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Projects

The overall research aim of the Research Department for Limnology, Mondsee is entitled:

"Evolutionary adaptations of aquatic organisms and consequences for ecosystem integrity under anthropogenic pressure and conditions of climate change "

The names of the projects or their leaders -given in brackets- serve as a link to the project pages or personal homepages. In case of fellowships the name of the supervisor is mentioned additionally.

Project list:

• FWF START Prize (Y 1442) Eco-evolutionary dynamics - admixture and global change, 3+3 years, FWF Austrian Science Fund, Austria (2022-2028)(Möst)
  
  
• Long-Term Ecological Data provided by the Research Department for Limnology Mondsee, ÖAW, ESFRI/eLTER Data call (Jan 2023 - Dec 2023)(Wanzenböck, J.)
  
  
• Aquirufa: biodiversity and ecology of freshwater bacteria, Sparkling Science, OeAD, ongoing/ Aquirufa: Biodiversität und Ökologie von Süßwasserbakterien, Sparkling Science, OeAD (Sept 2022 - Aug 2025) (Hahn, Pitt)
  Weitere Informationen auf der Projektwebseite, informations about the project in english
  
  
• Biodiversity of Phoxinus minnows in Austria, Sparkling Science, OeAD (Oct 2022 - Oct 2025)(Wanzenböck, J., Rund, Wanzenböck, S.) - cooperation with A. Palandacic, NHM Vienna
  
  
• Clearing coloured waters by community breeding, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-EU Horizon Europe (2023-2025)(Scheuerl)
  

• Genome size variation and adaptation in rotifers, FWF P 35916 (Jul 2022 - Jun 2026)(Stelzer)
  

  
  
• Metagenomische Charakterisierung des Bakterioplanktons des Brettersees als Startpunkt für Langzeituntersuchungen zum Einfluss von Umweltveränderungen auf die Evolution der Bakterien in hochalpinen Seen - Glockner-Öko-Fonds (Aug 2021 - Jun 2023) (Hahn)
  
  
• Next Generation Taxonomy: Ciliophora and their bacterial symbionts as a proof of concept (NGTax) - EU - Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Actions - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) University of Pisa, Italy, PI Giulio Petroni (Jul 2021-Jun 2025) (Sonntag)
  
  
• Surveillance and removal of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxin potential and antibiotic resistant bacteria from drinking water sources (AfricaUniNet-Appear)(May 2022 - April 2024)(Kurmayer)
  
  
• Non-marine Ulvophyceae: Biodiversity, ecology and evolution - FWF P34416 (Jul 2021- Jun 2025)(Pröschold, Darienko)

• Evolutionary adaptation to heatwaves in an aquatic grazer - FWF P 34687 (Jun 2021 - May 2025) (Seppälä)
  

• Aquatic Symbiosis Genome Project, Subhub of PI P. Keeling (University of British Columbia) ‘Ciliates as models for symbiosis: using genomic analyses of functionally diverse symbiotic associations with parallel origins to gain insights into basic evolutionary principles of symbiosis’ – Wellcome Sanger Institute and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (started in Oct 2020) (Sonntag) 
  
  
• Taste and Odor in early diagnosis of source and drinking Water Problems (WaterTOP COST Action)(Sept 2019 - Aug 2023)(Kurmayer) LINK
  
  
• Subcellular localization of toxin production in cyanobacteria (SLOT) - FWF (Oct 2019 - Dec 2023) (Kurmayer) Abstract in German
  
  
  
  

Finished projects: since 200

• A qPCR based workflow designed to process and quantify target eDNA for fish metabarcoding, Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung-TWF (Feb 2022- Jan 2023)(Rund, Kurmayer, Wanzenböck, J.)
  
