ecosystems
Chris GreeningMonash University, Melbourne, Australia22.11.201812:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstrasse14, 1090 ViennaHow to meet the Paris 2°C target: Which are the main constraints that will need to be overcome?
Ivan JanssensCentre of Excellence of Global Change Ecology, University of Antwerp, Belgium15.11.201812:00 hLecture Hall HS2 (UZA 1), Althanstraße 14, 1090 ViennaSoil C dynamics –when are microbial communities in control?
Naoise NunanInstitute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences IEES Paris, France25.10.201812:00 hLecture Hall HS2 (UZA 1), Althanstraße 14, 1090 ViennaSolving metabolic puzzles
Boran KartalMPI for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany18.10.201812:00 hLecture Hall 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienWhat is the role of the immune system in controlling the intestinal microbiota?
Emma Wetter SlackETH Zürich04.10.201812:00 hLecture Hall 2, UZA IFrom the shallow to the deep subsurface biosphere in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments
Andreas TeskeUNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA24.09.201810:00 hLecture Hall 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienExploring new branches on the tree of life
Brett BakerUniversity of Texas, Austin, USA06.09.201812:00 hLecture Hall 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienA single-cell perspective on the spatial self-organization of microbial systems
Martin AckermannETH Zürich30.08.201814:00 hHörsaal 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienEco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Microbial Populations in the Wild
Martin PolzMassachusetts Institute of Technology14.06.201812:00 hHörsaal 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienWhen are Mycorrhizas Mutualisms?
Nancy Collins JohnsonNorthern Arizona University, USA22.05.201816:15 hHörsaal 2 (UZA 1), Althanstraße 14, 1090 WienModulation of the Human Gut Microbiota - An Ecological Perspective
Jens WalterUniversity of Alberta17.05.201812:00 hHörsaal 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienPlant-soil interactions mediating drought effects in grasslands
Pierre MariotteEcole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland09.05.201816:00 hSeminar Room Microbial Ecology, Room number 2.309, UZA 1 Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienMeasurement of sulfur isotope fractionation by APS reductase and its biogeochemical implications
Shawn McGlynnEarth-Life Science Institute Tokyo26.04.201811:00 hHörsaal 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienRouting while Scouting: How a Slime Mould Optimizes its Transportation Network during Exploration
DANIEL SCHENZHokkaido University, Japan24.04.201815:00 hSeminar room DOME, UZA 1, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 ViennaHow biofilm modelling and kinetic theory led to the prediction of complete ammonia oxidation
Jan-Ulrich KreftUniversity of Birmingham15.03.201812:00 hHörsaal 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienFrom bedside to bench and back: Pathways linking host-microbe interaction with intestinal inflammation and carcinogenesis.
Alexander MoschenMedical University Innsbruck14.12.201712:00 hHS2, Althanstraße 14, 1090 ViennaKlebsiella pneumoniae – insights into population dynamics and the spread of antimicrobial resistance from WGS
Eva HeinzWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK07.12.201712:00 hHS2, Althanstraße 14, 1090 ViennaMicrobiomics of the human gut and the ocean
Peer BorkStructural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg24.11.201709:30 hHörsaal 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienMicrobiomics of the human gut and the ocean
Peer BorkEMBL Heidelberg24.11.201709:30 hHS2, UZA1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 ViennaAdvanced strategies for genome resolved metagenomics
Christian SieberUniversity of Berkeley / DOE Joint Genome Institute25.07.201711:00 hSeminar room DOME 2.309; Althanstr. 14 UZA1, Level 2, Section 4)The rapidly expanding universe of giant viruses
Chantal AbergelCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique & Aix-Marseille University29.06.201716:30 hHörsaal 2, UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienThe importance of growing slowly: roles for redox-active "antibiotics" in microbial survival and development
Dianne NewmanCalifornia Institute of Technology24.05.201714:00 hHörsaal 2, UZA1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienPhD defense: Bioinformatic analysis of host-pathogen interactions in the light of second generation sequencing technologies
Thomas EderMedical University of Vienna18.04.201713:00 hLecture Hall IV, UZA2, Althanstr. 14Microbial function in relation to plant productivity and root exudation in contrasting tundra communities
Konstantin GAVAZOVClimate Impacts Research Centre (CIRC), Umeå University, Abisko, Sweden20.03.201714:00 hSeminar Room 'Konferenzraum Ökologie' UZA 1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienThe peptidome: A treasure trove of future peptide drugs
Harald MarxCoon Research Group, University of Wisconsin16.03.201712:00 hLecture Hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 ViennaHarnessing Bacteria for Drug Discovery: from Bioprospecting to Synthetic Biology
Sergey ZotchevDepartment of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna26.01.201712:00 hHörsaal 2. (UZA I), Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 ViennaLC-MS Approaches in Metabolomics
Gunda Köllensperger, Prof.University of Vienna, Department of Analytical Chemistry12.01.201711:15 hSeminar Room Microbial Ecology, UZA 1, room no 2.309Venturing into new realms? Microorganisms in space (-related environments)
Christine Moissl-EichingerMedical University Graz01.12.201612:00 hLecture hall HS2, UZA1, Althanstr. 14, 1090 ViennaArbuscular mycorrhizas and organic nitrogen in soil – and the other microbes involved
Jan JasnaInstitute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic11.10.201616:00 hFriedrich-Becke Seminar Room, UZA 2 (Geozentrum), Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienThe tale of the rumen microbiome – from interaction with the host to plasmid mediated gene mobility
Itzhak MizrahiBen-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel22.09.201612:00 hHörsaal 2. (UZA I)Microbes, nitrogen and plant responses to elevated CO2
César TerrerImperial College, London19.07.201611:00 hConference room “Ökologie” Althanstr. 14, 1090 WienSearching for Influencers via Optimal Percolation: from Twitter to the Brain
Flaviano MoroneLevich Institute04.07.201613:00 hCity College of New YorkMicrobial ecology, phylogeny and biochemistry in the soil cabon cycle
Bruce Hungate, Prof.Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, USA22.01.201610:30 hLecture Hall 4, UZA 2 (Geozentrum), Althanstraße 14,1090 ViennaImportance of chemosymbiotic lucinid bivalves in seagrass community functioning
Matthijs van der GeestUniversité de Montpellier20.01.201611:00 hSeminar room DoME (2.309), UZA 1Exploring viral diversity through (meta-) genomics: towards a thorough characterization of the unseen majority
Simon RouxSullivan Lab, Department of Microbiology18.12.201514:00 hOhio State UniversityAnalysis of the genome of sugar beet: Current status, next steps
Heinz HimmelbauerDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)11.11.201513:15 hViennaThe contribution of phage-mediated gene transfer to microbial genome evolution
Tal DaganChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel23.10.201513:30 hSeminar room DoME (2.309)Cool microbes: Assessing the role of acidobacteria communities in carbon and nitrogen cycling processes in arctic tundra soils
Max HäggblomDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey11.09.201511:00 hSeminar Room DOME (2.309)The genus Pseudovibrio: versatile bacteria with the potential for a symbiotic lifestyle
Stefano RomanoBiomerit research centre, University College Cork10.09.201512:00 hSeminar room DoME (2.309)Chloroplast I/O: RNA editing, effectors and evolution
Dr. Michael TillichMax Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany26.06.201513:00 hDOME Seminar roomFrom Symbiosis to Microbial Dark Matter
Christian RinkeAustralian Centre for Ecogenomics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia15.06.201513:00 hSeminar room DOMEEcological time-series modeling for inference, prediction and therapy optimization
Richard SteinComputational Biology Department, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA11.06.201515:00 hSeminar room DOME