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NUNATARYUK – A new EU - Horizon 2020 project

29.06.17

News

A new Horizon 2020 project has been granted to a large European consortium for researching into “Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast”. Andreas Richter will have a key role in Work Package 1 – Terrestrial Permafrost.

Congratulations, Andreas!

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- Horizon 2020
TER excursion: Canoeing the Danube river

22.06.17

Event

TER discovered the UNESCO World Heritage Site Wachau, a stretch of the Danube valley north of Vienna, by canoe on the hottest days of the year so far.

We paddled about 30 km from Emmersbach to Unterloiben and had a good swim and ...
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DOC fellowship awarded to Sarah Zauner

20.06.17

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DoME congratulates Sarah Zauner on her DOC fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)! In her project "From Bacteria to Birds: Inter-kingdom Interactions in a Marine Symbiosis", Sarah will work together with Jill Petersen.
DOME at Traismauer

19.06.17

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The DOME members enjoyed a trip to the town of Traismauer including a hike in the surrounding hills and a bath in the beautiful "Naturbadesee Traismauer"!
Michael Wagner elected as EMBO Member

16.06.17

People

Michael is one among the 65 researchers from across the world to be honoured with election to the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). Election to EMBO Membership is recognition of research excellence and EMBO Members are actively involved in the execution ...
- EMBO press release
- APA Press Release [German]
FIRST RELEASE OF 45 PICA MODELS READY FOR DOWNLOAD

12.06.17

News

The first release of 45 PICA models is available on this site in the Download area of our new website PhenDB. Brief instructions on the download page will enable you to install the PICA software and the models on a ...
- PhenDB
- PICA and model download
Jim Tiedje Award for Michael Wagner

12.06.17

People

This award is given in recognition of a lifetime contribution to microbial ecology and is celebrated with a dedicated reception and evening lecture during ISME17 in August 2018, in Leipzig. Previous recipients of the Tiedje Award are Sally Chisholm, Nancy Moran, Stephen ...
SPACE: New FWF Project for Christina Kaiser

26.05.17

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Christina Kaiser has recently received funding for a new project called "SPACE - The spatial aspect of rhizosphere priming" from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Congratulations Christina!
- Abstract
New paper in Science Advances: Decoupling of microbial carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling in response to extreme temperature events

05.05.17

Publication

Predicted changes in the intensity and frequency of climate extremes urge a better mechanistic understanding of the stress response of microbially-mediated carbon and nutrient cycling processes. This study is the first comprehensive study of the resistance and resilience of microbial ...
New Paper in Scientific Reports: Global patterns of phosphatase activity in natural soils (by O. Margalef et al.)

01.05.17

News

Soil phosphatase levels strongly control the biotic pathways of phosphorus (P), an essential element for life, which is often limiting in terrestrial ecosystems. We investigated the in uence of climatic and soil traits on phosphatase activity in terrestrial systems using metadata analysis ...
- www.nature.com