  
• De novo whole genome sequencing of the invasive asexual Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) and its threatened native European relative, C. carassius - EASI Genomics ((Jul 2020 - Jan 2023) (Lamatsch)
  
  
• geniALGE - Algentechnologie als Zukunftshoffnung - FFG Talente regional (Jul 2020 - Dec 2022) (Wanzenböck, S., Pröschold)
  
  
• CLimate response of Alpine lakes: resistance variability and Management consequences for Ecosystem Services (CLAIMES) - Earth System Sciences (ESS), Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) (Jul 2019 - Dec 2022) (Kurmayer, R., Wanzenböck, S.)
  
  
• Functional Diversity of planktonic ciliates - FWF P 32714 (Nov 2019 - Dec 2022) (Weisse)
  
  
• Microbial life in the city: Compositional differences between urban and rural bacterial communities - Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung (TWF)(Jan 2021-Dec 2022) (Scheuerl)
  
  
• Adaptive evolution in diverse bacterial communities under environmental change - LFU Nachwuchsförderung (Nov 2020-Oct 2022) (Scheuerl, Seppälä)
  
  
• Diversity of aquatic microsystem metacommunities along an urbanization gradient, LFU-Early Stage Funding (Oct 2021 - Sept 2022)(Lukic)
  
  
• Bioinformatics Centre Hradec Kralove - EU – Erasmus+, Physalia courses (Sept 2019 – Aug 2022) (Lamatsch, Pröschold)
  
  
• Studying the role of phages in generating and maintaining bacterial microdiversity through time-series metagenomics, Tiroler Wissenschaftsfonds (TWF) (Jul 2019 - Jun 2022) (Hötzinger)
  
  
• Hydroakustischer Methodenvergleich - Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL) (Oct 2021 - Jun 2022) (Wanzenböck)
  
  
• Sensitivity of eDNA detection of cercaria dermatitis pathogens in Upper Austrian lakes - cooperation in ABOL-project (lead NHM Vienna) (Seppälä) co-operation, follow-up of pilot study https://www.abol.ac.at/en/project/cercaria_project/
  
  
• Eco-AlpsWater (National project description)- Innovative Ecological Assessment and Water Management Strategy for the Protection of Ecosystem Services in Alpine Lakes and Rivers (Eco-AlpsWater Webpage). Interreg Alpine Space - Europäischer Fonds für regionale Entwicklung (EFRE) - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (May 2018 - Jan 2022) (Kurmayer, Wanzenböck, J.)
  
  
• Pan-European Lake Sampling - Microbial Eco-genomics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre CAS, Budweis, Czech Republic; PI Rohit Ghai, Michaela Salcher (Jan 2020 – Dec 2021) (Sonntag)
  
  
• Freshwater endosymbiotic algae and their ciliate hosts: morphology, phylogeny, ecology. FWF P 28333-B25 (Apr 2016 - Mar 2021) (Sonntag, Pröschold, Wanzenböck, S.)
  
  
• The effect of hydrological changes on the spatial phytoplankton composition and microcystin concentration in Nyanza Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya. OEAD-APPEAR (Nov 2016 - March 2021) (Simiyu, Kurmayer)
  
  
• Species and functional diversity of planktonic ciliates: Does connectivity make a difference? Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung (TWF), (März 2019 – Dec 2020) (Lu, Weisse)
  
  
• Co-occurrence networks in aquatic food webs: ciliates as models, D-A-CH funded by the FWF = Lead Agency, I22380-B25 (Sept 2015 - Sept 2020) (Sonntag, Kammerlander, Wanzenböck, S.)
  
  
• The hidden world of bacteria: Exploring the diversity of bacteria in Austrian inland waters, isolation and description of new species. Sparkling Science Project 06/065 (Sept 2017 - Jun 2020) (Hahn, Pitt) Sparkling Bacteria
  
  
• Exploring eDNA methods to assess potamodromous fish reproduction. Action D. Swarovski (Mar 2018 - May 2020) (Wanzenböck, J.)
  
