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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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06.09.2023
 

Charlotte Henkel successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "The Leaching of Phthalates from Polyvinyl Chloride Microplastics into Aquatic...

08.08.2023
 

Lukas Lüftinger successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Antibiotic Resistance Prediction from Sequencing Data by Machine Learning" on August 3,...

14.07.2023
 

The recently established Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health" unites microbiome research in Austria, bringing together 8 leading...

05.07.2023
 

Yě Tián successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Long-term soil warming effects on soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling and soil...

24.06.2023
 

Helene Walch successfully defended her PhD thesis "Heteroagglomeration of particulate contaminants with natural suspended particulate matter in...

23.06.2023
 

Florian Reithofer - pictured with his family - successfully defended his thesis entitled "The potential of CRISPR/Cas systems in treatment of...