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AIT Bioresources team wins the Lower Austrian Innovation Award in the category "Best Innovation from Lower Austrian Research Institutions"
The Bioresources Team of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources was honored for its innovative research achievements in the field of sustainable agriculture. With the project "Endophytes - the solution [...] Austrian Innovation Prize, awarded by a cooperation between the Province of Lower Austria and the Lower Austrian Chamber of Commerce, honors outstanding achievements in the field of innovation every year [...] a central part of regional innovation promotion and reflects the commitment to progress and sustainability. The experts from the Comptence Unit Bioresources of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources
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Congratulations to Angela Sessitsch who is listed among the "Highly Cited Researchers" worldwide for the fourth year in a row
means it is making real progress." The Clarivate Analytics data center includes services such as Web of Science, Cortellis, Derwent Innovation, Derwent World Patents Index, CompuMark, MarkMonitor, Techstreet
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AIT is part of the Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health"
environmental microbiomes and human microbiomes and to enable their targeted manipulation as an innovative solution for a sustainable future. For AIT, this opens up the opportunity to strengthen long-term [...] new applications of microbiomes. Angela Sessitsch, Head of Competence Unit Bioresources of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, commented: "We are thrilled to have been able to establish this Cluster [...] knowledge, global change will become more predictable while enabling the targeting of microbiomes as an innovative solution for a sustainable future. Board of Directors and participating research sites: Michael
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Stakeholder workshop on the topic of "Microplastics in agricultural soils".
April 27. The focus was on potential impacts on the environment and human health and on promoting innovation in the fields of classical polymeric and new materials. NETmicroplastic is part of Lower Austria's [...] research and development. Coordinator Claudia Preininger, Competence Unit Bioresources of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, hosted a full-day stakeholder workshop at AIT Tulln with 35 participants
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AIT Gender & Diversity Officer Prof. Dr. Elke Guenther Nominated for Minerva Award
women in leadership positions. AIT Gender & Diversity Officer Prof. Dr. Elke Guenther, Head of Center for Health and Bioresources, is nominated this year in the category "Role Model/ Female Leader". [...] explains the award: "This award is dedicated to all those who promote, make visible or live female innovative spirit and assertiveness". Voting will be open starting Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. The award will be
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The potential of microbiomes - helpers for environment and health
Angela Sessitsch, Head of Competence Unit Bioresources at the Center for Health & Bioresources. In order to advance research and innovation in this field, several powerful international consortia have [...] AIT experts Angela Sessitsch and Tanja Kostic (Center for Health & Bioresources) together with eight international partners, publish a recommendation on how the potential of microbiomes can be used [...] the interconnectedness of microbiomes in environmental and food systems suggests that microbiome innovations have the potential to improve the sustainable production of food, feed and biofuels while supporting
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Bio - economy research and innovation in Lower Austria
research partners. The event "Bio-economy - Research and Innovation in Lower Austria" will take place on May 23 at the University and Research Center Tulln (UFT).Bio-economy influences the entire value chain [...] sustainable innovations and current developments in the markets are presented and discussed.Together with guest of honor ,head of the provincial government lower austria, Mikl-Leitner the innovative topics
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Agriculture 4.0: AIT and Lower Austria present new digitalisation initiative
for Economic Affairs Jochen Danninger and Angela Sessitsch, Head of the Bioresources Unit at the Center for Health & Bioresources in Tulln, announced the launch of the "d4agrotech" initiative. The [...] of advanced intelligent software. In order to bring the acquired new knowledge and the innovative methods into application as quickly as possible, companies and industrial partners are brought [...] achieve its goals through digitalisation, sustainable crop protection, natural fertilisation and innovative biosensors, with concrete explanations from those responsible, can be found here: https://www.ots
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Angela Sessitsch and her team awarded 2nd place at the Houska Prize with Endoboost.
