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RECLESS_TA_molecular_UniVie.pdf

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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · 3d

Still 10 days left to apply! 🦠🧪👩‍🎓🔬
Come work with my team in beautiful Vienna!

Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · Aug 4

🚨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/...

Who fixes carbon in the dark ocean?

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Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social · 28d

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

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cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · 15d

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/...

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 · Aug 5

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

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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 · Aug 5

🚨 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 · Aug 4

🚨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/...

RECLESS_TA_molecular_UniVie.pdf

RECLESS_Postdoc_single_cell_UniVie.pdf

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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · Aug 4

🚨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/...

We are hiring: Full Professor of Soil Ecosystems and Global Change

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Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin.bsky.social · Jul 18

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 · Jul 7

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-...

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.

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 · Jul 10

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...

Data Steward

We are hiring: Full Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry of Metals

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cemess_vienna @cemess.bsky.social · Jul 9

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

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...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbial Nitrogen Cycling in Oxygen-Depleted Waters

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Kathi Kitzinger @kathikitzinger.bsky.social · Jul 15

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...

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 · Jun 25

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-...

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)'.