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Conversion of CO2 into animal feed

Thomas Gaßler and Michael Egermeier, PhD-students at the Department of Biotechnology, received FFG Spin-Off Fellowship for the implementation of their project "CarboFeed" with Prof. Diethard Mattanovich.

BOKU in Newsweeks' Country Report

US-magazine Newsweek features Austria's ministries, top-enterprises and educational institutions in its current Country Report titled "Austria: Europe's center of opportunity" - including BOKU: The green university for a green economy.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

PhD Programme BioToP at VIBT BOKU

Open call for applications for the international PhD Programme "Biomolecular Technology of Proteins - BioToP". Application deadline: February 13th, 2019. For detailed information and application guidelines please visit: http://biotop.boku.ac.at

"Riverine Ecosystem Management"

Big success for the Open Access book

With more than 120,000 downloads in 2018, "Riverine Ecosystem Management" placed first in the "Aquatic Sciences" category of the Springer publishing house.

High level negotiations on environmental migration

Students of BOKU and University of Vienna simulate a UN conference at the VIC. When 46 countries from all over the world meet, different interests clash in the pursuit of a resolution. For the time of his participation, BM Heinz Faßmann headed the Austrian delegation.

Reinhard Liepolt Prize for Danube Research

awarded to Rafaela Schinegger and Florian Borgwardt from the Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management

The Reinhard Liepolt Prize for Danube Research 2017 was awarded to two staff members of the Institute for Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management at BOKU, Dr. Rafaela Schinegger (main prize) and Dr. Florian Borgwardt (2nd prize) on December 4th 2018.

SFB Fusarium Closing Conference

After 10 years of successful interdisciplinary research, the special research project SFB Fusarium at BOKU reaches its end. Interested colleagues are cordially invited to attend the closing conference on January 18th, 2019 at IFA Tulln.