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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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10.09.2024
 

Lovro Trgovec-Greif successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Virus bioinformatics and phage-bacteria interactions" on September 9, 2024.

07.09.2024
 

Roko Sango successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Computational metabolic modelling and multi-omics analysis of bone-marrow derived and...

01.08.2024
 

Michael Predl successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Prediction of Cross-feeding Interactions in Microbial Communities using Metabolic...

21.06.2024
 

Xiaofei Liu successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Long-term soil warming effects on root tissue and root exudate metabolic profiles and...

26.03.2024
 

Rouven Metz successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Biogeochemical Mechanisms Influencing the Bioavailability of P and Fe from Vivianite" on...

13.03.2024
 

Erika Kristel Salas Hernandez successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Identification and quantification of soil necromass biomarkers" on March...