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The InChildHealth project aims to improve indoor air quality in schools
InChildHealth project, in which AIT is a partner. It aims to improve air quality in schools. The two Competence Units Bioresources and Molecular Diagnostics of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources [...] plinary collaboration between the groups at AIT Clara Pogner, Research Engineer in the Competence Unit Bioresources and project leader of the project at AIT explains: "Together with my colleague Ivan Barisic [...] The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is an active research partner in the European IDEAL Cluster (Indoor Environmental Air Quality and Health). This project, funded by the European Health and Digital
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AIT microbiome expert Angela Sessitsch has been ranked among the "Highly Cited Researchers" worldwide for six years in a row.
Competence Unit Bioresources, is among the most cited researchers worldwide. In addition to her role at AIT, Angela Sessitsch is also Vice President of ÖGMBT - Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences
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AIT Bioresources team wins the Lower Austrian Innovation Award in the category "Best Innovation from Lower Austrian Research Institutions"
success at the Houska Prize 2023, as well as the AIT participation in the Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health". The award-winning AIT project focuses on the research and application [...] 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 [...] to promote sustainable plant production. Through the development of advanced delivery technologies, AIT experts have commercialized endophytic strains such as Bacillus simplex KLA5-2 and Bacillus simplex
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Fighting the effects of climate change - two AIT experts in ORF documentary
Two AIT experts, Claudia Jonak, Competence Unit Bioresources at the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, and Philip Leopold, Competence Unit Transportation Infrastructure Technologies at the AIT Center [...] to ORF-Streaming (DE): https://tv.orf.at/program/orf3/unserwette100.html Plant Vigor: https://www.ait.ac.at/themen/improvement-of-plant-quality-vigor/plant-stress-tolerance-mechanisms
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Revolutionary data storage technology: AIT-led consortium wins EIC Pathfinder Challenge funding
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 [...] technologies, such as multiplex assays, DNA nanotechnology, bioinformatics and synthetic biology. The AIT will be involved in almost all areas of the project and are mainly responsible for developing the hardware [...] of DNA-based data. Project coordinator Ivan Barisic, Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, leads the consortium of six partners from four EU countries and
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Stakeholder workshop on the topic of "Microplastics in agricultural soils".
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, 14 of whom represented the core [...] impetus for education and teaching. NETmicroplastic‘s core network partners: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GMBH (AIT), Austria HBLA und Bundesamt Klosterneuburg Wein- und Obstbau WasserCluster [...] The AIT-led NETmicroplastic project invited relevant stakeholders and interested members of the public to share their knowledge and ideas on the use of (micro)plastics in agriculture on April 27. The
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Angela Sessitsch and her team awarded 2nd place at the Houska Prize with Endoboost.
applied 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 [...] of plants and naturally promote their growth, health and resistance to stress. The research team at AIT is conducting research on strains and delivery technologies that ensure effective colonization of plants [...] chemicals in agriculture. The Houskapreis thus recognizes not only the team's outstanding research work at AIT, but also their contribution to strengthening Austria as a business location and sustainably improving
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First NETmicroplastic Stakeholder Workshop in Tulln: Focus on microplastics in agricultural soils.
