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Climate Change

Is there a new dynamic?

Next Monday, July 19, the Public Opening of the AEMS & GBS Summer Universities 2021 will take place as live in-person event, Helga Kromp-Kolb (Academic Head of AEMS and Initiator of the Center for Global Change and Sustainability at BOKU Vienna) and Anika Dafert ( Fridays For Future Austria) are expected among others. Location: TU Kuppelsaal. Time: 5pm. Live-Stream avaiable.

Fund "120 Years of the University of Natural Resources"

Project funding and awards in the area of forestry

Up to a total of 20,000 euros will be awarded for the implementation of research projects and prizes for outstanding master's theses, dissertations and habilitations.

In the fields of: Soil science, forest ecology, silviculture, forest growth, forest engineering, forest protection and wood research. Submit your application until 15 July 2021!

Dr. Hermann Zittmayr Award 2021 for BOKU scientist Johanna Burtscher

Dr. Johanna Burtscher, Senior Scientist at the Institute of Food Science, was awarded the Dr. Hermann Zittmayr Award 2021. The prestigious award recognizes outstanding merits in the field of dairy science.

European Food Engineering Award for Felix Schottroff

Felix Schottroff, Head of BOKU Core Facility Food & Bio Processing and Senior Scientist at the Institute of Food Technology was awarded the 2nd place of the prestigious European Food Engineering Award for his research on electrotechnologies for the inactivation of microorganisms.

Inside the European Commision - workings of and working for the EC

June 23, 16:30, online

Dr.in Veronika Veits, Director for International Ocean Governance and Sustainable Fisheries / DG Maritime & Fisheries, will give an insight into the workings of the European Commission by example of current affairs in International Ocean Governance and Sustainable Fisheries.

Subgenome evolution

Parental components in hybrid plant genomes

The Institute of Computational Biology developed a method to measure the intermixing state of subgenomes in polyploid plants. The work testifies to the power of bioinformatics for obtaining novel biological insights.

The first European Bioeconomy University (EBU) Scientific Forum

Deadline for abstracts:13rd of June, 2021

The first European Bioeconomy University (EBU) Scientific Forum, taking place on 22nd and 23rd September 2021 as interactive online event, calls for your contribution. The EBU Scientific Forum provides a platform for presenting EBU research, fostering networking and intensifying collaborations between scientists from the EBU alliance and selected partners of the EBU network.

Online Symposium: We need to talk… about plastic!

8 June 2021, 4.00 - 7.30 p.m. CET

The IDR and the students of this semester's course on Applied Development Research II invite you to discuss about plastic.

Africa-EU Stakeholder Engagement Week

Research and Innovation on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture

The African Union and the EU intensify their longterm partnership. Join the BOKU team in the debate on policies, innovation pathways and collaborative action. 31 May to 4 June 2021.

City of Vienna Jubilee Funds for the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Applications still possible until 15 June 2021!

Research projects in connection with the topic "(Viennese) Ways into the Future / Crises. Transformation. Sustainability" can be funded, as well as outstanding publications and scientific theses.

Transition towards sustainable food systems: Needs and possibilities to act

Invitation to the webinar

The seminar series organized by the EFFoST Working Group on Sustainable Food Systems and Young EFFoST aims to provide detailed insights into various facets of sustainability in the food sector. The seminars will include expert talks, practical indications from industry professionals, as well as short presentations from selected early stage researchers.

Education where you don’t fish in troubled waters

EU deadline: Apply for Limnology and Wetland Management until 15 June!

ÖH BOKU Panel discussion

11.5. from 18:00 - Discussion of the BOKU candidates for the Student Union election

The candidates of the 6 lists that will run in the Student Union election 2021 (ÖH Wahl) at BOKU will introduce themselves and discuss their concerns. The discussion will be in German language. The event will be streamed live on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Tfl72k9Vbbc

Luis Laglera is Guest Professor at the Department of Chemistry from May 17 – 28, 2021

Luis Laglera is Marine Scientist and Professor at the Department of Chemistry at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). He is a member of the group FI-TRACE (Flow Injection and Trace Analysis) at UIB and his research interests are focused on the study of the biogeochemical cycles of trace metals in ocean, coastal and estuarine waters (with emphasis in iron, copper, lead, cobalt and mercury), and in particular in the characterization and quantification of natural organic ligands.

More than wood!