  
• Top-down control of the planktonic peritrich ciliate Pelagovorticella natans. Aktion D. Swarovski (Jan 2019 - Dec 2019) (Lu, Weisse)
  
  
• Toward an Understanding of Secondary Metabolic Diversity Among Algal Bloom-forming Cyanobacteria DOC-fellowship (Jan 2016 - Jan 2019) (Entfellner, Kurmayer)
  
  
• Mechanisms and significance of genome size variation in rotifers FWF P26256 (Nov 2013 - Oct 2018) (Stelzer)
  
  
• Bestandserhebungen alpiner Fischarten mittels eDNA. Bridge 1 FFG-Projekt, Projektleitung: Traugott, Institut für Ökologie (Mar 2016 - Aug 2018) (Wanzenböck, J.) 
  
  
• Wachstum von Betaproteobakterienstämmen bei unterschiedlichen Temperaturen FFG Talente (Jul 2018 - Aug 2018) (Hahn, Pitt, Sparkling Science)
  
  
• Wachstum von Betaproteobakterienstämmen bei unterschiedlichen Salzkonzentrationen FFG Talente (Jul 2018 - Aug 2018) (Hahn, Pitt, Sparkling Science)
  
  
• Wachstum von Betaproteobakterienstämmen mit unterschiedlichen Substraten FFG Talente (Jul 2018 - Aug 2018) (Hahn, Pitt, Sparkling Science)
  
  
• Mikroskopische Analyse der Goldalge Dinobryon FFG Talente (Jul 2018 - Aug 2018) (Limberger)
  
  
• Anpassungen der Goldalge Dynobrion an Umweltveränderung FFG Talente (Jul 2018 - Auf 2018) (Limberger)
  
  
• Temperaturabhängigkeit des Stoffwechsels bei Fischen FFG Talente (Jul 2018 - Aug 2018) (Wanzenböck, J.)
  
  
• Versuchstierhaltung (Fische) und Bestimmung des Grundstoffwechsels FFG Talente (Jul  2018 - Aug 2018) (Wanzenböck, J.)
  
  
• Experimentelle ökophysiologische Untersuchungen an Einzellern FFG Talente (Jul 2018 - Aug 2018) (Weisse)
  
  
• Durchflußzytometrie zur Ermittlung der Genom-Kopien bei invasiven Giebeln FFG Talente (Jun 2018 - Jul 2018) (Lamatsch)
  
  
• Mechanismen und Auswirkungen von Genomgrößenunterschieden bei Rädertieren FFG Talente (Jul 2018) (Stelzer)
  
  
• Wachstum von Actinobakterienstämmen bei verschiedenen Salzkonzentrationen FFG Talente (Jul 2018) (Hahn, Pitt, Sparkling Science)
  
  
• Wachstum von Actinobakterienstämmen mit unterschiedlichen Substraten FFG Talente (Jul 2018) (Hahn, Pitt, Sparkling Science)
  
  
• Wachstum von Actinobakterienstämmen bei unterschiedlichen Temperaturen FFG Talente (Jul 2018) (Hahn, Pitt, Sparkling Science)
  
  
• Hospital effluents and their effect on microbial communities in environmental biofilms. DOC-fellowship (Jun 2018 - Nov 2018) (Chonova)
  
  
• Fate and effect of waste water-borne manufactured nanomaterials in the aquatic food chain (FENOMENO) ERA-NET SIINN (Apr 2015 - May 2018) (Wanzenböck J., Lamatsch)
  
  
• Evolutionary importance and dynamics of multiplied rDNA sites in fish genomes, Tiroler Wissenschaftsfonds (TWF) (Feb 2017 - Apr 2018) (Symonová)
  
  
• Microevolution of a planktonic freshwater bacterium studied along a 3000 km latitudinal gradient: role of local adaptation and the gene pool of the flexible genome FWF P 27160 (Dec 2014 - Nov 2017) (Hahn)
  
  
• Fish Epigenetics as a tool in genome evolution research, NWF15/BIO-7 (young researcher fellowship of the University of Innsbruck, Sept 2015 - May 2017) (Symonová)
  
