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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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18.06.2023
 

Florian Moeller successfully defended his PhD thesis "Ecophysiology of the symbiont microbiome in the sponge Ianthella basta" on June 16, 2023.

31.05.2023
 

The ÖGMBT's second Life Science Career Fair on May 16 attracted over 500 participants from Austria and abroad. We are happy to look back at a very...

08.05.2023
 

Get a glimpse into one of our PhD students' work life as an early career researcher at the University of Vienna and our doctoral school: VDS MES...

26.04.2023
 

The Doctoral School in Microbiology and Environmental Science offers 5 PhD positions in our Spring 2023 recruitment call.

21.04.2023
 

Lorenz Schwab successfully defended his thesis entitled "Geochemical behavior of mercury in contaminated environments – Application of mercury stable...

21.04.2023
 

Zrinka Didara successfully defended her thesis entitled "Strategies for the knockout of the key adenovirus genes during infection" on March 24, 2023.