VDSEE Newsletter

Welcome to the VDSEE-Newsletter, which we will send out  every 3-4 months to keep you updated about  our latest highlights, news and other DocSchool activities!

If you would like to share something in our next edition, please send an email to docschool.vdsee@univie.ac.at. We would love to feature your contributions.

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VDSEE Newsletter January 2025
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January 2025

Newsletter Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution

Happy New Year, VDSEE community!

As we step into 2025, we’re excited to share updates and opportunities of the VDSEE.


Overview

  • Highlights from Late 2024
  • Upcoming Events: Details about the VDSEE Symposium, Welcome Session, and more.
  • Opportunities for 2025: Funding, workshops, and resources for your research
  • Celebrating Our Members: Recent defenses, new faces, and award winners.

We encourage you to contribute news, events, or achievements for future newsletters. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have something to share.


The VDSEE Team

Public presentation at Faculty (FÖP) dates 2025

Mark the dates in your calendar. Our new PhD-candidates are presenting their research projects. Register via email.

  • 20 March 2025 - SR 1.6 (UBB
    Registration deadline: 23 January 2025
  • 13 June 2025
    Registration deadline: 2 May 2025
More information

Highlights from Late 2024

Emil-Boral fellowship for Patrick Jambura-Türtscher

The Emil Boral fellowship is awarded to young Academics in Austria and Switzerland and comes with 25.000 € for the research of the recipient.


Congratulations!

Christmas Party 2024

It has been festive event where we've partied with members of CoBeNe and VDS-MES.

Thank you to all organisers and all attendees who helped us to introduce the new cafeteria to how scientists party.

VDSEE Symposium 2025


The next VDSEE-Symposium will take place on 21 February 2025 at UBB HS 1.


Abstract Submission Deadline: 13.01.2025


Attendance Registration Deadline: 28.01.2025


Register now!

Pre-Event: Art&Science
The evening before the Symposium you are invited to get creative! Present your research in an artistic way, enjoy a drink with colleagues and experience an virtual walk through the exhibition Holobiont, guided by Lucie Strecker.


Meet us on 20 February 2025, 18:00 at WUK, 1090 Vienna

Opportunities for 2025

Completion Grants
The end is near?

This year the VDSEE wil be able to fund a total of six completion grants, three per call!
This call is open till 24 January 2025 and starting dates are possible from March - June.

Max. duration for each grant is four months


Apply here

Travel grants
It is a journey!

The VDSEE supports you actively communicating your research! If there is a conference you want to visit and contribute with a poster or a talk, have a look at our travel grants.

More Information

Upcoming Events:

VDSEE- Seminar: "Path to Success: Exploring Academic Careers"


VDSEE-PIs and Life Science PostDocs will be invited to share their experiences on academic careers and give precious tips for your life after the PhD.


Begin: Mid March

  • 13.03.2025, 13:15 - 14:45, SR 3.1 UBB

Registration will be possible as soon as the summer semester courses are online

PhD well-being group

The monthly well-being sessions for PhD-candidates are back after winter break and will also continue in the summer term. The sessions are held together with VDS-CoBeNe and VDS-PhaNuSpo. Their aim is to provide a safe setting to discuss PhD-struggles under guidance of a psychotherapist.
These sessions are free of charge, but registration is necessary.


All dates for the sessions and registration can be found at our homepage


Register here

Welcome session for new VDSEE PhD-candidates

PhD-candidates who started in recent months are highly recommended to join the next welcome session. You will learn everything that's relevant to navigate throught the first few months of your PhD and can ask any questions you might have.


06 March 2025, 16:00, UBB room 3.065

Register here

VDSEE completion workshop

This workshop is suitable for PhD-candidates that intend to complete their PhD within the next 12 months. This 3-hour workshop covers topics such as thesis timeline and outline, how to navigate admin/bureaucracy, how to stay motivated and aspects on career planning.


09.05.2025, 09:00-12:00, SR 3.1
This workshop will be in-person only!


Register here

VDSEE-people:

Welcome to our two new student representatives


End of September Arne Bielke and Jennifer Hennenfeind have been elected as our newest student members into the steering commitee.

Welcome to our new PIs!

Norman Wickett


Research group: Plant Evolutionary Biology


Research areas: Plant diversity and speciation


We invite you to visit his inaugural lecture, on

29 January 2025, 17:00 in the Small Ceremonial Hall of the University of Vienna


Titel: "Plant Diversity in the High-Throughput Era –

using genes, trees, and genomes to

reconstruct evolutionary history"

Jacqueline Loos


Research Group: Environmental Change and Biodiversity


Research Areas: Biodiversity Conservation, Scoial-Ecological Systems and Environmental Justice

New PhD-candidates


We would like to welcome Heather Chamberlain-Irwin, Charlotte Doebke, Helena Cvetkovic, Anastasia Papadogianni, Mayline Goëb and Susanna Findlay who have recently started their PhDs in our School. We wish them all the best with their research.

Recent defenses

  • Florian Etl (Supervisors: Stefan Dötterl, Jürg Schönenberger)
  • Julia Jambura-Türtscher (Supervisor: Jürgen Kriwet)
  • Patrick Leopold Jambura-Türtscher (Supervisor: Jürgen Kriwet)
  • Petra Šimková (Supervisor: Gerhard Weber)
  • Marcel Seifert (Supervisor: Harald Wilfing)
  • Petra Lukeneder (Supervisor: Martin Zuschin)
  • Victoria Oberreiter (Supervisors: Ron Pinhasi, Thomas Rattei)
  • Brina Zagorc (Supervisor: Ron Pinhasi, Maria Ivanova-Bieg)

Congratulations to all! We are proud of your accomplishments and wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
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