  
• Phytoplankton response due to short-term environmental changes in Lake Mondsee – analysed by advanced optical methods. TWF-project (Mar 2016 - April 2017) (Bergkemper, Weisse)
  
  
• Wasserleben-Wimpertierchen und Plattwürmer als Bioindikatoren für die Gewässergüte FFG Talente regional Project  ciliate game (Jul 2015 - Dec 2016) (Wanzenböck, S., Sonntag)
  
  
• Sensitivität der Protistengemeinschaften in Seen auf meterologische Extremereignisse - Verbesserte Analyse mittels halbautomatischer optischer Messverfahren. DOC-Stipendium (Sept 2016 - Feb 2017) (Bergkemper, Weisse)
  
  
• Invasive Fische, FFG-Talente entdecken Projekt (Aug 2016 - Sept 2016) (Lamatsch)
  
  
• Mobilomics of toxin production in cyanobacteria FWF (Mar 2012 - July 2016) (Kurmayer)
  
  
• Cyanobacterial blooms and toxins in water resources: Occurrence, impacts and management. ESSEM COST Action ES1105 (Apr 2012 - Oct 2016). This new COST Action will establish a European network in order to address the issues of cyanobacterial blooms, their toxicity, monitoring, risk assessment, treatment and management and has been approved for involving >30 partners from 24 countries (Apr 2012 - Mar 2016). (Kurmayer)
  
  
• Sensitivität der Protistengemeinschaften in Seen auf meterologische Extremereignisse - Verbesserte Analyse mittels halbautomatischer optischer Messverfahren (Nov 2014- December 2015) UIBK Doc fellowship (Kremser, Weisse)
  
  
• Molecular Cytogenetics in Teleost Fishes (Coregoninae and Cyprinidae) (2014-2015) (Lamatsch, Wanzenböck) - OEAD
  
  
• Characterization of Genomic and Ecophysiological Diversity within the Species Polynucleobacter necessarius and the Genus Limnohabitans. Forschungsstipendium der Universität Innsbruck (Jul 2015 - Sept 2015) (Hötzinger, Hahn)
  
  
• Identification of ecophysiological differences facilitating the coexistence of strains within the species Polynucleobacter necessarius and the genus Limnohabitans in freshwater habitats (Jan 2013 - Jun 2015) (Hötzinger, Hahn)
  
  
• Impact of early thermal experience on coregonid body and muscle growth: How much environment is at play in phenotypic diversification of fish ecotypes? FWF (Nov 2011 - Oct 2015) (in co-operation with University of Salzburg: Wanzenböck)
  
  
• Characterization of planktonic communities of alpine lakes using high throughput sequencing (Dec 2013 - May 2015) UIBK Doc fellowship (Blank, Kurmayer)
  
  
• Bewusstseinsbildende Maßnahme zur Sensibilisierung - Mein Mondsee-Schützenswerte Region Mondseeland Mondsee LEADER (Jun 2013 - Dec 2014) (Wanzenböck, S.)
  
  
• A transcriptome derived sex-specific marker in the invasive Western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis Sexing of Western mosquitofish (Apr 2013 - Jul 2014) - Marsden Fund, NZ (Lamatsch)
  
  
• Ecological diversification within the subspecies Polynucleobacter necessarius ssp. asymbioticus and environmental ecotype sorting, ESF project FREDI. FWF (Jun 2010 - May 2014) (Hahn)
  
  
• Diversity of Mycobacteria associated with tropical ornamental fishes and indigenous fishes in aquaculture systems or natural habitats: risk of invasion of non-indigenous pathogenic Mycobacteria? ILIMN (Apr 2010 - Dec 2013) (Hahn, Wanzenböck)
  
  
• Rhodoluna Genome Project (Jan 2010 - Dec 2013) FWF I482-B09 (Hahn)
  
