30+ scientists from 8 leading research institutions in Austria with one vision: unlock the microbiome's potential for planetary health. 🌍🧫🦠 Follow us for exciting updates on environmental🌳, medical 🩺, and methodological 🔬 microbiome research.https://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3muyr5yvbrk2gNew Science Advances study led by @bettinaglasl.bsky.social, @kathikitzinger.bsky.social, @michiwagner4.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at shows ammonia-oxidizing archaea feed on and produce amino acids, communicating with their sponge hosts via mTOR. Link👇 @fwf-at.bsky.social08 Sep 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyr5yvbrk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mujlu6t6v22wIt's podcast time! New episode "Soil microbes: Survival of the Tiniest" with CoE Key Researcher @dagmarwoebken.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at on how soil microbes adapt, survive harsh conditions, and power global nutrient cycles right beneath our feet. Link in 1st comment 👇02 Sep 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujlu6t6v22whttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mu2wob6nxs2sHow do marine bacteria break down tough biopolymers? Teamwork! CoE Key Researcher Shaul Pollak @envsysmicro.at @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at contributed to a study in @nature.com on microbial division of labor to degrade algal polysaccharides🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10980-z @fwf-at.bsky.social27 Aug 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2wob6nxs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mtbttpfcd22nNew CoE Microplanet paper in Nature Communications! CoE Key Researcher Alexander Loy @loyteam.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at contributed to a study reconstructing the evolutionary history of the Sox sulfur oxidation system. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75310-3 @fwf-at.bsky.social17 Aug 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbttpfcd22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mszogeespk2m🎙️🦠 Neue Folge von „Die Welt der Mikroben“ ist online! Können Bakterien das Wetter beeinflussen? Überleben Mikroorganismen radioaktive Strahlung? Und wie löst ein Einzeller Probleme – ganz ohne Gehirn? Folge 6 'Die Superkräfte der Mikroben' mit Florian Freistetter! Link 👇14 Aug 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszogeespk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3msuwilwjhk2iMichael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social, Dagmar Woebken @dagmarwoebken.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at und Christine Moissl-Eichinger @chmoei.bsky.social @medunigraz.at im @derstandard.at! Im Fokus: Spitzenforschung des @fwf-at.bsky.social Exzellenzclusters Microplanet. Link 👇12 Aug 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuwilwjhk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mspmos456k2fNew CoE Microplanet article in Nature Comms! Terminology matters for intentionally assembled microbial communities say Angela Sessitsch @AIT, CoE Postdoc @bcoltman.bsky.social and Hanna Koch @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at 📄https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-74251-1 @fwf-at.bsky.social10 Aug 2026 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspmos456k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3msi6ajcbsk2eCoE Director of Research Michael Wagner @michiwagner4.bsky.social im Interview bei Krone TV! Von der Bedeutung des Mikrobioms für unsere Gesundheit und unseren Planeten bis hin zur Frage, wie man Kindern diese Themen spannend näherbringen kann. 👉 www.krone.at/4234067 @fwf-at.bsky.social07 Aug 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3msi6ajcbsk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3msdaelmszk2gNew @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet paper! Alex Loy and team @loyteam.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at and colleagues discovered a new group of iron-binding molecules, kineochelins, produced by an Antarctic bacterium. 📄 https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.7038605 Aug 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdaelmszk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3ms67cohltk2uDas war die #Kinderuni Wien 2026! 🎉 Zwei Wochen voller Neugier, spannender Experimente und begeisterter Nachwuchsforscher*innen! Ein großes DANKE für die spannenden Vorlesungen und Workshops an alle Beteiligten. Unsere Beiträge - so vielfältig wie die Mikroben! @fwf-at.bsky.social 🧵👇03 Aug 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms67cohltk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mrwknt4z7k2gIt's Friday, it's podcast time! In the 5th episode, “Sulfur metabolism-A balancing act”, we speak with CoE Key Researcher Alexander Loy @loyteam.