08/2022: Dr. Alicia Nevers, Microbial Genetics and Environment Unit, MICALIS Institute, INRAE France, will give a lecture entitled: "Role of megaplasmids in pathogen emergence: Transcriptional impact of pCER270 megaplasmid transfer on various Bacillus cereus group hosts" as part of our Institute's Microbiology Seminar Series. Lecture Hall M, August 24th, 2022, 12:15 p.m.
06/2022: The start-up project „Tuning into cereulide - Dissecting the regulatory networks and decisive factors driving toxin production in Bacillus cereus" from Sabrina Jenull, PhD was approved through the profile line board from the Vetmeduni Vienna. The project is funded for 2 years.
10/2021: Here is a short report about our research project "Synergism and distribution of emetic B. cereus food-born toxins and development of strategies for preventing toxin production („Emetic B. cereus toxins“)"
09/2021: Spilled milk can be valuable – Read here the report about some recent research at our institute in the Austrian newspaper ‚Die Presse‘!
09/2021: VetmedTalk #3 – Almen, Alpen, Milchwirtschaft (Alpine pastures, alps and dairy industry). Together with experts from veterinary medicine and agriculture Prof. Dr. Monika Ehling-Schulz discussed recent developments in science and diagnostics in the context of the United Nations agenda "Sustainable Development Goals" (SDGs). Here you can listen to the VetMed talk (in german).
09/2021: From toxin diagnostics to toxin prevention: Recent data from our IGF follow-up project of the Otto-von Guericke-Award were published in the journal Toxins by Dr. Markus Kranzler et al.
01/2021: We welcome Maximilian F. Mayerhofer, MSc. Max will carry out his PhD in FFG-FORTE research project on "Detection, bioforensics and genomics of Bacillus anthracis / high pathogenic B. cereus sensu lato". Welcome!
01/2021: Start of our FFG research project on "Detection, bioforensics and genomics of Bacillus anthracis / high pathogenic B. cereus sensu lato", carried out in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for National Defense and the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology (IMB), Munich, Germany (Headed by Prof. Dr. Monika EHLING–SCHULZ , Vetmeduni Vienna). Link Forte
10/2020: Agnieszka Gacek-Matthews, Dr. et al. published the article "Beyond toxin transport: novel role of ABC transporter for enzymatic machinery of cereulide NRPS assembly line". Link to the article . This article describes a new approach to the development of antibiotics, immunotherapy medications and anti-cancer drugs . Link to press release
04/2020: Start of our FWF/ANR research project on "Role of megaplasmids in pathogen emergence", carried out in cooperation with the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France (Headed by Prof. Dr. Monika EHLING–SCHULZ , Vetmeduni Vienna and Dr. Didier LERECLUS , INRA). Link to FWF
12/2019: We welcome BSc. Serina KARUTHEDOM GEORGE in our team. As a student assistant, she will work in frame of the FWF-project "Nim-mediated Resistance". Welcome!
11/2019: We welcome MSc Astrid DIGRUBER in our team . Astrid will carry out her PhD in in the field of "athogenic Bacillus cereus s.l", focusing on mechanisms of pathogenicity of Bacillus cereus. Welcome!
10/2019: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Scherer from Technical University of Munich, Germany, will give a lecture "Overlapping genes: Unexpected genetic complexity of the human pathogen E. coli EHEC" on 16.10.2019 at 2:15 PM, lecture hall D.
10/2019: Helene Marbach, PhD et al. published the article "Within-host evolution of bovine Staphylococcus aureus selects for a SigB-deficient pathotype characterized by reduced virulence but enhanced proteolytic activity and biofilm formation" in Scientific Reports. Link to the article. This article describes a new mechanism of persistence of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. Link to press release
09/2019: Kevin P. Francis, PhD (PerkinElmer Fellow, Visiting Professor at UCLA and Texas A&M) will give a lecture "Preclinical Multimodal Imaging" on 25.09.2019 at 12:15 PM, lecture hall M.
12/2018: Dr. Gregor GRASS from the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Dept. of Bacteriology and Toxinology, Munich, Germany, visits our Institute and will give a lecture on SNPing, FiSHing and Phage-ing for Bacillus anthracis ", 05.12.2018 at 12:15 PM, Lecture Hall M.
10/2018: We welcome Stelli STANCHEVA in our team . Stelli will carry out her PhD as part of the PaP vetmeduni doctoral program, focusing on mechanisms of persistance of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Welcome!
05/2018: We welcome PhD Zuzana CHROMIKOVA in our team. Zuzana will work on the molecular basis of cereulides synthesis in emetic Bacillus cereus. Welcome!
01/2018: Prof. Dr. Monika EHLING-SCHULZ, together with her colleagues Prof. Dr. Thomas HOFMANN and Prof. Dr. Siegried SCHERER from TU Munich, was nominated by AiF for the German Future award 2018. Link to AiF press release
09/2017: Start of the AiF/FEI research project on "Synergies and Routes of Emetical Bacillus cereus Toxins in Food and Development of Toxin-Inhibiting Strategies", carried out in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich (Headed by Prof. Dr. Monika EHLING–SCHULZ, Vetmeduni Vienna and Prof. Dr. Thomas HOFMANN, TUM).
08/2017: Dr. Imrich BARAK from the Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava visits our department and will give a lecture on "Bacillus subtilis as a Tool in Basic Science and Applied Research" on 09.08.2017 at 12:15 PM at Lecture Hall M.
07/2017: We welcome Dr. Murat BAGCIOGLU at our institute. He will work as PostDoc in the joint KTI project on “Meat Authenticity Testing by FTIR Spectroscopy" in collaboration with the University of Zurich.
05-09/2017: Our PhD student Ms. Katharina MAYER visited the lab of Prof. Susanne Engelmann of the Institute for Microbiology at the Technical University of Braunschweig in frame of an ErasmusPlus scholarship.
04/2017: We welcome Helene MARBACH, PhD, at our institute. She will work as PostDoc in the FWF project "Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Chronic Bovine Mastitis".
02/2017: In a collaborative project with the Universidad de Buenos Aires, we recently showed that salicylic acid, a common pain reliever, promotes colonization of the nose by the opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Here is the link to the press release .
Please find earlier news on our german website