  
• DETECTIVE (Decadal detection of biodiversity in Alpine lakes)-Global warming threatens biodiversity in (ultra)-sensitive high Alpine lakes: an assessment of past, present and future scenarios Nationalkommitee Alpenforschung (Dec 2009 - Dec 2013) (Kurmayer)
  
  
• Ultraviolet radiation effects on planktonic freshwater ciliates: an assessment of photoprotection and repair strategies FWF P21013-B03 (Feb 2009 - Nov 2013) (Sonntag)
  
  
• Morphology and ecology of endemic ciliates from bromeliads FWF (Nov 2009 - May 2013) (Weisse)
  
  
• Risk Analysis of Direct and Indirect Climate effects on deep Austrian Lake Ecosystems (RADICAL) Austrian Climate Research Program (Jan 2010 - Apr 2013) (Wanzenböck, Kurmayer)
  
  
• Evolution of asexuality in experimental rotifer populations FWF (May 2008 - April 2013) (Stelzer)
  
  
• Polyzyklischer Peptid Phagen Display, Tech2B (Feb 2011 - Jan 2013) (Christiansen)
  
  
• Gynogenesis as a dispersal strategy - parasite communities vs. genetic structure of clonal stocks of invasive prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) in Finland, Germany and Austria (Jul 2008 - Dec 2012) - EAWAG, Aquatic Ecology (J. Jokkela) (Lamatsch)
  
• Adaptation of Active Fisheries Methods: Pair trawling (Apr 2009 - Dec 2012) - ILIM, co-operation with Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, CZ (Wanzenböck)
  
  
• Quantifying Individual Fitness with Trojan Sex Chromosomes: an Ultimate Conservation Tool (Mar 2011 - Dec 2012) - Marsden Fund, NZ (Lamatsch)
  
  
• Development of Educational and Research CAPacity in Eastern Africa for the Sustainable Management of AQUAatic Ecosystems (CAPAQUA) ADA (Oct 2009 - Dec 2012) (Winkler; Link)
  
  
• Time in Microevolution of Microcystin Synthesis, Doc-fFORTE, ÖAW (Apr 2009 - Mar 2012) (Ostermaier, Kurmayer)
  
  
• Patterns and processes of adaptation and tolerance to low pH of freshwater plankton FWF (Jul 2007 - Mar 2011) (Weisse) (Summary and publications)
  
• Genotype determined toxin content in cyanobacteria FWF (Jul 2008 - Dec 2011) (Kurmayer)
  
  
• Biogeography and within-taxon ecological differentiation of Polynucleobacter necessarius subsp. Asymbioticus and Limnohabitans planctonicus (Betaproteobacteria) (Jan 2009 - Dec 2010) OEAD (Hahn)
  
  
• Changing prospects in eukaryotic microbiology: implications of acclimatization, microevolution and population turnover of microeukaryotes for protist species, population dynamics and diversity estimates FWF (Mar 2007 - Sept 2010) (Boenigk)
  
  
• Diversity and population heterogeneity of chrysomonad flagellates within an alpine gradient FWF (Sept 2009 - Sep 2010) (Boenigk)
  
  
• Conservation of natural biological resources in Austria: Identification of indigenous whitefish species and extent of potential hybridization with a Baltic species FWF (Jan 2006 - Sept 2009) (Wanzenböck)
  
  
• Ecological Diversity of Polynucleobacter Bacteria FWF (Hahn)
  
  
• Exploiting bioactive compounds in cyanobacteria Cyano Biotech GmbH (Dec 2008 - Nov 2009) (Kurmayer)
  
  
• Niche separation and coexistance of chrysophytes in an alpine gradient FWF (2007 - 2009) Abstract-PDF (Boenigk)
  
  
• Reduced plankton diversity in extremely acidic mining lakes ILIMN (Apr 2007 - Jan 2008) (Weisse)
  
  
• Chrysophyte diversity and encystment pattern in alpine lakes:Merging molecular microbiology, recent and palaeoecology in C32# FWF (2005 - 2008) (Boenigk)