The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and 11 partners from Austria, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands are working on the investigation of microplastics in agricultural soils. NETmicroplastic is funded [...] field to our plates. NETmicroplastic, an RTI partnership launched by the Bioresources Group of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources and 11 partners from four European countries, aims to foster dialogue
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Half a ton of waste in half a year for a good cause
canteen in Tulln could also be won over for the campaign. The Molecular Diagnostics Competence Unit at AIT's main site in Vienna has followed suit and started to implement the same measures in the HMD laboratories [...] , supports the laboratory staff in implementing further resource-saving measures. Thus, the total AIT contribution has already risen to more than half a ton of recyclable material for a good cause. More
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AIT is part of the Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health"
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 collaborations with excellent Austrian research [...] Cluster of Excellence. The Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes drive Planetary Health" will enable AIT to strengthen long-term collaborations with excellent Austrian research institutions and explore new [...] 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
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MICROBE project kickoff for the next step in microbiome research
Bioresources of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources is coordinating the project and can build on years of expertise in this field. The EU project MICROBE, which emerges from the AIT-coordinated EU project [...] and analysis of microbiomes. The project is coordinated by the Competence Unit Bioresources of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources and builds on technical solutions for the conservation, propagation
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AIT Gender & Diversity Officer Prof. Dr. Elke Guenther Nominated for Minerva Award
companies and brands that are committed to promoting and supporting women in leadership positions. AIT Gender & Diversity Officer Prof. Dr. Elke Guenther, Head of Center for Health and Bioresources
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DPU and AIT organize symposium on nanoplastics
Technology (LiST). More than 2,000 students from 66 nations are enrolled at the DPU. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is Austria's largest research and technology [...] prevention, awareness, legislative efforts, and societal impact" in Vienna on September 15 and 16, 2022. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology The conference, which will be attended by around 30 scientists from [...] eight European nations, is being jointly organized by Danube Private University (DPU) in Krems and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. The conference is chaired by the top French researcher Corinne Nardin
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EU WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN LOWER AUSTRIA
protecting biodiversity and the environment in a sustainable way. On 25 May 2022, the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), in cooperation with Lunds University (Sweden), BGI and Food4Sustainability CoLAB [...] food production and how soil health can be actively improved. AIT coordinator of the workshop, Tanja Kostic, microbiome expert at the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, explains: "With this workshop [...] On 25 May 2022, the AIT organises a workshop on "Sustainable soil management in food production" for producers and small and medium-sized enterprises in the primary food production sector. The workshop
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AIT Bioresources expert Eva Maria Sehr on winter vegetables at P.M.Wissen
vegetables. Wolfgang Palme, Höhere Bundeslehr- und Forschungsanstalt für Gartenbau Schönbrunn, and AIT Bioresources expert Eva Maria Sehr, Center for Health & Bioresources, explain the protective mechanisms
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Congratulations to Angela Sessitsch who is listed among the "Highly Cited Researchers" worldwide for the fourth year in a row
Bioresources, is among the most frequently cited researchers worldwide. In addition to her role at AIT, Angela Sessitsch is also Vice President of ÖGMBT - Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences
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MobileAirCleaner project successfully completed - next step offices, surgeries and waiting rooms
(Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Photonische Technologien), a consortium of AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), HPM Technologies and AQA was formed to implement the idea of a mobile air purifier [...] at the AIT developed the optimal combination of aerosol production technology, selected disinfectant and the application quantity required for the inactivation of various bacteria and viruses. AIT's lon [...] profound insight into the market and developed a strategy for the use and marketing of the product. AIT Aerosol Expert Clara Pogner, Competence Unit Bioresources, explains "This innovative technology combines
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MobileAirCleaner project successfully completed - next step offices, surgeries and waiting rooms
(Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Photonische Technologien), a consortium of AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), HPM Technologies and AQA was formed to implement the idea of a mobile air purifier [...] at the AIT developed the optimal combination of aerosol production technology, selected disinfectant and the application quantity required for the inactivation of various bacteria and viruses. AIT's lon [...] profound insight into the market and developed a strategy for the use and marketing of the product. AIT Aerosol Expert Clara Pogner, Competence Unit Bioresources, explains "This innovative technology combines
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Agriculture 4.0: AIT and Lower Austria present new digitalisation initiative
launched by the province of Lower Austria together with the AIT, is expected to bring major progress in this area. Over the next five years, AIT researchers will work with partners at the Tulln site to develop [...] Vienna, 21.04.2021. At 3 p.m. at Palais Lichtenstein, Lower Austria's Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner and AIT Supervisory Board President Hannes Androsch, together with Lower Austria's Provincial Councillor for [...] from those responsible, can be found here: https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20210422_OTS0027/ait-und-land-niederoesterreich-entwickeln-landwirtschaft-40-entscheidend-mit
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Microbiome Workshop in the EU Parliament with Angela Sessitsch
Economic Benefits of Microbiomes" on May 11, from 2.00pm-4.30pm. At the prominent workshop, where AIT expert Angela Sessitsch will speak on “How tiny little things run the earth and the circular economies”