4 Microscope pictures of Gentiana asclepiadea
©UBT/ TUGraz

Gentiana asclepiadea-Alpine plant phyllosphere colonized by native seed microbiota during gnotobiotic germination; © TU Graz/UBT

Research Projects

Ongoing projects: 

1. Saving Seed Microbiomes
Full title: Understanding how seed preparation and storage in seed banks affect the seed microbiome
Contact: Birgit Wassermann

2. Probiotics for Mushroom Cultivation
Full title: Deciphering the health-promoting funcitons of the microbiome of edible mushrooms 
Funding organization: EU
Contact: Birgit Wassermann
Website:  https://www.acib.at/

3. Microbiome-based Plant Solutions
Full title: Understanding how integrated farming with new biologicals affect the plant microbiome  
Funding organization: EU
Contact: Birgit Wassermann
Website:  https://www.acib.at/

4. SeedTREA
Full title: Developing seed treatments based on the versatile vermicompost microbiome 
Funding organization: Industrie/ FFG
Contact: Birgit Wassermann
Website:  https://www.acib.at/

5. CURT
Full title: A holistic view of copper reduction and plant health in organic fruit and wine growing
Funding organization: BMLUK, GLi
Contact: Gabriele BergWisnu Wicaksono
 

6. EDIAQI
Full title: Evidence driven indoor air quality improvement
Funding organization: EU
Contact: Gabriele BergWisnu Wicaksono, Tomislav Cernava
Website: https://ediaqi.eu/
EDIAQI on X EDIAQI on LinkedInEDIAQI on Cordis

7. Bioinsecticides
Full title: Biological to protect sugar beets against insects
Funding organization: Industrie
Contact: Adrian Wolfgang

8. CARA
Full title: Climate change adaption through flood-reducing agriculture
Funding organization: FFG, Klima-und Energiefonds
Contact: Samuel Bickel

9. SPIN-FERT
Full title: Innovative practices, tools and products to boost soil fertility and peat substitution in horticultural crops. 
Funding organization: EU
Contact: Samuel Bickel
Website: https://spinfert.eu/

10. HydroSheepBoost
Full title: Schafwolle-Polymer-Hybride: Innovative Wasserspeicherung und Nährstofflieferanten für die Landwirtschaft
Funding organization: FFG
Kontakt: Samuel Bickel
Website: FFG Project Database (in German)

Finished Projects:

1. HEDIMED
Full title: Human Exposomic Determinants of Immune Mediated Diseases
Funding organization: EU
Contact: Wisnu Wicaksono
Website: https://www.hedimed.eu/
HEDIMED on XHEDIMED on Cordis

2. Excalibur
Full title: Exploiting the multifunctional potential of belowground biodiversity in horticultural farming
Funding organization: EU
Contact: Samuel Bickel
Website:  https://www.excaliburh2020.eu/en
Excalibur auf X , Excalibur auf Cordis