research in Austria. This year, Angela Sessitsch, Head of Competence Unit Bioresources at the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources with her team, is honored with the second place in the category "Non [...] chemicals used in agriculture. With the Houska Prize, the B&C Private Foundation recognizes innovative research and development projects and their economic impact. The prize is endowed with a total
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Kick-off for the H2020 project SOILGUARD on sustainable soil management
between microorganisms and plants," explains Markus Gorfer, expert in fungal ecology at the AIT Center for Health & Bioresources. SOILGUARD will assess soil biodiversity status and its contribution [...] leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation programme under the Grant Agreement no. 101000371. All Information can be found at: https://www
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3rd place at ICEBERG Award for AIT expert Nikolaus Pfaffenbichler
disruptive or radical innovations, but also significant and groundbreaking innovations in existing products and business models. The degree of innovation, general conditions, innovation culture, potential [...] ICEBERG Award as part of the Austrian Innovation Forum. The ICEBERG Award was presented for the second time this year. The ICEBERG Award awards sustainable innovations of Austrian companies. Not only disruptive [...] economic side of innovation. All companies older than 5 years and with at least 25 employees were eligible to participate. Twenty-five top companies have submitted entries for the ICEBERG Innovation Leadership
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AIT Unit Bioresources with digital information booth at ABIM
creating new networks and informing policy makers and regulators about the needs and developments. The Center for Health & Bioresources with the experts of the Competence Unit Bioresources from Tulln has [...] products. Business developer Stefan Pfeiffer, Competence Unit Bioresources, presented a wide range of innovative solutions at the unit's digital booth. These include microbial bioeffectors from the AIT microbial
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Digitalisation coupled with agroecology for sustainable agriculture in Europe
Competence Unit Bioresources of the Center for Health and Bioresources. Also involved, from the AIT side, are the Center for Innovation Systems & Policy (ISP) and the Center for Digital Safety & Security [...] assets in digital agroecology. PATH2DEA is part of a whole innovation system. The project is part of a larger European "agroecology innovation system" and aims to strengthen links with existing and previous [...] infrastructures. The specific task of PATH2DEA in this agroecological innovation system is to create a framework for future research and innovation projects to enable the widespread adaptation of sustainable a
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EU WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN LOWER AUSTRIA
ecosystem. About EIT Food EIT Food was founded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology as Europe's leading innovation and technology initiative in the agri-food sector with the aim to make the [...] and trustworthy. EIT Food aims to build an inclusive and innovative community of diverse partners in the agri-food industry to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in the sector across Europe. The AIT [...] take place online and on-site in the Ötscher Nature Park. In one day, top experts will present innovative approaches to make production more efficient while protecting biodiversity and the environment
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Revolutionary data storage technology: AIT-led consortium wins EIC Pathfinder Challenge funding
scientists, researchers, companies and other stakeholders in Europe's innovation ecosystem. It aims to develop breakthrough innovations and new technologies to address the global challenges of the future [...] that aims to foster breakthrough innovations and new technologies through collaboration between researchers, companies and other stakeholders in Europe's innovation ecosystem. The Challenges are specific [...] A consortium led by the AIT Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics at the Center for Health and Bioresources has won EIC Pathfinder Challenge funding to use DNA as a data storage device. The group plans
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AIT and TU Graz launch joint doctoral programme in the field of hydrogen technology
to strengthening Austria as a location for technology and knowledge.” AIT Center for Energy - Application At the AIT Center for Energy, around 250 employees are working on solutions for tomorrow’s sustainable [...] and global networking, offer companies innovative and applied research services and thus a clear competitive advantage in this market of the future. The Center for Energy’s topic portfolio is oriented [...] n of industrial processes and plants, and innovative technologies and solutions for urban resilience (buildings, cities). In hydrogen research, the AIT Center for Energy focuses on two core areas: firstly
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Microbiome Workshop in the EU Parliament with Angela Sessitsch
Biodiversity, sustainable food, sustainable agriculture and circular economy - how can microbiome innovations contribute to solving major societal challenges? Answers to this question will be discussed at [...] Policy advisors from EFSA and OECD will inform on the safety and regulatory pathways of microbiome innovations and the different options for microbiome-related policies and collaborations. The workshop will [...] the interconnectedness of microbiomes in environmental and food systems suggests that microbiome innovations have the potential to improve the sustainable production of food, feed and biofuels while supporting
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International conference: digital security calls for greater global cooperation
Weissenburger, Head of the Department for Innovation and Technology at the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, who represented Federal Minister [...] Minister Leonore Gewessler. He underscored the innovative power of Austrian research and business and the importance of creating the framework conditions needed for technological developments. Andreas [...] g of how to use the Internet safely,” said Helmut Leopold, initiator of the IDSF and Head of the Center for Digital Safety & Security at AIT. Mariana Kühnel, Deputy General Secretary of the Austrian
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How do we make crops as climate resistant as camelina?
are more important today than ever before. In the H2020 project UNTWIST, AIT expert Claudia Jonak (Center for Health and Bioresources) is exploring the plant's secret to learn from it and thus support European [...] crops as well. Claudia Jonak, UNTWIST project coordinator (AIT Competence Unit Bioresources of the Center for Health & Bioresources) explains: "On the one hand, our goal is to make camelina better known [...] RTDS - Association for the Promotion of Communication and Outreach of Research, Technology and Innovation. After a thorough evaluation phase, the four most promising camelina lines were selected from more
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Camelina shows us how to master climate change
The UNTIWST project is coordinated by AIT expert Claudia Jonak, Competence Unit Bioresources of the Center for Health & Bioresources. Together with seven international partners AIT explores the mechanisms [...] project started in September 2020 and is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under grant agreement No 862524 with almost 5 million euros. Climate change is a growing [...] UNTWIST, led by AIT expert Claudia Jonak and her team from the Competence Unit Bioresources of the Center for Health & Bioresources, will uncover the responses of climate-resilent camelina to heat and