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Dr. Lukas Lüftinger

03.08.23

Personal

Lukas Lüftinger defended his PhD thesis "Antibiotic Resistance Prediction from Sequencing Data by Machine Learning" with very good grades. During his PhD project, Lukas investigate the application of Machine Learning towards genomic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, placing a particular focus on the ...
We're hiring! FWF Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health"

16.07.23

News

We are looking for >30 postdoctoral research associates, >16 PhD students and >10 technicians to join our interdisciplinary research team at 8 institutions across Austria.
- Details and application
Seeking: Tenure Track Professorship Complex Systems Science in Microbiome Research

16.07.23

News

At the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Complex Systems Science in Microbiome Research. We are seeking an individual to integrate the field of complex ...
- Call announcement
New paper in Nature clarifies controversy around foetal microbiome

25.01.23

Publication

Scientific claims that babies already harbour living bacteria in the womb are incorrect - this has been proven by international researchers involving CUBE head Thomas Rattei. The study is now published in Nature. A total of 46 experts unanimously refute ...
- Paper in Nature
- Press Release [German]
Funding for “DataLife” Project: New node in European research infrastructure

23.12.22

News

A novel infrastructure for life science data: The project “DataLife - Data Infrastructure for Life Sciences”, coordinated by CUBE head Thomas Rattei, has now been approved by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. It gets almost 1.9 ...
Thomas Rattei is Highly Cited Researcher 2022

15.11.22

News

CUBE member Thomas Rattei is among the most cited researchers in the world. Alongside his CMESS colleagues Andreas Richter (TER), Michael Wagner (DOME), and Wolfgang Wanek he has been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list from Clarivate. ...
- List of Highly Cited Researchers 2022
- University of Vienna Press Information
Farewell dear Gabi

29.06.22

Personal

Gabi Kaindl has been CUBie since the beginning, and has worked at the University of Vienna even three decades longer. Now, it has become time for Gabi to retire. We thank Gabi so much for all the nice and productive years ...
CMESS supports Ukrainian scientists and students

27.02.22

News

CMESS expresses its solidarity with Ukraine and endorses the plea of “The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities”, which calls for support for Ukrainian academic staff and students. Therefore, our Centre with its four divisions CUBE, DOME, EDGE, and TER ...
EMBO Practical Course Integrated multi-omic analyses of microbial communities: 23 – 29 April 2022 | Luxembourg

29.01.22

Event

This EMBO Practical Course is aimed at early-stage researchers (PhD students, early PostDocs) with prior expertise in one (or more) of these “omes” who are planning to perform multi-omics studies of microbiota. Participants will receive dedicated training on how to ...
- EMBO Course announcement
- EMBO application page
New bachelor or master project: wavefront transformation and alignment of protein sequences

27.11.21

News

Protein sequence alignment is a fundamental and widely-used technique in bioinformatics. A new bachelor or master thesis project will enable and evaluate a new algorithm that accelerates Smith-Waterman alignment calculation using a wavefront transformation.

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- Bachelor and master thesis projects