BOKU spin-off Agrobiogel receives top-class EU funding worth millions of Euros

AgroBiogel GmbH is, what can be described a success story, when it comes to starting a university spin-off. The core technology and basis for creating the company was developed at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU).

An event of the BOKU Energy Cluster

Tuesday 18 January 2022, 6pm, LIVESTREAM

Robert Schlumberger Research Award

Submission deadline extended until January 27, 2022

Funding is provided for innovative research projects in viticulture carried out by master's students or doctoral candidates.

Faces of BOKU

New episode: Head of the BOKU Research Service, Dipl.-Ing. Elisabeth Denk

In this new "Faces of BOKU" episode Elisabeth Denk gives insights into her work in the research service, tells why she came back to BOKU after her studies and whether she climbs the Türkenschanze with her BOKUBike even at minus 6 degrees.

How circular waste management systems can benefit the environment

Press release

A new study by IIASA, in which BOKU was involved, shows for the first time how closed-loop systems in waste management can help to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants.

New professorships assigned

Helmut Haberl, Alfred Strauss and Gerald Striedner have accepted the call to the professorships and started their service on January 1. We introduce them briefly.

Guidelines for Staff Management at BOKU

Important values and standards for managing staff

2021: Research grants successfully approved in the field of Glyco-Parasitology

Three research projects approved in 2021 to Dr. Yan Shi, Dr. Alba Hykollari and Dr. Jorick Vanbeselaere supported by the cooperation of BOKU, MedUni and VetMed universities will expand the scientific impact in the field of parasitology and glycobiology.  

BOKU-Professor is president of the "Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften"

At the beginning of the year, Univ. Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Kaul, BOKU Professor für Pflanzenbau und Grünlandwirtschaf, will take over the office of President of the "Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften" for the next two years.

Message of greeting from the Federal President

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DER ALIMENTARIUS 2022 - Science Award of the magazine DIE ERNÄHRUNG announced!

Submission deadline: 15.02.2022

The scientific advisory board of the journal DIE ERNÄHRUNG will again award a science prize in 2022 for outstanding scientific work from topics and issues along the entire food chain.

Evaluate your course now!

Tell your lecturers what you like about their course and what could be improved. Use the evaluation tool in BOKUonline. The feedback questionnaires are online from January 10th to February 19th.

Josef Pleil Research Award

Call for proposals 2022

Funding is available for innovative research projects in viticulture and fruit growing by Master's/Bachelor's students or PhD students. Submissions are possible until 08.03.2022!

Introductory counselling

Individual counseling on study choice, deadlines and start of studies

Not yet decided what to study? Looking for information on how to begin studying at BOKU?

Austrian researchers release the "sugar brake" and develop highly effective SARS-CoV-2 receptor mock-up

Press release

University of Natural Resources and An interdisciplinary research team with the participation of BOKU has calculated and experimentally determined the influence of sugar structures on the docking of the coronavirus to the receptor protein ACE2. It has been shown that some of these sugar chains of the receptor protein stand in the way of the virus and thus "slow down" its docking, which has far-reaching significance in the fight against the coronavirus.

BOKU wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

The University of Southern Denmark joins European University Alliance EPICUR

EPICUR thus consists of nine universities in seven different European countries. With the Southern Danish University (SDU), the alliance aims to have a greater presence in Northern Europe. SDU's particular strengths lie in the development of education and training programs, as well as a campus that spans six cities in Denmark, fulfilling an important aspect for the alliance to develop its relationships with public and private partners at regional, national and European levels.

New cooperation agreement between HAUP and BOKU

On Tuesday, December 21, BOKU Rector Hubert Hasenauer and HAUP Rector Thomas Haasesigned the new cooperation agreement between their institutions.

BOKU-Researchers develop new protein variant for cancer therapy

Press release

A team of researchers at BOKU Vienna succeeded in producing a stable variant of the protein CD19. This SuperFolder CD19 opens up new possibilities in cancer therapy. It makes it possible to monitor the activity of CAR-T cells, a new type of immunotherapy whose success is currently triggering a boom in cancer research, but which can also lead to side effects.

