Department of Agrobiotechnology, IFA-Tulln

Metabolomics for the Investigation of Biological Nitrification Inhibitors in the Rhizosphere 

Project assigned to: Christina Maisl 
Supervisors: Rainer Schuhmacher

Metabolomics of mycoparasitic interactions of Trichoderma atroviride and Botrytis cinerea

Project assigned to: Kristina Missbach
Supervisors: Rainer Schuhmacher

Molecular Networking

Project assigned to: Jonathan Matthew Samson
Supervisors: Rainer Schuhmacher

Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology

HISTOVAR: Role of the histone variant H2A.Z in pathogenic Fusarium species

Project assigned to: Anna Atanasoff-Kardjalieff
Supervisors: Lena Studt and Joseph Strauss

Modulation of the high ambient temperature response via endosomal trafficking in Arabidopsis thaliana 

Project assigned to: Nils Leibrock 
Supervisors: Barbara Korbei

On the Interregulation of ER Stress Response and Auxin Signaling

Project assigned to: Jonathan Ferreira da Silva Santos
Supervisors: Jürgen Kleine-Vehn

TOL proteins, modulators of the endosomal degradation pathway during abiotic stress responses

Project assigned to: Maximilian Schwihla
Supervisors: Barbara Korbei

Department of Biotechnology

Molecular analysis of beet crop diversification

Project assigned to: Felix Sandell
Supervisor: Juliane Dohm and Heinz Himmelbauer 

Department of Chemistry

Evaluation of spectral methods for assessing food authenticity and quality

Project assigned to: Bernadette Moser 
Supervisor: Stephan Hann 

Department of Crop Sciences

Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) Resistance in the Cereal Durum wheat

Project assigned to: Jedi Joy Belmonte Mahilum
Supervisor: Hermann Bürstmayr

Imaging grapevine stress physiology for improved drought prediction and management 

Project assigned to: Francesco Flagiello 
Supervisor: Gernot Bodner 

Optimizing Genomics Assisted Plant Breeding – Digibreed

Project assigned to: Magdalena Lunzer
Supervisor: Hermann Bürstmayr

Pre-Harvest Sprouting Stability and Genomic Prediction of Complex Quality Traits in Wheat 

Project assigned to: Hermann Gregor Dallinger 
Supervisor: Hermann Bürstmayr 

Project assigned to: Jacopo Innocenti
Supervisor: Astrid Forneck

Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems

Genomics of Resilience in Dairy Cattle of Austria and East Africa

Project assigned to: Mabel Agyiri
Supervisor: Johann Sölkner

Genetic diversity study for Asian and African Zebu cattle and whole genome resequencing for SNP discovery and development of Zebu cattle specific microarray

Project assigned to: Tafara Kundai Mavunga
Supervisor: Johann Sölkner

Inferring signatures of selection from whole genome sequences of different types of taurine and zebuine cattle.

Project assigned to: Maulana Mughitz Naji
Supervisor: Gábor Mészáros

Mid-infrared predicted traits for energy balance and their genetic background in dairy cows

Project assigned to: Stefan Gruber
Supervisor: Johann Sölkner

Prediction and mapping of heterosis effects using genome-wide SNP arrays in advanced inter-cross populations

Project assigned to: Tesfaye Gebreselama Teweldemedhn
Supervisor: Johann Sölkner

Prediction of mastitis and pregnancy state from milk mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy in dairy cows and the genetic background of MIR predicted phenotypes

Project assigned to: Lisa Maria Rienesl
Supervisor: Johann Sölkner