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Congratulations to Philipp Waschk, who successfully defended his MSc thesis on Nov 14th, 2025.
His thesis on “Form and Function of Common…
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The Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research | TER at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science | CeMESS aims to advance the fundamental understanding of how soil microorganisms and plants respond to and in turn shape their abiotic and biotic environment, and what consequences these interactions have for the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems.
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Congratulations, Christos Papakoutis, MSc!
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Congratulations to Christos Papakoutis, who successfully defended his MSc thesis on Oct 29th, 2025.
His thesis on “Fungi and tree growth…
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Hannes Schmidt, Senior Scientist at TER, received funding from the Austrian Science Fund’s 1000 Ideas program (“Tausend Ideen”). Congratulations,…
Congratulations, Paul Prinz, MSc!
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Congratulations to Paul Prinz, who successfully defended his MSc thesis on Wednesday April 9th, 2025.
His thesis on “Modelling the effect of…
Congratulations, Thayer Taft, MSc!
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Congratulations to Thayer Taft, who successfully defended his MSc thesis on Wednesday April 2nd, 2025.
His thesis on “Microbial activity responses…
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Krasenbrink, J., Hanson, B. T., Weiss, A. S., Borusak, S., Tanabe, T. S., Lang, M., Aichinger, G., Hausmann, B., Berry, D., Richter, A., Marko, D., Mussmann, M., Schleheck, D., Stecher, B., & Loy, A. (2025). Sulfoquinovose is exclusively metabolized by the gut microbiota and degraded differently in mice and humans. Microbiome, 13(1), Article 184. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02175-x
Gorka, S., Canarini, A., Schmidt, H., & Kaiser, C. (2025). Soil bacterial neutral lipid fatty acids: Markers for carbon storage or necromass? Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 208, Article 109855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109855
Yu, Q., Anthony, M. A., Gessler, A., Tan, X., Zhu, J., Ji, C., Tang, Z., & Fang, J. (2025). Decadal nutrient addition reveals phosphorus limitation and its adaptive mechanisms in tropical rainforests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 211(109976). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109976
Chen, S.-C., Li, X.-M., Battisti, N., Guan, G., Montoya, M. A., Osvatic, J., Pjevac, P., Pollak, S., Richter, A., Schintlmeister, A., Wanek, W., Mussmann, M., & Loy, A. (2025). Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation. Nature, 646(8086), 925-933. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09467-0
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