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VDS MES is a unique doctoral program is that offers interdisciplinary training at the interfaces of microbiology, ecology, and environmental geosciences to address current challenges in the 21st century society, including the role of microbiomes, adaptation and resistance mechanisms, biogeochemistry, pollutant dynamics and nutrient fluxes in global change and for human, animal,  plant, and environmental health. Our students will acquire a comprehensive understanding of microbes at all levels, from molecular circuits determining the fate of single cells to microbial communities to ecosystem processes and of pollutant dynamics and nutrient and geochemical cycles.

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12.03.2025
 

Cristina Alcaraz successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Host-microbe interactions in marine lucinid clams" on February 27, 2025.

12.03.2025
 

Julia Wiesenbauer successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "The spatiotemporal dynamics of microbial activity at a local root exudation hotspot"...

27.02.2025
 

Peter Peneder successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Integrative machine learning approaches for multimodal biomedical data" on February 18,...

28.01.2025
 

Anya Sherman successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Environmental Fate Processes and Human Exposure to Rubber-derived Compounds" on January...

15.01.2025
 

Philipp Ausserhofer successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Anti-adenoviral effect of human Argonaute 2 alone and in combination with...

20.12.2024
 

Stefan Gorka successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "From phospholipids to neutral lipids: characterising soil microbial communities and their...