AMICI

Austrian Microbiome Initiative

The PhD program Microbial Symbioses at the University of Vienna  offers new positions for dedicated and enthusiastic students interested in microbe-host interactions! 

The Karl Landsteiner Society has founded a new Institute for Microbiome Research headed by AMICI president Christoph Steininger.

AMICI board of experts member Michael Wagner was awarded with the Wittgensteinpreis of the Austrian Science Fund FWF. Congratulations for receiving Austria's most prestigious science award!

The German science magazine Spektrum der Wissenschaft has interviewed Alexander Loy, University of Vienna for their story on the threatened diversity of the intestinal microbiome (Unsere Darmv

The 21st Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC21) at the University of Vienna will bring together people from many fields, including microbiology, microbial ecology, bioinformatics, medicine and system biology and will highlight the nexus of genomic standards and innovative m

We heartly welcome the Austrian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics ÖGGG as a new member of AMICI! The ÖGGG is the 10th medical/scientific society in Austria that joins AMICI.

The new European Union’s Horizon 2020 project MicrobiomeSupport, coordinated by AMICI member Angela Sessitsch, held its kick-off meeting on 28 November 2018 in Ottawa, Canada.

A training course for medical doctors (in German) "Von Bauernhöfen, dem Mikrobiom und Allergien" will be organized by Prof. Erika Jensen-Jarolim on December 5th, 2018 in Vienna.