PhD Program in Microbial Symbioses at the University of Vienna

Metamenu

No organism evolved or lives in isolation.
From binary partnerships...
... to complex microbiomes
A PhD program on Microbial Symbiosis
World-class research infrastructure:

hands-on expertise of advanced technologies

applied in molecular microbial research
Interdisciplinary workshops and

regular seminars & symposia
Early international networking

and research stays

News

New paper in PNAS: defensive symbiosis against giant viruses

14.09.22

News

Protists are important regulators of microbial communities and key components in food webs. Their activity is shaped by diverse intracellular parasites, including bacterial symbionts and viruses. In a study now ...
Long Night of Research 2022 – Our DocSchools on Campus

03.06.22

Outreach

Exciting insights into research have been provided by the Long Night of Research on Friday, May 20. Both doctoral schools represented in our Maintain program, the Doctoral School of Ecology ...
Maintain Retreat to the Mostviertel

03.06.22

Event

This May, a short retreat took the PhD students and faculty of the Maintain program to the Hotel Schloss Zeillern in Lower Austria. In-depth scientific discussions about student’s research projects ...
Let’s Talk About Symbiosis - in hybrid form

25.11.21

Event

This time around we were able to hold our recurrent seminar “Let’s Talk About Symbiosis” in a hybrid format. Observing the strict safety rules required, some of us could participate ...