Low Waste Christmas

Tips for less waste

Zero waste and climate protection are on everyone's lips, but at Christmas the garbage cans are usually overflowing. There are many and simple ways to reduce the amount of waste - be it festive meals, presents or Christmas decoration. The BOKU Institute of Waste Management provides tips for an all-round ecological Christmas.

SCIENCE study: Large short-term benefits of natural tropical forest restoration

Press release

Regrowing forests attain after 20 years nearly 80% of the fertility, carbon storage, and tree diversity of old-growth forests

Retrospect: BOKU LAPLARCH 40+

The study programme Landscape Planning and Landscape Architecture celebrated its birthday!

We looked back and forward. Here you can find all lectures, discussions and film clips of the event for review.

Christmas present in BOKU-Shop

The BOKU Shop now offers more than 30 sustainable products with the BOKU logo. Browse through our offer and take advantage of the member discount! Christmas promotion: Members pay no shipping costs for orders up to and including 07.01.2022 within Austria with an order value of 20 Euro or more!

Green spaces have gained highest priority for Viennese in times of the pandemic

Press release

A recent BOKU study shows that the use of green and open spaces "on the doorstep" has never been more important in the federal capital and the neighbouring municipalities since the beginning of the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic.

StartClim

Planning, Education and Art for the Austrian Climate Change Adaptation

StartClim addresses climate change and its impacts and has been providing contributions to adaptation in Austria for years. The research program is scientifically led by the Institute of Meteorology and Climatology at BOKU. The current final reports 2020/21 are now available.

How we learn smells through experience

When we close our eyes and think of Christmas, the smell of vanilla crescents, cinnamon, punch, oranges or the needle scent of the Christmas tree immediately rises up in us. Ass.Prof. Dr. Klaus Dürrschmid, Head of the Laboratory for Sensory Analysis and Consumer Science at the Institute of Food Science, explained why this on Friday, Dec. 3 in the Ö1 programme series "Punkt eins" with the title "An der Nase herumgeführt?"

New antibody for breast cancer therapy

The research group Rüker/Wozniak-Knopp at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology has developed a novel application of their "Modular Antibody Engineering" and published it in the journal "Life". As a result, another attractive antibody is now available for cancer therapy. Modular Antibody Engineering allows the production of bispecific antibodies that have additional antigen binding sites in the constant part of the antibody molecule.

15-point plan aims to save biodiversity in freshwaters

Press release

Species decline is more drastic in freshwaters than in the sea and on land. Despite this, only a negligible proportion of research funding flows into this area. Researchers from 38 countries and 88 scientific institutions, including BOKU Vienna, have now published a joint research agenda in the journal Ecology Letters. A total of 15 priorities are to close the gaps in order to preserve biodiversity in lakes, rivers and wetlands.

T2S goes Biosphärenpark Wienerwald

We have all had the experience that the difference between theory and practice is usually greater in practice than in theory. Therefore, after many theoretical discussions on the topic of sustainable transformation, we students of the T2S Doctoral School wanted to learn more about the practical implementation of projects with transformational ideas within the Biosphärenpark Wienerwald.

Presentation and poster Prize at ISEKI e-Conference

Carola Bücher and Lucija Podrzaj, two PhD students from the Institute of Food Science, Department of Food Science and technology, were awarded presentation and poster Prizes at the 4th ISEKI e-Conference on “Food Texture, Quality, Safety and Biosecurity in the Global Bioeconomy”.

ELLS Scientific Student Conference

3 BOKU winners+ ELLS Award for the BOKU-team 2020

Anne-Laure Girard, Nazli Golestani and Thomas Zankl receive a Student Presentation Prize at this year's ELLS Scientific Student Conference. 98 BOKU students and staff members joined the conferences of the Euroleague for Life Sciences (18.-20.11.2021) - in Warsaw or online. The organizers of the first online ELLS Conferences 2020 at BOKU received the ELLS Award. Congratulations!

Individualized Cellulose Nanofibrils for the Production of Super-materials

Press release

Elementary cellulose nanofibrils are among the strongest known polymer materials. An international team of researchers has now developed a reversible and sustainable chemical process to reveal their full potential.

