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  • China Scholarship Council fellowship for Huimin Ye

    10.06.16
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    Huimin Ye from Nanjing Agricultural University has received a 4-year PhD fellowship from the China Scholarship Council (CSC). She will join the group of Alexander Loy to work on "Diversity and ecophysiology of sulfur-compounds-metabolizing microorganisms in the intestinal tract of humans ...

  • New FWF project for Kenneth Wasmund

    20.05.16
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    Kenneth Wasmund from the group of Alexander Loy has received funding for his project "Missing links in the marine sulfur cycle – identity and functions of microorganisms utilizing sulfur cycle intermediates and organic sulfur molecules in marine sediments" from the ...

  • Summer Research Experience @ TER

    19.05.16
    News

    Three positions are available for Masters students during the summer 2016, that will provide a unique opportunity to participate in one of the research projects and become member of the scientific team at TER.
    Interested students should apply for ...

  • Two China Scholarship Council Fellowships

    14.05.16
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    Associate Prof. Dr. Bao-Zhan Wang (Institute of Soil Science) and Dr. Li-Jun Zhou (Institute of Geography and Limnology), Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing obtained scholarships from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) that will sponsor one-year research stays at DOME. Both scientists will work ...

  • CUBE observes the mercury transit

    09.05.16
    Event

    During the afternoon of May 9th the planet mercury has (slightly) obstructed the sun. Mercury became visible in front of the sun at 13:12 and did not leave the sun until sunset. CUBE has observed the cosmic spectacle on the ...

  • CAMI project featured in Nature Methods

    05.05.16
    Publication

    COMPETITIVE BUT SENSITIVE: TOOL BENCHMARKING IN METAGENOMICS

    The Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation (CAMI) competition has been featured in a recent Nature Methods technology article. CAMI was launched by Alice McHardy from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Alexander Sczyrba at ...

  • Comammox - Science discovery 2015 in Denmark

    01.05.16
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    The discovery of the Comammox microbes was recognized as the most important science discovery in Denmark in 2015. The award was presented to our collaborators on the Comammox Nature paper Per Nielsen, Mads Albertsen, and Rasmus Kirkegaard by ...

  • MSc. Judith Braun

    26.04.16
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    Congratulations!

    Judith Braun successfully defended her Master thesis entitled „Getting to the bottom of 15N Isotope Pool Dilution technique - Gross N Mineralization revisited".
    Excellent, Judith!

     

  • Michael Wagner full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

    20.04.16
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    On April 15, Michael was elected as a full member of the Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW). Criteria for election are academic achievement and academic reputation. The OEAW is the leading Austrian non-university institution ...

  • Mag. Andreas Bachmayr

    18.04.16
    Event

    Andreas graduated in the master course "Genetics and developmental biology" by successfully defending his master thesis today. In his master project entitled "Computational analysis of plastid DNA insertions into nuclear and mitochondrial genomes in non-photosynthetic parasitic plants from next generation sequencing data" ...