Seminar 2024

Hannah Embleton, MSc

AG Strasser, Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

A multidisciplinary approach to studying Beauveria spp. and its host Melolontha melolontha

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Luis H. Orellana, PhD

Project leader - Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie

Diversity and evolution of complex organic matter degradation capabilities of marine Verrucomicrobiota

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MSc student session 1

Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

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Daniel Flatschacher, MSc

AG Zeilinger, Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

Unravelling the secondary metabolism of Trichoderma atroviride

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Dr. David A. Larsen

Professor - Syracuse University (NY, USA) - Public Health Department

Wastewater surveillance in response to COVID-19 and future threats - using non-detection to guide public health response

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Dr. Chris Rinke

Universität Innsbruck  – Institut für Mikrobiologie - Mikrobielles MultiOmics und Biorecycling

Superworms – a model system for plastic biodegradation

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Frank Peters

Leibniz-Universität, Hannover, Germany 

Building forensics – see the invisible

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Gentile Francesco Ficetola

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale Milan, Italy

The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat

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MSc student session 2

Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

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Christina Kaiser

Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna, Austria

Carbon and Nitrogen exchange in the tripartite symbiosis of beech, ectomycorrhizal fungi and soil bacteria

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Katharina Russ, MSc

AG Neuhauser, Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

Serpula lacrymans: Wood degradation and mycobiome interactions throughout the degradation process of different strains

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Zuzanna Dutkiewicz, PhD

AG Rinke, Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

Bioinformatic, Enzymatic, and Structural Characterization of Hexosaminidase

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Julia Zöhrer, MSc

AG Wagner, Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

State-specific extraction of environmental DNA: Spike-and-recovery controls to validate and optimize extraction protocols

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MSc student session 3

Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

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Claudio Kalbermatten, MSc

Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

Anaerobic fungi and AF-derived enzymes for small scale biogas plants

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Mag. Bernhard Josef Tschitschko, PhD

Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

Rhizobia-diatom symbiosis fixes missing nitrogen in the ocean

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Bianka Siewert

Pharmazie/Pharmakognosie, University of Innsbruck

From Defense to Therapy: The Dual Role of Fungal Phototoxic Pigments

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MSc student session 4 + Introduction to eLab

Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck

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