New policy brief highlights the contribution of forests and trees to food security and nutrition, and calls for policy coherence and integrated landscape approaches

ERASMUS+ 2021-2027 - Webinar for BOKU Staff

3rd of May, 2 - 4 pm

The new generation of the ERASMUS+ Programs offers again funding for teaching and training mobilities as well as educational or capacity-building projects - an overview on the funding options is given in the BOKU-IR-Webinar.

New BOKUdoku: "Plastic Age - Forever?"

Watch now

For many years, researchers at the BOKU Institute of Environmental Biotechnology have been working on the biodegradability of synthetic materials. In cooperation with the Environment Agency Austria, a BOKUdoku about the increasingly massive problem of plastic pollution and possible solutions has now been released.

Agrana Research Support

3500 Euro for Dissertations and Habilitations

In the fields of Environment and Bio-Resources Management, Agroeconomics, Agricultural policy and food science, Organic Agricultural Systems and Agroecology, Sustainability and Renewable Resources. Applications are requested until 17 May 2021

BOKU-kino: Film Screening with Discussion

5th of May

In German

EPICUR: Opportunities for student mobility

EPICUR, an alliance of 8 European universities, presents its mobility offers to BOKU students during the ZOOM IN.ternational days. On Wednesday, May 5 between 3:15 pm to 4 pm EPICUR will give an insight into the alliance and present (virtual) internships in start-ups or research institutions, courses of its partner universities and much more. (The presentation will be in German, questions can be posed in English.)

Innovation to market - tecnet/accent Innovation Award

Deadline: 08. Juni

We are looking for innovative inventions and research results that have the potential for economic development and use! Send your documents to techtransfer tto@boku.ac.at

DFST presents itself in a new video

Get an insight into research, education and student activities at the Department of Food Science and Technology (DFST)

Life Science Awards Austria 2021

Apply now

Each year, the ÖGMBT awards prizes to young researchers who have published outstanding scientific research papers in the field of life sciences and biotechnology. The Life Science Research Awards Austria are the most prestigious life science Award a young researcher working in Austria can win. The award winners and their research topics will be presented to the scientific community and the broad public. Application closes May 28, 2021.

Guest professor: Stephen V. Evans

Professor Stephen V. Evans of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at the University of Victoria will present the lecture course Advances in Protein Crystallography in the summer term 2021 in a digital format (LV 773010). Professor Evans is an internationally renowned expert in the structure determination of glycobiology-relevant proteins, with his contributions focused on glycosyltransferases and carbohydrate-specific antibodies.

Book "Riverine ecosystem management" reaches 500.000 Downloads

The BOKU textbook "Riverine ecosystem management - Science for Governing Towards a Sustainable Future", published three years ago by Springer as Open Access, achieved more than 500 000 downloads by March 2021.

"Greening the Gas" put to the test

Researchers from the Vienna University of Technology and the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences will lecture and discuss 'Greening the Gas put to the test' on March 23, 2021. Lectures on 'Green Gas in the Natural Gas Grid' and the 'Underground Sun Conversion' will be followed by considerations from energy system planning and energy space planning perspectives.

Online Study Info Days 2021

4 days open house

The Online Study Info Days will take place from 29th March to 1st April 2021 on the Youtube channel of our university.

Research on lignin and biorefineries on the cover of "ChemSusChem"

BOKU researchers from the Institute of Chemistry of Renewable Resources discuss recent trends in lignin utilization and resulting biorefinery concepts in an article that was ranked as a "very important paper" and also made it to the cover of the journal "ChemSusChem". The results come from a long-standing collaboration with research groups in Finland and Canada.

Felix Schottroff honored for his research in food technology

Felix Schottroff, former PhD student at the Institute of Food Technology, was honored for his research on electric field applications in food processing.

Student Union election 2021 (ÖH Wahl)

Pay your Student Union Fee (ÖH Beitrag) until March 30th to be eligible to vote!

Every two years there are Student Union elections. Students can vote their representation on the national, school and study programm levels. The elections will take place 18.-20. May 2021.

Two special issues released with contributions from the Symposium “Riverine landscapes as socio-ecological systems”

The high interest in the 6th Symposium of the International Society for River Science, which was held at BOKU in September 2019, has finally resulted in the release of two special issues, containing numerous high-quality publications from all over the world. Among those, several scientists of BOKU have published their research regarding the protection and management of riverine landscapes.

The sound of rivers - a trigger for riverine biota?

The Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management (IHG) has been awarded one of 24 grants in the frame of the FWF's 1000 IDEAS PROGRAMME for the research project "The sound of rivers - a trigger for riverine biota?" where 400 particularly innovative research ideas beyond current scientific understanding were evaluated.

Newly programmed teaching resource platform "Sustainicum Collection": www.sustainicum.at

In times of overexploitation of our planet, it is more necessary than ever to encourage students to deal with the basic principles and content of sustainable development.

Transformations towards sustainability? Novel perspectives from Social Ecology.

Online lecture series.

The world is facing critical challenges, from climate change to the overuse of natural resources and the loss of natural habitats. Societies will need to undergo important transformations to become more sustainable. Leading these transformations requires a better understanding of nature-society interactions, as well as innovative ideas to apply scientific knowledge. This lecture series, offered by young scholars working at the Institute for Social Ecology, will reveal cutting edge results from the field of social ecology, and provide reflections and solutions on how this knowledge can contribute to a more sustainable society.

Dechema research scholarship to investigate cell-free therapies

Cell based products from patient-specific cells can stimulate regenerative processes within the body without eliciting the risk of cellular malignancies. Dr. Sebastian Kreß at the Institute for Cell and Tissue Culture Technologies (ICTC) investigates the production and functionality of cellular vesicles for their application in cell-free therapy approaches.

Meeting of the Working Group on Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)

18th - 19th of March, 2021 (online)

Please register for the meeting before March 16th.

ÖGA conference 2021

31st annual conference of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics

The 31st annual conference of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics with the topic “Strategies for the agricultural and food sector and rural areas in times of multiple crises” takes place from 16th to 17th September 2021 at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.

ÖGA Award

Every second year ÖGA issues a call for the ÖGA Award. Young researchers are asked to submit their theses. To be considered for the ÖGA Award the theses must be written in one of the focus areas of ÖGA and have some relation to Austria.

Welcome Days for International Students

BOKU-International Relations and the Erasmus Student Network BOKU kindly invite you to our Welcome Days for International Students from 16th to 19th February. Get to know BOKU and your fellow students!

EcoVeloTour educational video

About a cycling trip to the National Park Neusiedler See - Seewinkel!

Pan-European Seal Traineeship Programme

Apply until March!

Learn as you work: The Pan-European Seal Traineeship Programme gives high-achieving university graduates the opportunity to gain valuable on-the-job experience in the multicultural environments of the European Union Intellectual Property Office and the European Patent Office.

Understanding the formation of nitrous oxide emissions

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Innsbruck, BOKU and University of Vienna has succeeded in studying emissions of the greenhouse gas N2O under the influence of environmental impacts in an unprecedented level of detail. The study, which has now been published in Science Advances, is thus also a starting point for anticipating future trends in the greenhouse gas emission dynamics of ecosystems under global climate change.

BOKU research featured on the cover of "Small"

"Soft" Cellulose Nanospheres for Next-Generation Immunosensors

BOKU researchers have developed functional, "soft" cellulose-based nanoparticles in cooperation with research groups from Germany, Finland and Canada. These particles have an extraordinarily high protein sorption capability and could increase the sensitivity of antigen tests in the future.

Agricultural engineering - lecture series on inclusion

Inclusion of people with disabilities in working life - socially sustainable?

The Agricultural Engineering Institute deals with the current socio-technical trends and industrial innovations in horticulture. Lecture evening will take place on February 17, 2021. Please register by February 12, 2021.

Montafoner Wissenschaftspreis for glacier reconstructions in the Silvretta region

Sandra Braumann, PhD student at the Institute of Applied Geology, was awarded the Montafoner Wissenschaftspreis 2020. Every second year, the prize honors scientists who work on a wide range of topics related to the Montafon region.

Erasmus+ Application

for the academic year 2021/22 only possible until Wednesday!

Would you like to study for one or two semesters somewhere in Europe? Then apply now for Erasmus+ for the academic year 2021/22! Applications are only accepted until January 13, 2021!

Become an ambassador for EPICUR!

Call out for students and researchers: Be the voice of a European network alliance here @BOKU.

Be EPICURious!

EPICURtalks starts @BOKU

International "Teaching & Learning” series (2 February, 5:30 PM)

EPICURtalks will explore the advancement in teaching & learning regularly throughout the summer term. 15-minute-long talks of distinguished experts plus a moderated live discussion will provide the peer-to-peer audience with the opportunity to participate and ask questions.

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