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at on how microbial sulfur compounds and gut gases like hydrogen sulfide shape our gut health. Link 👇31 Jul 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwknt4z7k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mrfhslxnwc2wCongratulations to CoE Key Researcher @andreasrichter.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at and ActiveSOIL team Caitlin Singleton @aau.dk, @jeffinerca.bsky.social, LLNL and Michael Obersteiner @ox.ac.uk on receiving €10 million from @novo-nordisk.bsky.social @fwf-at.bsky.social24 Jul 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfhslxnwc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mr5cwjg4us27Celebrating excellent Austrian microbiome research with the awardees of this year’s Austrian Microbiome Research Awards!🏆 Congrats to Jakob Rauter, Julia Krasenbrink @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at, and Goodness Osondu-Chuka @bokuvienna.bsky.social Details 👇21 Jul 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5cwjg4us27https://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mr2uoup7cc2p🎙️🦠 Unsere neue Folge von „Die Welt der Mikroben“ ist jetzt online! In Folge 5 dreht sich alles um die schwindelerregenden Dimensionen der mikrobiellen Welt – von astronomischen Zahlen bis hin zur erstaunlichen Fähigkeit von Bakterien, „zu zählen“. Link im ersten Kommentar 👇 @fwf-at.bsky.social20 Jul 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2uoup7cc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mpr57g6lnc2f4th interview episode of our podcast is now available: "Trust your gut (microbes)"! CoE Key Researcher @davidberry1.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at explores microbial communities in and on the human body and explains why there is no single “healthy” microbiome. Link in first comment 👇03 Jul 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpr57g6lnc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mpnuwtnp522vNew @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet study in ISME Journal! Together with colleagues from @univie.ac.at, @chmoei.bsky.social @medunigraz.at and her team show that ammonia-oxidizing archaea are stable members of the human skin microbiome and may play a role in skin health. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrag07802 Jul 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnuwtnp522vhttps://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mpj24vky7223New @fwf-at.bsky.social CoE Microplanet study in Envir Sci & Tech! CoE Key Researcher Thilo Hofmann @univie.ac.at advocates investigating released chemicals and their interactions with agrochemicals to understand the impact of agricultural plastics on water quality.📄 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c0593130 Jun 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj24vky7223https://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mpgkmiovok22CoE Deputy Director of Research @chmoei.bsky.social @medunigraz.at im Interview bei Café Puls am Sonntag! Anlässlich des #AustrianMicrobiomeDay sprach sie über Mikrobiomforschung in Ö und die Rolle des Mikrobioms für unsere Gesundheit. 👉@joyn.at: https://www.joyn.at/play/compilation/cafe-puls/mikrobiom-unser-inneres-oekosystem-und-seine-wichtigsten-einflussfaktoren @fwf-at.bsky.social29 Jun 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgkmiovok22https://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3mp4gkm2pps22CoE Director of Research @michiwagner4.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @cemess.bsky.social im Interview bei Ö1: Punkt Eins! Live-Austausch mit Moderator Philipp Blom und dem Publikum zur zentralen Bedeutung des Mikrobioms. https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20260622/835495/Die-Erforschung-des-Mikrobioms #AustrianMicrobiomeDay @fwf-at.bsky.social25 Jun 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4gkm2pps22https://bsky.app/profile/microbesplanet.bsky.social/post/3moztfpntu222CoE Key Researcher Dagmar Wöbken in Heute! @dagmarwoebken.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @cemess.bsky.social und ihr Team untersucht die Mikrobiome von Wüsten-Bodenkrusten. @fwf-at.bsky.social #AustrianMicrobiomeDay 📄https://www.heute.at/s/wiener-forscher-lueften-das-geheimnis-der-wuesten-haut-12021210424 Jun 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:ephc4y5x5r32avly2ktc2wml/app.bsky.feed.post/3moztfpntu222