Archaea Biology Vienna
We are the Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics group at the University of Vienna. This is a lab member-run account.
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- Reposted by Archaea Biology Vienna📣 We are happy to announce two University of Lyon-China Scholarship Council-funded #PhD projects examining Soil Virus Ecology! 🦠 ✍️ To apply: please send a detailed CV and letter of motivation by January 30, 2026. Interviews will take place in February. Further details can be found here 👇
- 1. As we recently joined BlueSky, we want to repost this story for all newcomers! We sat down with @radler92.bsky.social to get more insight into the unique videos from his recent preprint on Promethearchaeota (formerly Asgard archaea). doi.org/10.1101/2025... (Videos and info below)
- There are currently only 5 cultivated Asgards and we know most about them from genomic data and some exquisite cryo-EM images. We were, however, interested in observing cell behavior with live cell microscopy!
- This phylum has gathered lots of attention in the last decade, as it constitutes the closest prokaryotic lineage of eukaryotes and contains a multitude of “eukaryotic” signature proteins!
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View full threadThis work was led by PostDoc Philipp Radler @radler92.bsky.social with the help of Tobias Viehböck. Strain HC1 and actin inhibitors were provided by Hiro Imachi @hiro-imachi.bsky.social and Klemens Rottner/Theresia Stradal respectively. We thank all collaborators for excellent input and discussions!
- Reposted by Archaea Biology ViennaAre you a long-time fan of Archaea, an extremophile-phile, or are you simply curious? Either way, we have good news. We’re delighted to announce the 2026 EMBO Workshop on Archaea, 6–10 July. Sign up: meetings.embo.org/event/26-arc... We look forward to seeing you in Cambridge, UK Please repost!!
- Reposted by Archaea Biology Vienna🚨 New paper out: Ecogenomics of Methylobacter 🦠 - three different MMOs to oxidize CH4 in single species - machinery for nitrogen, sulfur, iron, and hydrogen metabolisms - adaptations to low O2 conditions ... led by @wutkowska.bsky.social tinyurl.com/pmntwuk6 #MicrobeSky #pangenome
- Reposted by Archaea Biology Vienna“Cultivation of Methanonezhaarchaeia, the third class of methanogens within the phylum Thermoproteota” by @kohtzarchaeota.bsky.social, Sylvia Nupp, and myself is out in Science Advances. 90% enriched culture of a methyl-dismutating thermoproteotal methanogen. #Microsky 🧪 tinyurl.com/bdcc3uzs
- Reposted by Archaea Biology Vienna🧪🦠🌊 Curious on #niche differentiation of marine #AOA #Nitrosopumilus and #Nitrosopelagicus? #Urea is (part of) the answer! Very happy this fun study led by @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social is out: shorturl.at/wajjh Big shout out to Joerdis and Hannah for pushing this over the finish line!
- Reposted by Archaea Biology ViennaDAY 186 SPECIES 186 - Nitrososphaera viennensis STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR Watercolor. Sakura pen. Tombow pencils NOTES: Don't mind me, doing some experimenting 🤪 #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint
- 🎄🧬 It’s December – time for an 'Immunocalendar': “CRISPR CRISPR KNÄUSCHEN”! Every day we open a new door onto a different prokaryotic immune system, with extra love for archaeal hosts. Crafted by the Zink Group within our department :) Have a wonderful Christmas time! ✨
- With contributions from Moritz Maroschek, Philip Lorenz, Julia Karan, Sarah Gamsjäger and Isabelle Zink. An excellent calendar! :)
- Reposted by Archaea Biology ViennaOur study of the evolution of the ParB NTP binding domain across the Tree of Life is now published! An awesome collaboration with @tunglejic.bsky.social led by @jovanakaljevic.bsky.social at the John Ines Center. Thanks to editors and reviewers. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Archaea Biology ViennaOur preprint is now published in PNAS! This came together thanks to a great collaboration with Antoine Hocher and a strong team effort from the Le Lab. Thank you to the reviewers and to everyone who helped improve it. I hope ParB aficionados will enjoy it. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