Most Creative Presentation Award for Isabella Zangl

We congratulate the PhD student Isabella Zangl from the Institute for Microbial Genetics (IMiG) for receiving the Most Creative Presentation Award in the “Best Science Flash” category at the 13th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting “From Molecular Machines to Translational Medicine”.

Intercultural Skills Award

Apply now!

This intercultural award enables BOKU students the opportunity to improve their CV and be at an advantage for future job applications.

New bio-recycling process awarded three times

Research in the area of bio-recycling at the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology (Georg Gübitz) has recently won three awards (Austrian National Award for Environment, Energy Globe Sustainable Plastics, Skarabäus).

BOKU Scientist coordinates global investigation of mast-seeding cycles – the heartbeat of the forest

Press release

Mario Pesendorfer, a researcher at the Institute of Forest Ecology, is lead guest editor of a special issue entitled „The ecology and evolution of synchronized seed production in plants“ in the renowned journal „Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B“.

SAVE THE DATE – ANNUAL EPICUR FORUM

The EPICUR alliance is very pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Forum, hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from 24 to 26 November. The theme of this year's forum is "Innovation & Inclusion". The event will be held online.

Four piglets lying relaxed and looking up. One piglet bites a green water bowl. Straw and yellow wooden wall in the background.

Best Student Presentation Award for Kristina Kull

NUWI PhD student Kristina Kull won the Best Student Presentation Award at the regional meeting of the International Society of Applied Ethology.

Her study looks into pigs' memory and indicates that pigs can remember cognitive tasks for six weeks. The study will be continued to investigate boredom in farmed pigs.

Go Tandem!

Learn a Language with a Native for Free!

Form a "Tandem" and teach each other your mother tongue - decide together, when, where and how you want to learn! Register in BOKUlearn by October 13!

uPhakantoni? What are you dishing?

In the wake of the COVID crisis, it has become challenging to access food in South Africa. Community kitchens can contribute significantly to food and nutrition security. But much more needs to be done. Community researchers from South Africa, along with Stefanie Lemke (Institute for Development Research) show how Community Kitchens can become places where human dignity and the right to food are strengthened.

New events calendar for BOKU

Our BOKU Web now provides a new calendar for events.

Fronitiers in Social Ecology & Sustainability Transformations

Online lecture series. Starting 05th of October

The series touches on several of the most pressing sustainability problems, from the transformation of global ecosystem degradation, bioeconomy strategies, agrarian extractivism, electronic waste, and will introduce students to various socio-ecological accounting and modelling approaches.

BOKU LAPLARCH 40+

The study programme Landscape Planning and Landscape Architecture celebrates its birthday

We look back and forward and invite everyone to celebrate with us! Friday, October 8th, 2021, 14:00 – 19:00+!

Evolutionary Approaches to Social-Ecological Change

# SEC LECTURE / KLI COLLOQIUM, 8.10.21

Presentation: Maja Schlüter, Tim Waring
Facilitator: Guido Caniglia, KLI
Discussants: Simone Gingrich, Martin Schmid, SEC

Time/Place: October 8, 2021 02:00 PM Vienna, Zoom

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 29th to 30th September. Get to know BOKU and your fellow students!

u:book next sales period Winter semester 2021

27.9 bis 24.10

Laptops for students and employees - mobile working made easy.

AgriGenomics Doc-School Retreat with Alpacas

Isolated from the distractions of everyday administrative life, project leaders and PhD students of the interdisciplinary BOKU Doc-School AgriGenomics finally met again "live" for their annual retreat.

Start of studies in the winter term 2021/22

The week starts for you on Monday, September 27th "on the Türkenschanze".

International Microorganism Day 2021

17 September is International Microorganism Day, an annual celebration of microbiology. This day is an opportunity to highlight the impact of microorganisms on our lives but also their diversity and variety. BOKU is part of this international event again!

DEFSUP goes Switzerland – Bridges, debris flow and greener pastures

In June, the long-awaited trip to Switzerland could finally take place - the DEFSUP team (DEbris flow impact Forces on bridge SUPerstructures) around Christian Scheidl and Dirk Proske participated in the latest Austrian-Swiss debris flow networking meeting. In addition to visiting debris flow research facilities, a lively technical exchange with international experts took place.

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